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

Synopsis 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. Luna gives Usagi a magical brooch, and reveals to her...

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The Fleet of the Rising Sun (TV Miniseries)

1997 · Movie · 450 min. · Japan

Direction Hiromichi Matano

Synopsis 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 Germany also launches a surgical strike on the White House...

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Transformers: Zone

1990 · Movie · 23 min. · Japan

Direction Hiromichi Matano

Synopsis 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 Di Atlus and Sonic Bomber for the ultimate prize, the...

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Deep Blue Fleet (TV Miniseries)

1993 · Movie · 40 min. · Japan

Direction Hiromichi Matano · Takeyuki Kanda

Synopsis 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

Synopsis 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

Synopsis 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 thugs. As he starts middle school, he ends up meeting...

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Fist of the Blue Sky (TV Series)

2006 · Series · 22 min. · Japan

Direction Hiromichi Matano · Mihiro Yamaguchi

Synopsis 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 leaves his teaching job and travels to Shanghai after getting...

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Direction Hiromichi Matano

Synopsis 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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My My Mai

1993 · Movie · 90 min. · Japan

Direction Osamu Sekita · Hiromichi Matano · Nanako Shimazaki

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

Synopsis 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 into human and live among them fight back.

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Sanrio Boys (TV Series)

2018 · Series · 24 min. · Japan

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

Synopsis 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 as Yū Mizuno, a boy who likes the bunny My...

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