Direction: Mamoru Kanbe
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Mamoru Kanbe. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Titles found: 18
The Promised Neverland (TV Series)
2019 · Series · 22 min. · Japan
Direction Mamoru Kanbe
Synopsis TV Series (2019-Present Day). 1 Season. 12 Episodes. A group of the smartest kids at a seemingly perfect orphanage uncover its dark truth when they a break a rule to never leave the orphanage grounds. Once the truth is discovered,...
7.8
906 votes
7.8
906 votes
Baccano! (TV Series)
2007 · Series · 24 min. · Japan
Direction Takahiro Omori · Harume Kosaka · Hideaki Nakano · Hiroshi Haraguchi
Synopsis TV series (2007-2008). 1 season. 13 episodes and 3 OVAs. Each of the stories in the series involves several unrelated plots intersecting and crossing each other as events spiral farther and farther out of control. Immortal alchemists, mafia operated speakeasies,...
7.4
815 votes
7.4
815 votes
Elfen Lied (TV Series)
2004 · Series · 25 min. · Japan
Direction Lynn Okamoto · Mamoru Kanbe
Synopsis Elfen Lied (TV Series) (2004) follows Lucy, a mysterious girl with deadly psychic powers, who escapes from a secret research facility. Injured and amnesiac, she is found by Kohta and his cousin Yuka, who name her "Nyu" due to her...
7.4
9K votes
7.4
9K votes
Shoshimin: How to Become Ordinary
2024 · Series · 23 min. · Japan
Direction Mamoru Kanbe
Synopsis TV Series (2024). 10 Episodes. Jōgorō Kobato wishes to live a quiet and ordinary life after a painful experience. He and Yuki Osanai form a "mutually beneficial relationship" as Yuki also wants the same thing. They start high school as...
6.7
31 votes
6.7
31 votes
The Perfect Insider (TV Series)
2015 · Series · 22 min. · Japan
Direction Mamoru Kanbe
Synopsis TV Series (2015). 11 Episodes. Suhei Saikawa is a member of the Saikawa Research Lab. He goes on a vacation held by the lab, and Moe Nishinosono, the daughter of his mentor, joins the group on their vacation despite not...
6.6
74 votes
6.6
74 votes
Electromagnetic Girlfriend (TV Miniseries)
2009 · Series · 85 min. · Japan
Direction Mamoru Kanbe
Synopsis Juuzawa Juu is a delinquent high school boy who just wants to be left alone. One day, he is approached by Ochibana Ame, who claims that she knew him in a previous life, and now wants to serve him as...
6.6
81 votes
6.6
81 votes
Kimi to Boku (TV Series)
2011 · Series · 25 min. · Japan
Direction Mamoru Kanbe
Synopsis The story revolves around four teens - the good-looking twins Asaba Yuuta and Yuuki, the effeminate Matsuoka Shun, and the class head Tsukahara Kaname - who have known each other since early childhood. While they are not necessarily good or...
6.6
39 votes
6.6
39 votes
Sound from the Sky (TV Series)
2010 · Series · 24 min. · Japan
Direction Mamoru Kanbe · Tetsuo Hirakawa · Sayo Aoi · Jirô Fujimoto
Synopsis TV Series (2010). 12 Episodes. After a cease-fire during a long war. A second-class Bugler soldier, Kanata Sorami, is reasigned to her new outpost to a stronghold Fortress in the little village of Seize, where other female soldiers reside to...
6.5
71 votes
6.5
71 votes
Elfen Lied: In the Passing Rain (TV)
2005 · Movie · 25 min. · Japan
Direction Mamoru Kanbe
Synopsis Nana is welcome at the Kaede inn along with Nyu and Kouta, but only generates problems when she is assigned together with Nyu for cleaning tasks. Nana is afraid that Nyu can use her violent powers against her closest people,...
6.1
55 votes
6.1
55 votes
Direction Mamoru Kanbe · Akira Iwanaga · Yoshinori Odaka
Synopsis Seto Ichitaka has a crush on Yoshizuki Iori, a girl in his class who has become so popular she now has her own fan club at school. But only a miracle could make him be with her, since the day...
5.6
114 votes
5.6
114 votes
Ninja Gaiden
1991 · Movie · 50 min. · Japan
Direction Mamoru Kanbe
Synopsis On a dark, late night in New York City, Ryu is chased and attacked by assassins. After disposing of them, he finds an I.D. card for the Friedman Company. The next day, it is announced that Dr. Ned Friedman has...
5.0
33 votes
5.0
33 votes
Panda-Z: The Robonimation (TV Series)
2004 · Series · 5 min. · Japan
Direction Mamoru Kanbe · Takuya Sato
Synopsis TV Series (2004). 30 Episodes. Panda-Z chronicles the misadventures of Pan Taron and his giant robot Panda-Z, as they battle the evil Skull Panda and his Warunimal forces.
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Harley Spiny (TV Series)
1996 · Series · 25 min. · Japan
Direction Takashi Murakami · Mamoru Kanbe · Kiyoko Sayama · Osamu Nakamura
Synopsis 140 Episodes. Somewhere in the world, there is a village where these curious animals live and coexist. Harley, the protagonist, is a hedgehog boy, mischievous and full of energy. The series is about family experiences, adventures at school, communion between...
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Princess Comet (TV Series)
2001 · Series · 24 min. · Japan
Direction Mamoru Kanbe
Synopsis TV Series (2001 - 2002). 43 Episodes. Comet (12 years old in human years) is the princess of the Harmonica Star country and was to meet the prince of the Tambourine Star country at a ball where he'd pick a...
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Ninjala (TV Series)
2022 · Series · 23 min. · Japan
Direction Mamoru Kanbe
Synopsis TV Series (2022). Anime tv series based on "Ninjala" video game.
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Demon Prince Enma
2006 · Movie · 180 min. · Japan
Direction Mamoru Kanbe
Synopsis Enma, Yuki-hime and Kapaeru are demon hunters from another plane who have come to present day Japan to exterminate demons who possess humans and cause them to commit murder.
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Seven Cities Story: Arctic Front
1994 · Movie · Japan
Direction Mamoru Kanbe
Synopsis In 2086, Earth's axis tilted 90 degrees and after three years span, approximately ten billion people died. One million colonists who had moved to the moon prior to the disaster escaped what later became known as "The Great Fall". At...
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Psycho Diver: Soul Siren
1997 · Movie · 48 min. · Japan
Direction Mamoru Kanbe
Synopsis Yuki Kano has it all: fame, wealth, the world at her feet. There's also something very wrong with her... from time to time, she's totally unable to sing (which, for a pop star, is not good). Enter Bosujima, a "psycho...
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