Akira Mano

Biography

Akira Mano (真野 玲, Mano Akira, born May 20, 1962) is a Japanese anime director and storyboard artist from Nagoya. He also works under the alias Otoko Odawara (小田原 男, Odawara Otoko).

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

17

Birth Date

1962-05-20 00:00:00

Birth Place

Nagoya, Japan

Known For

• 

  Gunslinger Girl
• 

  Pattenrai!! - Minami no Shima no Mizu Monogatari
• 

  Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino
• 

  Cardcaptor Sakura

Credits

• directing (15 credits)

  • Whisper Me a Love Song

    - Old Memories, Old Feelings (2024) ... series director directing

    - A Plan, a Blunder, and a Commotion (2024) ... series director directing

    - An Old Dream and a Friend (2024) ... series director directing

    - The Past, a Song, and a Secret (2024) ... series director directing

    - Love at First Sight and the Big Day (2024) ... series director directing
    2024
  • DON'T TOY WITH ME, MISS NAGATORO

    - Don't You Miss Me, Senpai? (2023) ... director directing

    - Why Don't You Try Bulking Up a Little, Paisen? (2023) ... director directing

    - So This Is Your Room, Huh, Senpai? (2023) ... director directing
    2021
  • Rent-a-Girlfriend

    - Ex-Girlfriend, Nanami Mami (2026) ... director directing

    - Girlfriend and Boyfriend (2023) ... director directing

    - Parting and Girlfriend (2023) ... director directing

    - Final Scene and Girlfriend (2023) ... director directing

    - Girlfriend Next Door (2023) ... director directing
    2020
  • TONIKAWA: Over the Moon for You

    - Parents (2020) ... director directing

    - Marriage (2020) ... director directing
    2020
  • Asobi Asobase - workshop of fun -

    - Asterisk / Studying for Exams / A New Look / Spirited Combat, Again (2018) ... director directing
    2018
  • Ace of the Diamond

    - 20 Players (2020) ... director directing

    - After Spring Comes (2019) ... director directing

    - Self-Assertive (2019) ... director directing

    - Only After You've Won (2019) ... director directing
    2013
  • Photokano

    - Photograph Memory (2013) ... director directing

    - Encounter (2013) ... assistant director directing
    2013
  • Pattenrai!! - Minami no Shima no Mizu Monogatari

    assistant director

    directing
    2008
  • Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino

    director

    directing
    2008
  • Mushi-Shi

    - Pretense of Spring (2006) ... director directing

    - Those Who Inhale the Dew (2005) ... director directing
    2005
  • Gunslinger Girl

    series director

    directing

    - And So Pinocchio Becomes Human (2008) ... series director directing

    - The Fighting Puppet (2008) ... series director directing

    - Budding Feelings (2008) ... series director directing

    - Flowers of Goodwill (2008) ... series director directing

    - Clever Snake, Simple Pigeon (2008) ... series director directing
    2003
  • Fighting Spirit

    - The Face Of Determination (2013) ... director directing

    - The Distance Between Me and Glory (2013) ... director directing

    - Sharing a Dream (2001) ... director directing

    - The Continuing Journey (2001) ... director directing

    - Victory or Defeat (2001) ... director directing
    2000
  • Cardcaptor Sakura

    director

    directing
    1998
  • TRIGUN

    - Little Arcadia (1998) ... director directing
    1998
  • Key the Metal Idol

    - Access (1995) ... director directing
    1994

• art (2 credits)

  • Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad

    - FACE (2004) ... storyboard artist art

    - Hyodo and the Jaguar (2004) ... storyboard artist art
    2004
  • Initial D

    - Dead Line (2012) ... storyboard artist art

    - A New Battlefield (2012) ... storyboard artist art

    - Evolving Drift (1998) ... storyboard artist art
    1998