Directed credits
19
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Mankyu
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.7
Low visibility
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Directed movies: 3Directed series: 16All crew credits: 22
TMDB ID: 2132649
IMDb ID: nm6088345
Known for: Directing
Born: May 27, 1980
Age: 46
Place of birth: Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 2009 - 2026
Years active: 18
Average TMDB rating: 7.05
Wikidata: Q11278702
Also known as
Mankyuu • Mankyū • Mankyû
Frequent jobs
Series Director (14)Director (5)Storyboard Artist (2)Writer (1)
Biography
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.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Mankyu.
Tooi-san wa Seishun Shitai! Baka to Smartphone to Romance to
Director
2025 Movie
Pui Pui Molcar the Movie: MOLMAX
Director
2024 Movie
Sumikko Gurashi: The Pop-up Book and the Secret Child
Director
2019 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Mankyu.
The Ramparts of Ice
Series Director • 28 eps
2026 Series
THE iDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS
Series Director • 24 eps
2024 Series
Migi&Dali
Series Director • 13 eps
2023 Series
The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague
Series Director • 12 eps
2023 Series
THE IDOLM@STER SideM Wakeatte Mini!
Director • 12 eps
2018 Series
You Don't Know GUNMA Yet.
Series Director • 12 eps
2018 Series
Cinderella Girls Theatre
Director • 13 eps
2017 Series
Mobile Suit Gundam-san
Series Director • 13 eps
2014 Series
Donyatsu
Series Director • 13 eps
2013 Series
Puchimas!: Petit Idolm@ster
Series Director • 74 eps
2013 Series
ぷちます!
Series Director • 138 eps
2013 Series
A Thirty-Year Old's Health and Physical Education
Series Director • 12 eps
2011 Series
カッコカワイイ宣言！
Series Director • 5 eps
2010 Series
My Lord and Me
Series Director • 24 eps
2010 Series
Utsurun Desu.
Series Director • 3 eps
2009 Series
Seven Sleeping Beauties
Series Director • 1 eps
Series
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Mankyu.
Kakushigoto
Storyboard Artist • 2 eps
2020 Series
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Mankyu.
Pui Pui Molcar the Movie: MOLMAX
Director
2024 Movie
Tooi-san wa Seishun Shitai! Baka to Smartphone to Romance to
Director
2025 Movie
Sumikko Gurashi: The Pop-up Book and the Secret Child
Director
2019 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Mankyu.
The Ramparts of Ice
Series Director • 28 eps
2026 Series
NARUTO Spin-Off: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2012 Series
Puchimas!: Petit Idolm@ster
Series Director • 74 eps
2013 Series
Cinderella Girls Theatre
Director • 13 eps
2017 Series
The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague
Series Director • 12 eps
2023 Series
Kakushigoto
Storyboard Artist • 2 eps
2020 Series
THE iDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS
Series Director • 24 eps
2024 Series
A Thirty-Year Old's Health and Physical Education
Series Director • 12 eps
2011 Series
Migi&Dali
Series Director • 13 eps
2023 Series
Mobile Suit Gundam-san
Series Director • 13 eps
2014 Series
My Lord and Me
Series Director • 24 eps
2010 Series
磯部磯兵衛物語
Writer • 33 eps
2015 Series
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Mankyu.
Kakushigoto
Storyboard Artist • 2 eps
2020 Series
磯部磯兵衛物語
Writer • 33 eps
2015 Series
NARUTO Spin-Off: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2012 Series