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Hideaki Anno

{{short description|Japanese animator and filmmaker (born 1960)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Hideaki Anno

| native_name = {{nobold|庵野秀明}}

| native_name_lang = ja

| image = Godzilla Resurgence World Premiere Red Carpet- Anno Hideaki (28526527191).jpg

| caption = Anno at the premiere of Shin Godzilla in July 2016

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|05|22}}

| birth_place = Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan

| death_date =

| death_place =

| death_cause =

| notable_works = {{ubl|Gunbuster (OVA 1988–1989)|Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (TV 1990–1991)|Neon Genesis Evangelion (TV 1995–1996)|The End of Evangelion (1997)|Rebuild of Evangelion (2007–2021)|Kare Kano (TV 1998–1999)|Shin Godzilla (2016)|Shin Ultraman (2022)|Shin Kamen Rider

(2023)}}

| nationality = Japanese

| occupation = {{Hlist|Animator|film and television director|screenwriter|actor|producer}}

| years_active = 1981–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Moyoko Anno|2002}}

| website = {{URL|khara.co.jp/hideakianno/}}

| signature = Hideaki Anno Signature.svg

}}

{{Anime and manga}}

{{nihongo|Hideaki Anno|庵野 秀明|Anno Hideaki|born May 22, 1960|lead=yes}}{{cite web|url=http://www.khara.co.jp/hideakianno/personal-biography.html|title=Personal Biography – 庵野秀明公式web|work=khara.co.jp|access-date=July 19, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160614020904/http://khara.co.jp/hideakianno/personal-biography.html|archive-date=June 14, 2016}} is a Japanese animator, filmmaker and actor. His most celebrated creation, the Evangelion franchise, has had a significant influence on the anime television industry and Japanese popular culture. Anno's style is defined by his postmodernist approach and the extensive portrayal of characters' thoughts and emotions.

Anno's other directorial works include Daicon Film's Return of Ultraman (1983), Gunbuster (1988), Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (1990), Kare Kano (1998), Love & Pop (1998), Shiki-Jitsu (2000), Cutie Honey (2004), Re: Cutie Honey (2004), Rebuild of Evangelion (2007–2021), and Shin Godzilla (2016),{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/asia/hideaki-anno-and-shinji-higuchi-to-direct-tohos-godzilla-2016-1201464017/|title=Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi to Direct 'Godzilla 2016′|last=Frater|first=Patrick|work=Variety|date=March 31, 2015|access-date=March 31, 2015|archive-date=September 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924110252/https://variety.com/2015/film/asia/hideaki-anno-and-shinji-higuchi-to-direct-tohos-godzilla-2016-1201464017/|url-status=live}} with the latter film marking the beginning of the Shin trilogy of tokusatsu franchise reboots, followed by Shin Ultraman (2022) and Shin Kamen Rider (2023).{{cite web |url=https://kotaku.com/first-look-at-hideaki-annos-kamen-rider-1847773492 |title=First Look At Hideaki Anno's Kamen Rider |first=Brian |last=Ashcraft |website=Kotaku |date=September 30, 2021 |access-date=October 1, 2021 |archive-date=September 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210930133917/https://kotaku.com/first-look-at-hideaki-annos-kamen-rider-1847773492 |url-status=live }} Several of Anno's anime have won the Animage Anime Grand Prix award, including Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water in 1990, Neon Genesis Evangelion in 1995 and 1996, and The End of Evangelion in 1997.

Biography

=Childhood and early education=

The son of Fumiko and Takuya Anno, Anno was born in Ube, Yamaguchi; he attended Wakō Kindergarten, Unoshima Municipal Elementary School, Fujiyama Municipal Junior High School, and Yamaguchi Prefectural Ube High School where he was noted for his interest in artwork and making short films for Japanese Cultural Festivals.

