Direction: Mamoru Kanbe

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Mamoru Kanbe. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


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

I''s Pure

2005 · Movie · 27 min. · Japan

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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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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