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Mamoru Kanbe

Born January 1, 1962 · Osaka, Japan (age 64)

Mamoru Kanbe (神戸 守, Kanbe Mamoru, born 1962) is a Japanese anime director from Moriguchi City, Osaka Prefecture.

Known For

Warriors of the WindWarriors of the Wind · 1984
Warriors of the Wind
7.91984
MovieAdventureAnimation
After a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley of the Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a poisonous jungle and the powerful insects that guard it. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the people of the Valley engage in an epic struggle to restore the bond between humanity and Earth.
THE iDOLM@STER MOVIE: Beyond the Brilliant Future!THE iDOLM@STER MOVIE: Beyond the Brilliant Future! · 2014
THE iDOLM@STER MOVIE: Beyond the Brilliant Future!
6.22014
MovieAnimationDrama
The idols of 765 Production continue on their neverending journey—towards a new stage, towards a bright and shiny future! The girls and their producer have gone through thick and thin, and have stood face to face with all kinds of difficulties. It's time again for the girls to foster their friendship, and through great discipline, they step forward to their starry future.
Saint☆Young MenSaint☆Young Men · 2013
Saint☆Young Men
7.72013
MovieAnimationComedy
Jesus Christ and Gautama Buddha, the founders of Christianity and Buddhism, are living together as roommates in a Tokyo apartment while taking a vacation on Earth. The comedy often involves jokes about Christianity, Buddhism, and all things related, as well as the main characters' attempts to hide their identities and understand modern society in Japan.
Cardcaptor SakuraCardcaptor Sakura · 1998
Cardcaptor Sakura
10.01998
MovieActionAdventure
Cardcaptor Sakura tells the story of Sakura Kinomoto, a ten-year-old girl who accidentally releases a set of magical cards called Clow Cards. Her job then is to gather all the cards before they cause trouble in the city where she lives.
Psycho Diver: Soul SirenPsycho Diver: Soul Siren · 1997
Psycho Diver: Soul Siren
6.31997
MovieAnimationAction
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 Busujima, a "psycho diver" with the capability to enter people's heads and straighten out what's wrong with them. Well, most of the time, anyway.
Ninja GaidenNinja Gaiden · 1991
Ninja Gaiden
6.11991
MovieAnimationAction
A long time ago, there was a war between the Evil God and the Dragon God. The war finally came to an end when a Dragon Ninja, who had the power of the Dragon God, sealed away the Evil God.Several thousand years later, in New York, a young ninja named Ryu is attacked by a couple of men in black suits wearing white masks. He notices that they are related to someone worshiping the same Evil God of the past and resolves to fight against them before the Evil God is unsealed again.
Seven Cities Story: Arctic FrontSeven Cities Story: Arctic Front · 1994
Seven Cities Story: Arctic Front
4.71994
MovieScience FictionDrama
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 the moon, they established the Panhuman World Government and organized the recolonization of the world. Seven locations were chosen for cities as starting points for this massive project.
Cardcaptor SakuraCardcaptor Sakura · 1998
Cardcaptor Sakura
8.61998
SeriesAnimationSci-Fi & Fantasy
Sakura Kinomoto, an elementary school student who discovers that she possesses magical powers after accidentally freeing a set of magical cards from the book they had been sealed in for years. She is then tasked with retrieving those cards in order to avoid an unknown catastrophe from befalling the world.

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Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! · 2020
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
8.12020
SeriesAnimationAction & Adventure
First-year high schooler Midori Asakusa loves anime so much, she insists that "concept is everything" in animation. While she spends her time doodling endless ideas and settings in her sketchbook, she hasn't taken the first step to creating anime, insisting that she can't do it alone. After Asakusa's money-loving best friend Sayaka Kanamori notices her genius and drive – and when it becomes clear that their classmate and charismatic fashion model Tsubame Mizusaki wants to be an animator – the energetic trio start an animation club. Together, the three aim to realize the "ultimate world" that exists in their minds, as they come to see the power that fiction and imagination have on their lives and the world around them.

Storyboard Artist

Elfen LiedElfen Lied · 2004
Elfen Lied
8.32004
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimation
The Diclonius, a mutated homo sapien that is said to be selected by God and will eventually become the destruction of mankind, possesses two horns in their heads, and has a "sixth sense" which gives it telekinetic abilities. Due to this dangerous power, they have been captured and isolated in laboratories by the government. Lucy, a young and psychotic Diclonius, manages to break free of her confines and brutally murder most of the guards in the laboratory, only to get shot in the head as she makes her escape. She survives and manages to drift along to a beach, where two teenagers named Kouta and Yuka discovers her. Having lost her memories, she was named after the only thing that she can now say, "Nyuu," and the two allow her to stay at Kouta's home. However, it appears that the evil "Lucy" is not dead just yet...

Series Director

Sound of the SkySound of the Sky · 2010
Sound of the Sky
7.72010
SeriesAnimationComedy
On the outskirts of the country of Helvetia rests the tranquil town of Seize. Upon its cobbled streets, citizens go about their daily lives, undisturbed by the increasingly tense military relations between Helvetia and the neighboring Roman Empire. It is under these circumstances that the 1121st platoon of the Helvetian army, stationed at the Clocktower Fortress in Seize, receives a new recruit in the young and spirited Kanata Sorami. Having joined the military to fulfill her dream of learning to play the bugle, she excitedly accepts the tutelage of the Sergeant Major, Rio Kazumiya, who happens to be a skilled trumpeter. Working alongside them are the aloof mechanic, Noël Kannagi, the feisty gunner, Kureha Suminoya, and the compassionate Captain Felicia Heideman; together, they experience the beauty of life in Seize and the lasting joy of a community that has persevered in spite of the crumbling world around them.

Storyboard Artist