Masahiko Minami is a Japanese anime producer and president of Bones, born in 1961 in Mie Prefecture. A graduate of the Osaka University of Arts's department of arts, Minami began his career with noted anime studio Sunrise as one of its producers. Later, in 1998, he co-founded Bones together with animators Hiroshi Osaka and Toshihiro Kawamoto. He was classmates in university with Gainax co-founder Hiroyuki Yamaga and mangaka Kazuhiko Shimamoto. (Source: Wikipedia)