Biography

Masahiko Minami is a renowned Japanese anime producer and the president of Bones, a prominent animation studio in Japan. Born in 1961 in Mie Prefecture, Minami graduated from the Osaka University of Arts with a degree in arts. His career in the a... Read more

Masahiko Minami is a renowned Japanese anime producer and the president of Bones, a prominent animation studio in Japan. Born in 1961 in Mie Prefecture, Minami graduated from the Osaka University of Arts with a degree in arts. His career in the anime industry took off at the esteemed studio Sunrise, where he worked as a producer. In 1998, Minami co-founded Bones alongside animators Hiroshi Osaka and Toshihiro Kawamoto. Interestingly, Minami was classmates at university with Hiroyuki Yamaga, one of the co-founders of Gainax, as well as mangaka Kazuhiko Shimamoto. Minami's contributions to... Read more