Direction: Hiromichi Matano

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Hiromichi Matano. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Sailor Moon (TV Series)

1992 · Series · 30 min. · Japan

Direction Junichi Sato · Kunihiko Ikuhara · Harume Kosaka · Hiromichi Matano

Plot TV Series (1992-1997). Tsukino Usagi is your normal, everyday, 14-year-old, stereotypical dumb blonde. Her life is suddenly changed one day after a chance encounter with a talking cat named Luna....

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5.5

17K votes

The Fleet of the Rising Sun (TV Miniseries)

1997 · Movie · 450 min. · Japan

Direction Hiromichi Matano

Plot OVA Mini-series (1997 - 2002). 15 Episodes. Japan builds up on its success by expanding its blue-water capabilities to reach the Atlantic Ocean, challenging the Kriegsmarine in the process. Nazi...

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Transformers: Zone

1990 · Movie · 23 min. · Japan

Direction Hiromichi Matano

Plot Its a Transformer battle royale when a evil demon named Vullinjir recreates six Destron gestalts (Giant robots composed of smaller ones) and pits them against the Cybertron Micromasters along with...

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Deep Blue Fleet (TV Miniseries)

1993 · Movie · 40 min. · Japan

Direction Hiromichi Matano · Takeyuki Kanda

Plot OVA Mini-series (1993 - 2003). 32 Episodes. An alternate retelling of the Pacific War during World War II, with Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto leading Japan to victory against USA. (Source: ANN)

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Adventures of Puss-in-Boots (TV Series)

1992 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

Direction Susumu Ishizaki · Toshifumi Kawase · Hiromichi Matano

Plot TV Series (1992). 26 Episodes. Anime adaptation of Charles Perrault fairy tale. (Source: MyAnimeList)

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Bite me! Chameleon (TV Miniseries)

1992 · Series · 300 min. · Japan

Direction Takao Yotsuji · Hiromichi Matano · Mitsuo Hashimoto · Takeshi Ushigusa

Plot OVA Mini-series (1992 - 1996). 6 Episodes. Despite of his short stature and his cowardly personality, Eisaku Yazawa dreams of one day becoming a gang leader of a nation of...

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Fist of the Blue Sky (TV Series)

2006 · Series · 22 min. · Japan

Direction Hiromichi Matano · Mihiro Yamaguchi

Plot Kasumi Kenshiro, also known as Yan Wang or the King of Death, is a Tokyo professor and the 62nd successor to the deadly assassin art known as Hokuto Shinken. He...

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Itsuka no Main: Kaminari Shōnen Tenta Sanjō

1996 · Movie · 45 min. · Japan

Direction Hiromichi Matano

Plot A realistic portrayal of a Japanese bike gang member trying to live up to social expectations of him being a 'legend'. (Source: MyAnimeList)

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Submarine Super 99 (TV Series)

2003 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

Direction Hiromichi Matano

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My My Mai

1993 · Movie · 90 min. · Japan

Direction Osamu Sekita · Hiromichi Matano · Nanako Shimazaki

Plot Mai's a super counselor with blazing sex appeal who specializes in solving her clients' bedroom problems - and male clients are preferred!

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Transformers: Chôjin Master Force (TV Series)

1988 · Series · 30 min. · Japan

Direction Yoshikata Nitta · Katsutoshi Sasaki · Johei Matsuura · Hiroki Shibata

Plot A new threat to Earth arises when powerful giant Decepticon Pretenders shaped like Earth's beasts escape their ancient prison at the bottom of the ocean. Autobot Pretenders who can turn...

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Sanrio Boys (TV Series)

2018 · Series · 24 min. · Japan

Direction Masashi Kudo · Akira Shimizu · Hiromichi Matano · Korema Arima

Plot TV Series (2018). 12 Episodes. Kōta Hasegawa is a high school boy who loves the yellow Pom Pom Purin dog. By mere coincidence, he ends up attending the same school...

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