Manabu Hageyama

Yoshihiro Anzai (安西 義浩), known in his stage name as Manabu Hageyama (禿山 学), is a Japanese film producer and 3D animator who currently works for New Pokota Studio since 1997.

Bio
Yoshihiro Anzai was born on March 1, 1979 in Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku. Realizing that he has no hair and is completely bald, he gained the nickname of "Manabu Hageyama" in July 1985.

A dropout of, Hageyama moved to Ebisu, Shibuya in April 1997 and joined New Pokota Studio as a producer on May 4. The first film he produced was Wuzzles.

On February 5, 1998, Hageyama started his animating career with his first project being the videotaped 3D logo for New Pokota Studio, which was seen at the beginning of the company's direct-to-video films.

Filmography

 * Wuzzles (1997)
 * The Mighty Magiswords (1998)
 * The Mighty Magiswords: Hoppus the Bold One (2000)

Trivia

 * Hageyama's favorite films are, , , and.