Manabu Ono (小野 学, Ono Manabu) is a Japanese anime director and storyboard artist. He started out as an animator and was the mechanical art director for "Angel Links" and animation director for the eighth episode of the same work. He made his directorial debut with "Transformers: Galaxy Force", which he directed under general director Hiroyuki Kakudo. His first solo work as a director was "Dragonauts: The Resonance".
Manabu Ono has 19 screen credits in a career dating back to 1992. Their work is anchored in the Sword Art Online Progressive Collection universe with 1 titles. Signature works include Sword Art Online, Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere, Dead Mount Death Play. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