=Early work=

Anno began his career while attending Osaka University of Arts as an animator for the anime series The Super Dimension Fortress Macross (1982–1983).{{cite web|url=http://www.gainax.co.jp/hills/anno/bymyself-e.html |title=Official biography |publisher=Gainax |access-date=May 24, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070819090939/http://www.gainax.co.jp/hills/anno/bymyself-e.html#1994 |archive-date=August 19, 2007 }} Wrapped up in producing the DAICON III and IV Opening Animations with his fellow students, and busy making self-financed films, Anno stopped paying his tuition, eventually getting expelled from Osaka University of Arts. He did not gain recognition until the release of his work on Hayao Miyazaki's 1984 film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. Running short on animators, the film's production studio posted an ad in the famous Japanese animation magazine Animage, announcing that they were in desperate need of more animators. Anno, in his early twenties at the time, read the ad and headed down to the film's studio, where he met with Miyazaki and showed him some of his drawings. Impressed with his ability, Miyazaki hired him to draw some of the most complicated scenes near the end of the movie,Studio Ghibli, The Birth of Studio Ghibli video, c. 2003 (included on UK Nausicaä DVD) and valued his work highly.{{cite web |url=http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/features/archive/news/2006/05/20060504p2g00m0fe019000c.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070609030822/http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/features/archive/news/2006/05/20060504p2g00m0fe019000c.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 9, 2007 |title=Evangelion Special: Genesis of a major manga |publisher=MSN News |date=May 25, 2007 |access-date=May 24, 2007 }}

Anno went on to become one of the co-founders of Gainax in December 1984. He worked as an animation director for their first feature-length film, Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise (1987), and ultimately became Gainax's premiere anime director, leading the majority of the studio's projects, including Gunbuster (1988) and Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (1990–1991).{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0030417/ |title=IMDb Profile |publisher=IMDb |access-date=May 24, 2007 |archive-date=June 1, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070601194747/http://imdb.com/name/nm0030417/ |url-status=live }} However, Anno fell into a four-year depression following Nadia — the series was handed down to him from NHK from an original concept by Hayao Miyazaki (of which Castle in the Sky is also partly based upon) and he was given little creative control. In 1994, the minor planet 9081 Hideakianno was named after him by his old friend Akimasa Nakamura.{{cite news|script-title=ja:祝！小惑星「庵野秀明」が誕生しました。|url=http://www.town.kumakogen.ehime.jp/culture/astro/obs/other/mp/Anno.html|website=www.town.kumakogen.ehime.jp|access-date=July 19, 2016|language=ja|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120919044425/http://www.town.kumakogen.ehime.jp/culture/astro/obs/other/mp/Anno.html|archive-date=September 19, 2012}}{{cite web|title=JPL Small-Body Database Browser|url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=9081+Hideakianno|website=ssd.jpl.nasa.gov|access-date=July 19, 2016|archive-date=March 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301023402/http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=9081+Hideakianno|url-status=live}}

=''Neon Genesis Evangelion''=

{{main article|Neon Genesis Evangelion (anime)#Production}}

Anno's next project was the anime television series Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996). The series is set in a post-apocalyptic futurist version of Tokyo and follows humanity's struggle to survive against an onslaught of giant monsters known as Angels. Anno's history of clinical depression{{cite web|url=http://culturedvultures.com/evangelion-depression-hideaki-anno-lars-von-trier-anime/|title=Evangelion, Depression and why Hideaki Anno is the Lars Von Trier of anime|date=July 27, 2014|work=Cultured Vultures|access-date=December 2, 2014|archive-date=January 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150124130000/http://culturedvultures.com/evangelion-depression-hideaki-anno-lars-von-trier-anime/|url-status=live}} was the main source for the emphasis on the psychological aspects of its characters, as he wrote down on paper several of the trials and tribulations of his condition. For this and other reasons (although perhaps by design as well), Evangelion{{'}}s plot became more introspective as the series progressed, despite being broadcast in a children's television timeslot. Anno felt that people should be exposed to the realities of life at as young an age as possible, and by the end of the series all attempts at traditional narrative logic were abandoned, as the final two episodes take place within the main character's mind.

