Hideaki Anno

Directing · Born 1960-05-22 in Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan

Biography

Hideaki Anno (born May 22, 1960 in Ube, Yamaguchi) is a Japanese animation and film director. Anno is best known for his work on the popular anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion. His style has come to be defined by the touches of superflatism and postmodernism that he injects into his work, as well as the thorough portrayal of characters' thoughts and emotions, often through unconventional sequences incorporating psychoanalysis and emotional deconstruction of these characters. He married comics artist Moyoco Anno in 27 April 2002. Anime directed by Anno that have won the Animage Anime Grand Prix award have been Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water in 1990, Neon Genesis Evangelion in 1995 and 1996, and The End of Evangelion in 1997. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hideaki Anno,…

Filmography

• Shin Ultraman as Ultraman (Motion Capture)
• The Wind Rises as Jiro Horikoshi (voice)
• Shin Godzilla as Bus Driver
• Ichikei's Crow The Movie as Judge
• Cutie Honey as Office Worker
• Funky Forest: The First Contact as Hasuda
• True Love as Nishimura Keisuke
• The Taste of Tea as Kasugabe
• Documentary "Shin Kamen Rider" ~Behind the Scenes of the Hero Action Challenge~ as Self
• Abunai Deka Forever The Movie as Man

TV

• FLCL as Miyu Miyu (voice)
• Hideaki ANNO and Hitoshi MATSUMOTO fireside chat as Self
• 10 Years with Hayao Miyazaki as Self
• Professional: Shigoto no ryûgi