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Behind the anime
Director
After graduating from Miyakojima Technical Senior High School, Kanbe moved to Tokyo and went to a Professional Training College while delivering newspapers to maintain himself.
Our catalog credits Mamoru Kanbe, a director and storyboard artist, on 49 titles. Their listed hometown is Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Born 1962. Years active: 1984–present.
Behind the scenes, the most common credits are storyboard (22), director (13), and episode director (11).
Our catalog lists 49 credits, including Super Mario no Shouboutai, You and Me., and The Promised Neverland Season 2.
Their hometown is listed as Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
The person behind the work
After graduating from Miyakojima Technical Senior High School, Kanbe moved to Tokyo and went to a Professional Training College while delivering newspapers to maintain himself. He joined Studio Topcraft and as his first job he worked as production assistant on Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.
In the late '80s and early '90s he worked on several NHK educational anime for children while he had his debut as director with the OVA Ninja Ryuukenden in 1991. In 1997 he established Studio Garan with several employees of Studio Junio (which he had previously joined). Garan was one of the subcontracting studios for Cardcaptor Sakura and the episodes Kanbe directed garnered much attention. He left Garan in 2000.
More recently he's been mainly known for directing psychological and thriller anime like Elfen Lied, Electromagnetic Girlfriend and The Promised Neverland.
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30 titles listed