The show did not garner high ratings in Japan at its initial time slot,{{citation needed|date=April 2021}} but after being moved to a later, more adult-oriented venue, it gained considerable popularity. Timing constraints{{citation needed|date=April 2021}} at Gainax also forced Anno to replace the planned ending of Evangelion with two episodes set in the main characters' minds. In 1997, Gainax launched a project to re-adapt Evangelion{{'}}s scrapped ending into a feature-length film. Budgeting issues left the film unfinished,{{citation needed|date=April 2021}} and the completed 27 minutes of animation were included as the second act of Evangelion: Death and Rebirth. Eventually, the project culminated in The End of Evangelion, a three-act film that served as a finale to Neon Genesis Evangelion. In September 1999, Anno appeared on the NHK TV-documentary "Welcome Back for an Extracurricular Lesson, Senpai!", answering some Evangelion-related questions, including the origin of the name Evangelion, and teaching children about animation production.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/buried-treasure/2007-05-03|title=Hideaki Anno talks to kids.|date=June 14, 2023|access-date=February 20, 2020|archive-date=July 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729075339/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/buried-treasure/2007-05-03|url-status=live}}

=Subsequent work=

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After Evangelion, Anno directed the 1998 anime series Kareshi Kanojo no Jijō (Kare Kano for short, also known in English as His and Her Circumstances), the first Gainax television series to be directly adapted from previously written material. During the production of Kare Kano, Anno became frustrated with the restrictions placed on the show by TV Tokyo after the Pokémon seizure incident{{cite web|title=Tokyo Travelogue February 3rd, 1999|url=http://www.nausicaa.net/~michj/tokyo/990203.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031101182610/http://www.nausicaa.net/~michj/tokyo/990203.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 1, 2003|work=nausicaa.net}} and has rarely directed television anime since then. The director has also made forays into live-action films, beginning with Love & Pop (1998), a cinéma vérité-style film about enjo kosai ("compensated dating", a form of teenage prostitution) in Japan, of which a major portion was shot on miniature digital cameras with constantly shifting aspect ratios. He won Best New Director Award at 1998 Yokohama Film Festival for the film. Asumi Miwa who played the lead role won Best New Talent award. He and his friend Masayuki also directed the documentary "GAMERA1999" which documented the production of Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris. His second live-action film, Shiki-Jitsu (2000) ("Ritual Day" or "Ceremonial Day"), is the story of a burnt-out former animation director (played by popular indie director Shunji Iwai) who falls in love with a woman disconnected from reality. Though an experimental work like Love & Pop, this film was shot using the more traditional 2.35:1 aspect ratio and has a generally more polished presentation, eschewing the cinéma vérité grittiness of Anno's first live-action film. This movie earned him Best Artistic Contribution Award at Tokyo International Film Festival and very positive reviews.

Anno's third live-action film was Cutie Honey, based on Go Nagai's 1973 manga and anime series. Released in the summer of 2004, this lighthearted fantasy/superhero film was a stark contrast to his earlier, more realist live-action works. Later in 2004, Anno supervised but did not direct the three-part OVA, Re: Cutie Honey, which was respectively directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi (part 1), Takamichi Itō (part 2), and Masayuki (part 3). Also released in 2004 was the movie {{nihongo|Funky Forest|ナイスの森|Nice no Mori}}, in which Anno makes several acting cameos: as the student in the front row of the "Home Room!" skit sitting next to Hataru, in "Who's the Director?" as an animator who feels he is being overworked, and finally in "Singles Picnic" he is among the men awaiting females who never come.{{cite web

| url = http://www.nice-movie.com/

| title = ナイスの森

| access-date = May 27, 2007

| publisher = Tōga

| date = May 27, 2007

| archive-date = May 26, 2007

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070526104218/http://www.nice-movie.com/

| url-status = dead

}}{{Failed verification|date=September 2007}}

On August 1, 2006, Hideaki Anno's official website was updated with job listings for key animators and production staff at a company he founded, Studio Khara.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=9318|title=New Hideaki Anno Project in the Works|date=June 14, 2023 |publisher=Anime News Network}} In September 2006, Anno's departure from Gainax was reported in the October edition of the Japanese animation magazine Newtype.{{cite web

| url = http://mizuki.onmitsu.jp/warehouse/festival/10th/index.html

| title = Neon genesis evangelion renewal animation movie

| access-date = September 7, 2006

| publisher = meguriaite

| date = September 6, 2006

| archive-date = October 17, 2018

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181017144348/http://mizuki.onmitsu.jp/warehouse/festival/10th/index.html

