Mamoru Kanbe

Career Overview

Mamoru Kanbe has 28 screen credits in a career dating back to 1984. Signature works include Ninjala the Animation, The Promised Neverland, SHOSHIMIN: How to Become Ordinary. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

28

Birth Date

1962-01-01

Birth Place

Osaka, Japan

Known For

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  Ninjala the Animation
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  The Promised Neverland
• 

  SHOSHIMIN: How to Become Ordinary
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  Elfen Lied
• 

  The Perfect Insider
• 

  Electromagnetic Girlfriend

Frequent Collaborators

• Takahiro Sakurai (1 collaborations)
• Akari Kito (1 collaborations)
• Hiroki Yasumoto (1 collaborations)
• Junko Minagawa (1 collaborations)
• Yumiko Kobayashi (1 collaborations)
• Aoi Yuuki (1 collaborations)
• Ayumu Murase (1 collaborations)
• Megumi Han (1 collaborations)
• Honoka Inoue (1 collaborations)
• Sumire Morohoshi (1 collaborations)

Credits

• directing (14 credits)

  • SHOSHIMIN: How to Become Ordinary

    series director

    directing

    - Just Deserts (2025) ... series director directing

    - The End of What Seemed Like a Golden Age (2025) ... series director directing

    - Please Water the Dried Flowers (2025) ... series director directing

    - Kobato-kun and Osanai-san (2025) ... series director directing

    - Should We Really Have Met? (2025) ... series director directing
    2024
  • Ninjala the Animation

    series director

    directing

    - Episode 232 (2026) ... series director directing

    - Episode 231 (2026) ... series director directing

    - Episode 230 (2026) ... series director directing

    - Episode 229 (2026) ... series director directing

    - Episode 228 (2026) ... series director directing
    2022
  • The Promised Neverland

    series director

    directing

    - Episode 11 (2021) ... series director directing

    - Episode 10 (2021) ... series director directing

    - Episode 9 (2021) ... series director directing

    - Episode 8 (2021) ... series director directing

    - Episode 7 (2021) ... series director directing
    2019
  • The Perfect Insider

    series director

    directing

    - Colorless Weekend (2015) ... series director directing

    - Aster-Colored Truth (2015) ... series director directing

    - Yellow Blind Spot (2015) ... series director directing

    - Purple Dawn (2015) ... series director directing

    - Gray Boundary (2015) ... series director directing
    2015
  • Saint☆Young Men

    second unit director

    directing
    2013
  • Electromagnetic Girlfriend

    series director

    directing

    - Electromagnetic Girlfriend: Happiness Game (2009) ... series director directing

    - Electromagnetic Girlfriend (2009) ... series director directing
    2009
  • Baccano!

    - Chane Laforet Remains Silent in the Face of Two Mysterious People (2007) ... director directing

    - The Rail Tracer Covertly, Repeatedly Slaughters Inside the Coaches (2007) ... director directing
    2007
  • Elfen Lied

    series director

    directing

    - No Return (2004) ... series director directing

    - Quagmire (2004) ... series director directing

    - Complication (2004) ... series director directing

    - Infant (2004) ... series director directing

    - Reminiscence (2004) ... series director directing
    2004
  • Cardcaptor Sakura

    director

    directing
    1998
  • Cardcaptor Sakura

    - Sakura's Endless Day (1998) ... director directing

    - Sakura and the Mysterious Broach (1998) ... director directing

    - Sakura and the Panda and the Cute Store (1998) ... director directing
    1998
  • Master Keaton

    - Strange Tales of Lasagna (1998) ... director directing
    1998
  • Psycho Diver: Soul Siren

    director

    directing
    1997
  • Seven Cities Story: Arctic Front

    director

    directing
    1994
  • Ninja Gaiden

    director

    directing
    1991

• art (13 credits)

  • SHOSHIMIN: How to Become Ordinary

    - Just Deserts (2025) ... storyboard artist art

    - Autumn Returns (2025) ... storyboard artist art

    - A Warm Winter (1) (2025) ... storyboard artist art

    - Sweet Memory (2) (2024) ... storyboard artist art

    - Sweet Memory (1) (2024) ... storyboard artist art
    2024
  • Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!

    - An Iron Giant Appears! (2020) ... storyboard artist art
    2020
  • The Promised Neverland

    - Episode 5 (2021) ... storyboard artist art

    - Episode 1 (2021) ... storyboard artist art

    - 150146 (2019) ... storyboard artist art

    - 011145 (2019) ... storyboard artist art

    - 181045 (2019) ... storyboard artist art
    2019
  • A Place Further than the Universe

    - Howling, Maddening, Screaming (2018) ... storyboard artist art

    - The Ship That Sees the Universe (2018) ... storyboard artist art

    - Four Caterpillars (2018) ... storyboard artist art
    2018
  • THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls

    - The magic needed for a flower to bloom (2015) ... storyboard artist art
    2015
  • THE iDOLM@STER MOVIE: Beyond the Brilliant Future!

    storyboard artist

    art
    2014
  • Your Lie in April

    - Hand in Hand (2015) ... storyboard artist art

    - Twilight (2015) ... storyboard artist art

    - Liar (2015) ... storyboard artist art

    - Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (2015) ... storyboard artist art

    - Resonance (2014) ... storyboard artist art
    2014
  • Saint☆Young Men

    storyboard artist

    art
    2013
  • The Pet Girl of Sakurasou

    - So Close And Yet So Far (2012) ... storyboard artist art
    2012
  • Electromagnetic Girlfriend

    - Electromagnetic Girlfriend: Happiness Game (2009) ... storyboard artist art

    - Electromagnetic Girlfriend (2009) ... storyboard artist art
    2009
  • Baccano!

    - Chane Laforet Remains Silent in the Face of Two Mysterious People (2007) ... storyboard artist art

    - Everything Starts Aboard the Advenna Avis (2007) ... storyboard artist art

    - The Rail Tracer Covertly, Repeatedly Slaughters Inside the Coaches (2007) ... storyboard artist art
    2007
  • Elfen Lied

    - No Return (2004) ... storyboard artist art

    - A Chance Encounter (2004) ... storyboard artist art
    2004
  • Cardcaptor Sakura

    - Sakura's Endless Day (1998) ... storyboard artist art

    - Sakura and the Mysterious Broach (1998) ... storyboard artist art

    - Sakura and the Panda and the Cute Store (1998) ... storyboard artist art
    1998

• production (1 credits)

  • Warriors of the Wind

    production assistant

    production
    1984