Masahiko Minami
Masahiko Minami | |
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南 雅彦 | |
 Masahiko Minami at Japan Expo 2009 | |
| Born | August 24, 1961 Mie prefecture, Japan |
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| Years active | 1984-present |
| Employer(s) | Sunrise (1984-1998) Bones (1998-present) |
| Known for | Founder of Bones |
| Notable work | Cowboy Bebop Eureka Seven |
Masahiko Minami (南 雅彦, Minami Masahiko, born August 24, 1961) is a Japanese anime producer and president of Bones.[1][2] Born in Mie Prefecture, Japan.[1]
Career
[edit]A graduate of the Osaka University of Arts's department of arts, Minami joined the noted anime studio Sunrise in 1984, where he began his career as one of its producers.[1] Later, in 1998, he co-founded Bones together with animators Hiroshi Osaka and Toshihiro Kawamoto.[1]
He was classmates in university with Gainax co-founder Hiroyuki Yamaga and manga artist Kazuhiko Shimamoto. He is portrayed by actor Kaname Endo in the 2014 television drama Aoi Honō based on Shimamoto's autobiographical manga.
Works
[edit]Sunrise
[edit]- Ginga Hyōryū Vifam - Assistant
- Choriki Robo Galatt - Production assistant
- Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - Assistant
- Blue Comet SPT Layzner - Production assistant
- Bats & Terry - Production assistant
- City Hunter 1&2 - Production assistant/ Production chief
- City Hunter 357 Magnum - Production chief
- Obatarian - Production chief
- Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory - Assistant producer
- Mobile Suit SD Gundam series - Producer
- Shippu Iron Leaguer - Producer
- Mobile Fighter G Gundam - Producer
- Vision of Escaflowne - Producer
- Escaflowne - Producer
- Cowboy Bebop - Producer
- Cowboy Bebop: The Movie - Producer
Bones
[edit]- Hiwou War Chronicles - Producer
- Angelic Layer - Producer
- RahXephon - Producer
- RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio - Producer
- Welcome to Pia Carrot!! The Movie ~Sayaka no Koi Monogatari~ - Producer
- Wolf's Rain - Producer
- Scrapped Princess - Producer
- Fullmetal Alchemist - Producer
- Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa - Producer
- Fullmetal Alchemist and the Broken Angel - Animation producer
- Fullmetal Alchemist 2: Curse of the Crimson Elixir - Animation producer
- Fullmetal Alchemist 3: The Girl who Succeeds God - Animation producer
- Kurau Phantom Memory - Planning/ producer
- The Mars Daybreak - Producer
- Eureka Seven - Planning
- Eureka Seven: AO - Planning/ chief producer
- Eureka Seven: Good Night, Sleep Tight, Young Lovers - Production/ producer
- Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution 1 - Production/ planning
- Anemone: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution - Production/ planning
- Eureka: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution - Production/ planning
- Ouran High School Host Club - Producer
- Jyu-Oh-Sei - Production/ producer
- Ayakashi Ayashi - Planning/ producer
- Darker than Black - Planning
- Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor - Planning
- Skull Man - Production
- Sword of the Stranger - Producer
- Soul Eater - Planning
- Nijū Mensō no Musume - Production
- Xam'd: Lost Memories - Planning
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood - Planning
- Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 - Production
- Heroman - Planning
- Star Driver - Planning
- Star Driver The Movie - Planning
- Gosick - Planning
- Towa no Quon - Production
- Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos - Production/ planning/ producer
- No. 6 - Production
- Un-Go - Production
- Blast of Tempest - Planning/ chief producer
- Space Dandy - Planning/ producer
- Noragami - Planning/ chief producer
- Noragami Aragoto - Planning/ chief producer
- Tenkai Knights - Animation production supervisor
- Captain Earth - Planning/ chief producer
- Soul Eater Not! - Planning
- Chaika: The Coffin Princess - Production
- Blood Blockade Battlefront - Planning
- Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond - Production
- Show by Rock!! - Planning
- Show by Rock!!# - Planning
- Snow White with the Red Hair - Planning
- Concrete Revolutio - Planning
- My Hero Academia - Production
- My Hero Academia: Two Heroes - Co-production
- My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising - Co-production
- My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission - Co-production
- Blood Blockade Battlefront - Production
- Bungo Stray Dogs - Executive producer
- Mob Psycho 100 Season 1 - Planning
- Mob Psycho 100 Season 2 - Planning/ producer
- Mob Psycho 100 Season 3 - Planning/ producer
- Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan - Planning
- Metallic Rouge - Producer
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "アニメスタジオクロニクル No.6 ボンズ 南雅彦（代表取締役）" [Anime Studio Chronicle No.6 Bones Masahiko Minami (Representative Director)]. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha. September 20, 2023. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
- ^ Anime-expo.org
External links
[edit]- Masahiko Minami at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- (in Japanese) Japan Movie Database
- (in Japanese) Allcinema
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