| url-status = live

}} On September 9, 2006, Gainax's official website confirmed that Rebuild of Evangelion was in the works. The first three movies would be an alternate retelling of the TV series (including many new scenes, settings, backgrounds, characters), and the fourth movie would be a completely new conclusion to the story. Kazuya Tsurumaki and Masayuki would direct the movies while Yoshiyuki Sadamoto would provide character designs and Ikuto Yamashita would provide mechanical designs. Shinji Higuchi would provide storyboards for the first movie. The first was launched in Summer 2007, and the second and third were planned to be launched in 2008, however, the second installment was released by itself on June 27, 2009. The third movie was to be released simultaneously with the fourth; instead, the third movie was released on November 17, 2012, and the release date for the fourth movie in Japan was announced to be June 27, 2020.{{cite tweet|user=evangelion_co|number=1210367527492046848|date=December 27, 2019|title="#evangelion #eva https://t.co/Pz7Lx0ICwC"|author=|language=ja|access-date=January 1, 2020}} On February 17, 2007, Anno published an official statement{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-02-20/hideaki-anno-releases-statement-about-new-evangelion-movies|title=Hideaki Anno Releases Statement About New Evangelion Movies|date=June 14, 2023|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=February 20, 2020|archive-date=June 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627111040/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-02-20/hideaki-anno-releases-statement-about-new-evangelion-movies|url-status=live}} on the Japanese Yahoo Portal for the films regarding his personal involvement and goals in their production.{{cite web

|url=http://www.evangelion.co.jp/theater.html

|title=Rebuild of evangelion

|access-date=September 12, 2006 |publisher=Gainax

|date=September 10, 2006 |url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061005071441/http://www.evangelion.co.jp/theater.html

|archive-date=October 5, 2006 }}

In October 2007, Hideaki Anno resigned from Gainax. In 2011 Anno co-produced the Koinobori Pictures movie Kantoku Shikkaku ("Failed Director"), directed by Katsuyuki Hirano featuring Yumika Hayashi.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/khara_inc/statuses/55828859714670595|title=株式会社カラー on Twitter|work=twitter.com|access-date=July 19, 2016|archive-date=November 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122160657/https://twitter.com/khara_inc/statuses/55828859714670595|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.khara.co.jp/news/2011/04/000004.html |title=株式会社カラー：最新情報：庵野秀明プロデュース・カラー共同製作. 映画『監督失格』2011年９月３日劇場公開決定 |website=www.khara.co.jp |access-date=January 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110410172427/http://www.khara.co.jp/news/2011/04/000004.html |archive-date=April 10, 2011 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://johakyu.net/archives/2010/12/2010-12-11-001074.php |title=平野勝之監督の新作映画『監督失格』を庵野秀明がプロデュース: 序破Q |website=johakyu.net |access-date=January 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215045545/http://johakyu.net/archives/2010/12/2010-12-11-001074.php |archive-date=December 15, 2010 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-04-06/evangelion-anno-produces-kantoku-shikkaku-film|title=Interest: Evangelion's Anno Produces Kantoku Shikkaku Film|date=June 14, 2023|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=February 20, 2020|archive-date=August 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801133328/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-04-06/evangelion-anno-produces-kantoku-shikkaku-film|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/N0030959|title=『エヴァ』庵野秀明の独占コメント掲載 実写映画初プロデュース作品は伝説の女優・林由美香を元恋人・平野勝之のカメラが追ったドキュメンタリー！（1/3）|work=cinematoday.jp|date=April 7, 2011|access-date=July 19, 2016|archive-date=January 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105001857/http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/N0030959|url-status=live}}

