Direction: Manabu Ono

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


Sword Art Online: Alicization (TV Series)

2018 · Series · 24 min. · Japan

Direction Manabu Ono

Plot TV Series (2018-2019). 24 Episodes. Before he knows it, Kirito has made a full-dive into an epic, fantasy-like virtual world. With only a murky recollection of what happened right before...

6.8

145 votes

6.8

145 votes

Sword Art Online (TV Series)

2012 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

Direction Tomohiko Ito · Manabu Ono · Shigeki Kawai · Shunsuke Ishikawa

Plot TV Series (2012). 25 Episodes. A genius programmer named Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya enters a virtual-reality, massively multiplayer online world called Sword Art Online. There is no escape from this world...

6.6

3K votes

6.6

3K votes

Dead Mount Death Play (TV Series)

2023 · Series · 23 min. · Japan

Direction Manabu Ono · Takaharu Ōkuma · Yoshiki Kitai

Plot TV Series (2023). 24 Episodes. After a fight to the death with the Calamity Crusher, the Corpse God, a Necromancer without peer, reincarnates as Polka Shinoyama in early twenty-first century...

6.4

43 votes

6.4

43 votes

The Irregular at Magic High School (TV Series)

2014 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

Direction Manabu Ono

Plot TV Series (2014). 26 Episodes. Sora and Shiro, a brother and sister whose reputations as brilliant NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) hikikomori (shut-in) gamers have spawned urban legends...

6.1

96 votes

6.1

96 votes

The Asterisk War (TV Series)

2015 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

Direction Manabu Ono · Kenji Seto

Plot TV Series (2015). 2 Seasons. 24 Episodes. Invertia was a meteor storm that caused an unprecedented disaster during the 20th century. Because of this disaster, numerous cities around the world...

5.8

71 votes

5.8

71 votes

Saki (TV Series)

2009 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

5.7

31 votes

5.7

31 votes

Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere (TV Series)

2011 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

Direction Manabu Ono

Plot Set in a distant land, Japan is divided into feudal territories, yet conquered by outside countries, the city Musashi that will ignite the flame of battle is being targeted and...

5.6

26 votes

5.6

26 votes

A Channel (TV Series)

2011 · Series · 24 min. · Japan

Direction Manabu Ono

Plot The story revolves around the everyday life of four high school girls: the flighty Run, the reckless Tooru, the timid Yuuko, and the level-headed Nagi.

5.3

35 votes

5.3

35 votes

Dragonaut: The Resonance (TV Series)

2007 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

Direction Manabu Ono

Plot In order to avoid Earth's impending destruction from an asteroid, the International Solarsystem Development Agency (ISDA) works on the "D-Project", and creates dragons after finding a dragon egg under the...

4.5

46 votes

4.5

46 votes

Sakura Taisen: The Animation (TV Series)

2020 · Series · min. · Japan

Direction Manabu Ono

Plot TV Series (2020). Anime series based on "Shin Sakura Taisen" video game, from the "Sakura Wars" series.

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Saki Episode of Side A (TV Series)

2012 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

Direction Manabu Ono

Plot Nodoka Haramura's appearance on television playing in a high school mahjong tournament inspires her old Jr. high school friends to reform their schools club so they can meet and play...

Not rated

Not rated

Saki Biyori

2015 · Movie · 30 min. · Japan

Direction Manabu Ono · Kenji Seto

Plot OVA based on the characters from "Saki" anime series, consisting of 4-koma gags featuring characters from the first season. (Source: ANN)

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Not rated

Transformers: Cybertron (TV Series)

2005 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Hiroyuki Kakudo · Manabu Ono

Plot The Autobots embark on a quest to locate mystical artifacts to save their homeworld of Cybertron from being sucked into a black hole. But the Decepticons want to get their...

Not rated

Not rated

Not rated