Mankyu
Directing
Mankyu (まんきゅう, Mankyū, May 27, 1980) is a Japanese filmmaker, anime director and screenwriter from Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture. After graduating from university, he worked as a freelancer before joining the animation company DLE in 2009. He used the name Mick Box until April 2009, when he changed his alias to the current Mankyu. After leaving DLE, he took over as director of Gathering on October 1, 2009. He left Gathering on March 31, 2017 and has since worked as a freelancer.
Known for
Directing22
tvThe Ramparts of Ice
2026
Series Director
tvTHE iDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS
2024
Series Director
tvMigi&Dali
2023
Series Director
tvThe Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague
2023
Series Director
tvYou Don't Know GUNMA Yet.
2018
Series Director
tvCinderella Girls Theatre
2017
Director
tv磯部磯兵衛物語
2015
Series Director
tvMobile Suit Gundam-san
2014
Series Director, Director
tvDonyatsu
2013
Series Director
tvPuchimas!: Petit Idolm@ster
2013
Series Director
tvぷちます!
2013
Series Director
tvA Thirty-Year Old's Health and Physical Education
2011
Series Director
tvカッコカワイイ宣言！
2010
Series Director
tvMy Lord and Me
2010
Series Director
tvUtsurun Desu.
2009
Series Director
tvSeven Sleeping Beauties
Series Director
Art7
tvThe Ramparts of Ice
2026
Storyboard Artist
moviePui Pui Molcar the Movie: MOLMAX
2024
Storyboard Artist
tvThe Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague
2023
Storyboard Artist
tvKakushigoto
2020
Storyboard Artist
tvYou Don't Know GUNMA Yet.
2018
Storyboard Artist
tvMobile Suit Gundam-san
2014
Storyboard Artist
tvNARUTO Spin-Off: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals
2012
Storyboard Artist
Writing6
tvMigi&Dali
2023
Series Composition
tvYou Don't Know GUNMA Yet.
2018
Series Composition, Writer
tv磯部磯兵衛物語
2015
Writer
tvDonyatsu
2013
Series Composition
Sound3
tvMigi&Dali
2023
Sound Director
tvThe Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague
2023
Sound Director
tvYou Don't Know GUNMA Yet.
2018
Sound Director