In 2012, Anno was the curator of an exhibit entitled Tokusatsu- Special Effects Museum-Craftsmanship of Showa and Heisei Eras Seen Through Miniatures, held at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, featuring actual props and suits from many of Japan's tokusatsu films and TV shows. Anno also produced a short live-action film for the exhibit, entitled A Giant Warrior Descends on Tokyo, featuring the Giant Warrior-God from Studio Ghibli's animated film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.{{cite web|url=http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2012/08/24/scifi-japan-tv-02-tokusatsu-museum/|title=SciFi JAPAN TV #02: Tokusatsu Museum 第２話「特撮博物館」|date=August 24, 2012|work=scifijapan.com|access-date=July 19, 2016|archive-date=March 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301010740/http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2012/08/24/scifi-japan-tv-02-tokusatsu-museum/|url-status=live}}Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/m3unlD_XIhQ Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20141103142034/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3unlD_XIhQ Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3unlD_XIhQ|title=Tokusatsu Museum・特撮博物館 (SciFi Japan TV #02)|last=CHO Japan|date=August 24, 2012|website=Scifijapan.com|access-date=July 19, 2016|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} He has gone on to work with Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli on several short films which have been shown at the Ghibli Museum. He also voiced the main character Jiro Horikoshi in Miyazaki's 2013 feature film The Wind Rises. He also designed the Space Battleship Yamato 2199 sci-fi anime television series opening sequence.{{cite news|title=Evangelion Director Hideaki Anno to Design Yamato 2199 Anime Opening|work=Crunchyroll|date=February 25, 2012|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2012/01/25/evangelion-director-hideaki-anno-to-design-yamato-2199-anime-opening|access-date=February 25, 2012|archive-date=January 31, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131004949/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2012/01/25/evangelion-director-hideaki-anno-to-design-yamato-2199-anime-opening|url-status=live}} In 2014, Anno and Studio Khara launched Japan Animator Expo, a series of original net animations made by various directors.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-10-26/khara-dwango-launch-weekly-animator-expo-anime-shorts/.80355|title=Khara, Dwango Launch Weekly Animator Expo Anime Shorts|work=animenewsnetwork.com|access-date=July 19, 2016|archive-date=January 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127142011/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-10-26/khara-dwango-launch-weekly-animator-expo-anime-shorts/.80355|url-status=live}} In March 2015, it was announced that Anno would team up with close friend and Gainax cofounder Shinji Higuchi to write and codirect Shin Godzilla, the 2016 reboot of Toho's Godzilla franchise.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/asia/hideaki-anno-and-shinji-higuchi-to-direct-tohos-godzilla-2016-1201464017/|title=Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi to Direct 'Godzilla 2016'|first=Patrick|last=Frater|date=April 1, 2015|work=variety.com|access-date=July 19, 2016|archive-date=September 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924110252/https://variety.com/2015/film/asia/hideaki-anno-and-shinji-higuchi-to-direct-tohos-godzilla-2016-1201464017/|url-status=live}}

Anno wrote and directed Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (2021), launched in March 2021, after being rescheduled twice due to COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|date=February 26, 2021|title=Final Evangelion Film Rescheduled to March 8 After 2 COVID-19 Delays|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-02-26/final-evangelion-film-rescheduled-to-march-8-after-2-covid-19-delays/.170006|access-date=December 30, 2021|website=Anime News Network|language=en|archive-date=March 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305114051/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-02-26/final-evangelion-film-rescheduled-to-march-8-after-2-covid-19-delays/.170006|url-status=live}} He stated that Shinji's story was completed, but mentioned that he had more ideas set in Evangelion{{'s}} world.{{Cite web|last=Lacerna|first=Michael|date=August 13, 2021|title=Hideaki Anno Teases A Possible Evangelion Continuation|url=https://www.cbr.com/hideaki-anno-evangelion-continuation/|access-date=December 30, 2021|website=CBR|language=en-US|archive-date=December 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230073902/https://www.cbr.com/hideaki-anno-evangelion-continuation/|url-status=live}}

Depictions

Anno has appeared in manga twice, both created by personal acquaintances. His wife, Moyoko Anno, wrote Insufficient Direction, a chronicle of their courtship and marriage and depicting Anno's "true face" as "the founder of the otaku cult".{{cite web |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-02-16/moyoco-anno-insufficient-direction-manga-launches-project |title=Moyoco Anno's Insufficient Direction Manga Launches Project – News |publisher=Anime News Network |date=February 16, 2014 |access-date=October 22, 2016 |archive-date=February 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225134554/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-02-16/moyoco-anno-insufficient-direction-manga-launches-project |url-status=live }} In 2007, a college-age version of him appeared alongside other Gainax founders Hiroyuki Yamaga, Takami Akai, and Toshio Okada in the Kazuhiko Shimamoto manga Aoi Honō. Anno attended Osaka University of Arts with Shimamoto. Aoi Honō was adapted into a live-action television drama in 2014, where Anno was played by actor Ken Yasuda.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-05-24/ken-yasuda-to-play-hideaki-anno-in-aoi-hono-drama/.74869|title=Ken Yasuda to Play Hideaki Anno in Aoi Honō Drama|work=animenewsnetwork.com|access-date=July 19, 2016|archive-date=May 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524091416/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-05-24/ken-yasuda-to-play-hideaki-anno-in-aoi-hono-drama/.74869|url-status=live}} The 2014 animated series Shirobako has a cameo appearance by a character named "Mitsuaki Kanno", a caricature of Anno.

