{{Short description|Japanese anime director}} {{BLP sources|date=April 2019}} {{Infobox person |name = Mitsuru Hongo |native_name = 本郷 みつる |image = |caption = |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|10|12}} |birth_place = Tokyo, Japan |other_names = {{nihongo|Sato Mitsuru|郷 満}}<br>{{nihongo|Ushio Ranta|潮 乱太}}<br>{{nihongo|Shibuya Pochi|渋谷 ポチ}}<br>{{nihongo|Byōga Daisuke|猫賀 大介}} |occupation = Animation director |years_active = 1981–present |known_for = ''Crayon Shin-chan''<br>''Chimpui'' }} {{nihongo|'''Mitsuru Hongo'''|本郷みつる, 本郷満|Hongō Mitsuru|born October 12, 1959}} is a Japanese anime director of television and film.
Hongo originally worked at Ajiado as an animator but moved to Shin-Ei Animation where he directed ''Crayon Shin-chan''. He left in 1996 and went on to direct ''Immortal Grand Prix'', ''Outlaw Star'', ''Reideen'', ''Shamanic Princess'', and ''The Candidate for Goddess''. He also directed and wrote the screenplay for the feature film ''Sakura Wars: The Movie''.
Hongo is a native of Tokyo but grew up in Niigata Prefecture.
==Filmography (as director)== * ''Ascendance of a Bookworm'' * ''Battle Spirits: Shōnen Toppa Bashin'' * ''Chimpui'' * ''Crayon Shin-chan'' * ''Deltora Quest'' * ''Gunma-chan''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-07-01/gunma-chan-mascot-anime-reveals-cast-staff-october-3-premiere/.174654|title=Gunma-chan Mascot Anime Reveals Cast, Staff, October 3 Premiere|publisher=Anime News Network|date=July 1, 2021|access-date=July 1, 2021}}</ref> * ''Immortal Grand Prix'' * ''Kasumin'' * ''Kyoro-chan'' * ''Mainichi Kaasan'' * ''Monster Hunter Stories: Ride On'' * ''Outlaw Star'' * ''Pilot Candidate'' * ''Reideen'' * ''Sakura Wars: The Movie'' * ''Shamanic Princess'' * ''Shiratori Reiko de Gozaimasu!'' * ''Spirit of Wonder'' * ''Tenkai Knights'' * ''The Yuzuki Family's Four Sons''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mantan-web.jp/article/20230428dog00m200027000c.html|script-title=ja:柚木さんちの四兄弟。：「ベツコミ」マンガが今秋テレビアニメ化 癒やし系兄弟の4人暮らし 朱夏が制作|website=Mantan Web|date=April 28, 2023|access-date=April 28, 2023|language=ja}}</ref> * ''World Trigger''
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==External links== * {{imdb name|0594084}} * {{ann|people|291}} * {{Twitter|megatenhongo}} * [http://style.fm/as/05_column/hongou/hongou_001.shtml Anime Style column]
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