Masahiko Minami

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A founder and representative director of studio Bones. Also the leading producer of its Studio B.

After graduating from Osaka University of Arts, Minami joined Sunrise in 1984. There he did desk work and served as a production assistant on many of Masuo Ueda's productions. He was promoted to producer on Musha Knight Commando in 1991, and from there he went on to produce shows such as Mobile Fighter G Gundam, Vision of Escaflowne and Cowboy Bebop. In 1998, he left Sunrise and established Bones with Toshihiro Kawamoto and the late Hiroshi Ousaka. He was elected as the representative director of the studio and has held the position since.

Minami's classmates at university included Hideaki Anno, Hiroyuki Yamaga, and Kazuhiko Shimamoto. He appears as a character in the manga Aoi Honoo, which Shimamoto wrote about his own university days. The manga also received a TV drama adaptation, in which Minami was portrayed by actor Kaname Endou.

(Source: Wikipedia)