Personal life

On March 26, 2002, Anno married his wife, manga artist Moyoco Anno.{{Cite web |title=Moyoco Anno |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1779107/bio |access-date=January 25, 2023 |website=IMDb |archive-date=January 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130180357/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1779107/bio |url-status=live }} He is an agnostic and has stated that he has found Japanese spiritualism to be closest to his personal beliefs.{{cite web |date=July 6, 2002 |title=Anno's Roundtable Discussion |url=http://masterwork.animemedia.com/Evangelion/anno.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020606012703/http://masterwork.animemedia.com/Evangelion/anno.html |archive-date=June 6, 2002 |access-date=September 9, 2012 |work=Animerica vol.4, no.9 |publisher=Animerica |quote=On his religious beliefs: ANNO: "I don't belong to any kind of organized religion, so I guess I could be considered agnostic. Japanese spiritualism holds that there is kami (spirit) in everything, and that's closer to my own beliefs."}} Anno is also a vegetarian.{{cite web |last=TV.com |title=Hideaki Anno |url=http://www.tv.com/people/hideaki-anno/ |access-date=July 19, 2016 |work=tv.com |archive-date=August 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814200941/http://www.tv.com/people/hideaki-anno/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=Hideaki Anno |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0030417/bio |access-date=July 19, 2016 |work=imdb.com |archive-date=April 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413033936/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0030417/bio |url-status=live }}

Filmography

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=Films=

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Director

!Writer

!Producer

!Animator

!Storyboard artist

!Notes

rowspan=2|1997

|Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|Co-directed with Masayuki & Kazuya Tsurumaki

The End of Evangelion

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|Co-directed with Kazuya Tsurumaki
Also lyrics writer "Komm, Susser Todd"

1998

|Love & Pop

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

1999

|{{ill|GAMERA1999|ja}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|Documentary
Co-directed with Masayuki

2000

| Shiki-Jitsu

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

2004

|Cutie Honey

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

2007

| Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|rowspan=2|Co-directed with Masayuki & Kazuya Tsurumaki
Also production designer

2009

|Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{partial|Executive}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

2011

|Kantoku Shikkaku

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|Documentary

2012

| Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{partial|Executive}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|Co-directed with Mahiro Maeda, Kazuya Tsurumaki & Masayuki

2016

| Shin Godzilla

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|Co-directed with Shinji Higuchi
Also co-editor{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/asia/hideaki-anno-and-shinji-higuchi-to-direct-tohos-godzilla-2016-1201464017/|title=Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi to Direct 'Godzilla 2016′|last=Frater|first=Patrick|work=Variety|date=March 31, 2015|access-date=March 31, 2015|archive-date=September 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924110252/https://variety.com/2015/film/asia/hideaki-anno-and-shinji-higuchi-to-direct-tohos-godzilla-2016-1201464017/|url-status=live}}

2021

| Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{partial|Executive}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|Co-directed with Kazuya Tsurumaki, Katsuchi Nakayama & Mahiro Maeda

2022

|Shin Ultraman

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|Also supervisor, co-editor, co-cinematographer, concept designer and logo designer

2023

|Shin Kamen Rider

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|Also co-editor and costume designer

=Short films=

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Director

!Writer

!Animator

!Notes

1979

|NAKAMUREDIER

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|rowspan=4|Student film

1979

|Proverb Dictionary: He Who Shots Often, Hits at Last!

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

rowspan=2|1980

|At the Bus Stop

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

Tough Tire! SHADO Tire!

