Masahiko Minami

Japanese film and television producer

Anime executive producer
film producer
television producer
studio executive

Years active1984-presentEmployer(s)Sunrise (1984-1998)
Bones (1998-present)Known forFounder of BonesNotable workCowboy 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

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

Sunrise

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

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

^ ^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