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Hideaki Anno

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Hideaki Anno (Japanese: 庵野 秀明, Hepburn: Anno Hideaki; born May 22, 1960) is a Japanese animator, filmmaker, actor, producer, and voice 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), 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). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hideaki Anno is the 339th most popular film director (down from 263rd in 2019), the 584th most popular biography from Japan (down from 360th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Japanese Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Hideaki Anno ranks 339 out of 2,041. Before him are Steven Soderbergh, Luigi Comencini, Tex Avery, Menahem Golan, Darren Aronofsky, and Jacques Feyder. After him are Satoshi Kon, Ub Iwerks, Jean Girault, Barbet Schroeder, Francis Veber, and Jim Henson.

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Among people born in 1960, Hideaki Anno ranks 83. Before him are Walter Zenga, Gia Carangi, Jeremy Clarkson, Pierre Littbarski, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, and Taneti Mamau. After him are Jennifer Grey, Gazebo, Jonas Gahr Støre, Daryl Hannah, Hiroshi Amano, and John Schneider.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hideaki Anno ranks 584 out of 6,245. Before him are Saitō Makoto (1858), Rei Kawakubo (1942), Masayoshi Ōhira (1910), Tsutomu Hata (1935), Emperor Murakami (926), and Shūsaku Endō (1923). After him are Junji Ito (1963), Satoshi Kon (1963), Miho Kaneda (1950), Saichō (767), Yasuji Okamura (1884), and Shinran (1173).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Hideaki Anno ranks 12. Before him are Kenji Mizoguchi (1898), Masaki Kobayashi (1916), Franklin J. Schaffner (1920), Nagisa Oshima (1932), Shohei Imamura (1926), and Mamoru Oshii (1951). After him are Satoshi Kon (1963), Makoto Shinkai (1973), Kiyoshi Kurosawa (1955), Kinji Fukasaku (1930), Ishirō Honda (1911), and Hirokazu Kore-eda (1962).

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