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

1983

| Daicon Film's Return of Ultraman

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

1995

|Neon Genesis Evangelion: Genesis 0:0 – In the Beginning

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|Promotional short

2001

|Ryusei-Kacho

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|

rowspan=2|2002

|Anime Tencho

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|

The Invention of Destruction in the Imaginary Machines

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|

rowspan=2|2003

|The Girl and the Railway

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

| Full Short film within his film Shiki-Jitsu

Evangelion-Episode 26'Live Action Cut

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|Deleted live action scene from his film The End of Evangelion

2012

|Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|Also producer

2013

|Peaceful Times (F02) Petit Film

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|

2019

|Evangelion the Movie AVANT: 0706 Version

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|First 15 minutes of his film Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
Also executive producer and storyboard artist

==Producer only==

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Notes

rowspan=4|2014

|The Dragon Dentist

|rowspan=4|Executive producer

Hill Climb Girl
Carnage
20min Walk from Nishi-Ogikubo Station, 2 Bedrooms, Living Room, Dining Room, Kitchen, 2mos Deposit, No Pets Allowed
rowspan=6|2015

|Yamadeloid

| Producer

Evangelion:Another Impact

| rowspan=2|Executive producer

Sex and Violence with Machspeed
Tsukikage no Tokio

|Producer

Neon Genesis: Impacts

|rowspan=3|Executive producer

Cassette Girl
rowspan=2|2016

|Mobile Police Patlabor Reboot

A Good Child's History Anime

|Executive Producer
Also co-editor and photography

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Director

!Writer

!Animator

!Storyboard

!Notes

1988–1989

| Gunbuster

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|

1990–1991

|Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|

1995–1996

| Neon Genesis Evangelion

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|Also mechanical designer

1998–1999

| Kare Kano (His and Her Circumstances)

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|

1999

|{{ill|Koume-chan ga Iku|jp|アニメ愛のあわあわアワー}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

| TV Short Mini-series

2004

| Re: Cutie Honey

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|TV movie

2025

|Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|

Animation / art work

=Storyboards=

=Animator=

=Mechanical designer=

Acting roles

class="wikitable sortable"

|+

! Year !! Title !! Role

1983Daicon Film's Return of UltramanUltraman
1985Yamata no Orochi no GyakushūTV reporter
1991Otaku no VideoA Portrait of an Otaku interview (uncredited)
1998Abunai deka forever the movie–
2000–2001FLCLVoice of Miyu-Miyu (uncredited)
2002Frog RiverBar owner
2002Magical Shopping Arcade AbenobashiCameo role in Episode 12 (uncredited)
2004Cutie HoneyOffice worker
2004The Taste of TeaCameo, anime director
2004Koi no Mon (Otakus in Love)Cameo
2004Funky ForestActor
2006Nihon ChinbotsuYamashiro's Son-in-law
2006The Catch ManActor
2007Welcome to the Quiet Room (Quiet room ni yôkoso)Doctor
2010Death KappaActor{{cite web|url=https://www.cinematoday.jp/movie/T0009488|title=デスカッパ (2010)|date=November 27, 2010|website=Cinema Today|language=ja|trans-title=Death Kappa (2010)|access-date=June 3, 2021|archive-date=June 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603020817/https://www.cinematoday.jp/movie/T0009488|url-status=live}}
2013The Wind RisesVoice of Jiro Horikoshi, main character{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-05-09/newspaper/evangelion-hideaki-anno-to-star-in-ghibli-kaze-tachinu-film|title=Newspaper: Evangelion's Hideaki Anno to Star in Ghibli's Kaze Tachinu Film|work=animenewsnetwork.com|access-date=July 19, 2016|archive-date=April 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419101634/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-05-09/newspaper/evangelion-hideaki-anno-to-star-in-ghibli-kaze-tachinu-film|url-status=live}}
2013The Kingdom of Dreams and MadnessSelf (Documentary film)
2016Shin GodzillaPasserby (uncredited)
2020Last LetterSojiro Kishibeno
2022Shin UltramanUltraman (motion capture; with Bin Furuya){{cite book|last=Anno|first=Hideaki|url=https://www.khara.co.jp/2022/04/18/sudw/|title=Shin Ultraman Design Works|publisher=Khara, Inc.|date=May 13, 2022|page=74|isbn=978-4-905033-28-8|language=Japanese|access-date=May 18, 2022|archive-date=April 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220429214401/https://www.khara.co.jp/2022/04/18/sudw/|url-status=live}}
2023Ichikei's CrowCameo{{Cite web |title=Hideaki Anno Cameos as Judge in Live-Action Ichikei's Crow Film |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2023-01-10/hideaki-anno-cameos-as-judge-in-live-action-ichikei-crow-film/.193677 |access-date=January 11, 2023 |website=Anime News Network |language=en-US |archive-date=January 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111001833/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2023-01-10/hideaki-anno-cameos-as-judge-in-live-action-ichikei-crow-film/.193677 |url-status=live }}

Other credits

  • Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise (1987) (Special effects & production designer)
  • Strings (2004) (Japanese version director)
  • Ando-Roid (2013) (Story concept){{cite web |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2013-08-15/evangelion-anno-tsurumaki-work-on-live-action-ando-lloyd-show |title=Evangelion's Anno, Tsurumaki Work on Live-Action Andō Lloyd Show |date=August 15, 2013 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=June 18, 2024 |archive-date=June 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240618181235/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2013-08-15/evangelion-anno-tsurumaki-work-on-live-action-ando-lloyd-show |url-status=live }}
  • The Dragon Dentist (2017) (Executive producer and sound director){{cite web |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-08-26/evangelion-studio-turns-dragon-dentist-short-into-its-1st-tv-special/.105795 |title=Evangelion's Studio Turns 'Dragon Dentist' Short Into Its 1st TV Special |date=August 26, 2016 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=August 26, 2016 |archive-date=August 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827030000/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-08-26/evangelion-studio-turns-dragon-dentist-short-into-its-1st-tv-special/.105795 |url-status=live }}
  • Virtual-san Looking (2019) (Creative supervisor)

Awards and honours

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Award

! Category

! Work

! Result

1997

| colspan="2"|The 18th Nihon SF Taisho Award

| Neon Genesis Evangelion

| {{won}}

1999

| The 20th Yokohama Film Festival

| Best New Director

| Love & Pop

| {{won}}

rowspan="2"| 2008

| rowspan="2"| The 6th Tokyo Anime Award

| Animation of the Year

| rowspan="2"| Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone

| {{won}}

Best director

| {{won}}

2016

| The 41st Hochi Film Award

| Best Director

| rowspan="7"|Shin Godzilla

| {{nom}}

rowspan="6"| 2017

| rowspan="2"| The 71st Mainichi Film Awards

| Best Director

| {{nom}}

Best Screenplay

| {{nom}}

The 90th Kinema Junpo Awards

| Best Screenplay

| {{won}}

The 38th Yokohama Film Festival

| Special Grand Prize

| {{won}}

The 40th Japan Academy Prize

| Director of the Year

| {{won}}

The 26th Tokyo Sports Film Award

| Best Director

| {{won}}

class="wikitable"
Year

! Honor

! Ref

2022

| Medal with Purple Ribbon

|{{cite web|url= https://kahoku.news/articles/knp2022042701001305.html|title= 春の褒章に高木美帆さんら 688人、作詞家の秋元康さんも|access-date= April 28, 2022|work= Kahoku Shimpo|archive-date= May 9, 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220509094402/https://kahoku.news/articles/knp2022042701001305.html|url-status= dead}}

References

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20160614020904/http://khara.co.jp/hideakianno/personal-biography.html English profile page], Khara (studio)
  • {{in lang|ja}} [http://khara.co.jp/hideakianno/ Hideaki Anno Official site]
  • {{IMDb name|30417}}
  • {{in lang|ja}} [http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0028520.htm Anno Hideaki's JMDb Listing]
  • {{anime News Network|people|15}}
  • [http://www.gwern.net/docs/eva/1996-newtype-anno-interview 1996 NewType interview]
  • [http://www.gwern.net/docs/eva/1997-animeland-may-hideakianno-interview-english 1997 Animeland interview]
  • [http://www.gwern.net/docs/eva/2003-rahxephoncomplete-anno-izubuchi "Special Talk: Yutaka Izubuchi x Hideaki Anno"] -(2003)

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