Hideaki Anno (庵野 秀明, Anno Hideaki, born May 22, 1960 in Ube, Yamaguchi) is a Japanese animator, film director and actor. 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 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 mangaka Moyoko Anno on April 27, 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.
About Japanese animation's beautiful women: Japanese animation is an industry that is, for the most part, male, and as is quite evident, everything is made for their gratification. Further, it is more gratifying for us to draw this sort of character, rather than old grandmothers.
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About Uchû senkan Yamato (1974): Yamato used to be the best in the quality of the picture in those days, so it is very old. The young animation fans might not be satisfied with it since they have high appreciation as far as picture quality is concerned. But I want them to watch it at least once.
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About Shinji Ikari, the Shin Seiki Evangerion (1995) protagonist: The reason why the main character is fourteen years is that he is no longer a child but not yet an adult. He lives alone, but is attached to others. In past centuries, he would soon celebrate his coming of age. Back then, life expectancy was fifty years, so people had to grow up in fourteen years. Considering 'age fourteen' as that in which an independence of mind starts manifesting, I found it proper to include this in my work.
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About Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (1990): Actually, I felt sad when I watched Nadia, which I directed. I felt Nadia was too childish.
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Once you hold the prejudice that you can't use anything but cels to represent characters, you've finally become a fetishist...
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[on his beliefs] Japanese spiritualism holds that there is kami (spirit) in everything, and that's closer to my own beliefs.
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[on getting into the anime industry] If you want to get into anime, my best advice to you as a creator is to please have diverse interests in things besides animation. Look outward, first of all. Most anime makers are basically autistic. They have to try and reach out, and truly communicate with others. I would guess that the greatest thing anime has ever achieved is the fact that we're holding a dialogue right here and now.
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He cites the giant robot show Gigantor (1964) and the military drama Uchû senkan Yamato (1974) as an influence on his work.
Got his start as an animator for the God Soldier on Hayao Miyazaki 's Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984). 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 read the ad and headed down to the studio, where he met with Miyazaki and showed him some of his drawings. Impressed with Anno's work, Miyazaki hired him to draw some of the most complicated scenes near the end of the movie, and regarded his work highly.
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He is a vegetarian, like his characters Nadia and Rei Ayanami.
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Anno, in the early 90s, went through a major and long bout of depression that lasted about four years. After some major soul searching and a new found self-appreciation, he chronicled his thoughts and revelations through the character of Shinji Ikari in Neon Genesis Evangelion, as well as many of the other characters. Evangelion is one of the single most personal stories told in anime. The ending of episodes 25 and 26 that take place in Shinji's mind, mirror Anno's thought process near the end of his depression. Many fans who watched the show for the action were very disappointed by the psychological ending and mailed Anno many death threats (a few of which flash across the screen in End of Evangelion) who maintained that he thought the ending was perfect. At an anime convention in America, he had an interpreter and a Q & A session in which one fan expressed their disappointment. Anno took the microphone and said in straight English "Too bad."
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Is rumored to have made the film End of Evangelion (1997) and its incredibly symbolic, ambiguous finale as revenge against the fans of the television series "Neon Genesis Evangelion" (1995) who complained about the series's ending too much.
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Evangerion shin gekijoban
announced
Shin Godzilla
2016
Evangerion shin gekijôban: Kyu
2012
supervising director
Evangerion shin gekijôban: Ha
2009
supervising director
Evangerion shin gekijôban: Jo
2007
supervising
Shuga shuga rûn
2005-2006
TV Series 51 episodes
Re: Cutie Honey
2004
Video
Cutie Honey: Live Action
2004
Submarine 707R
2003
Video opening sequence
Petite Princess Yucie
TV Series 23 episodes, 2002 - 2003 supervising director - 3 episodes, 2002 - 2003
Kusoh no kikai-tachi no naka no hakai no hatsumei
2002
Short
Anime Tencho
2002
Short executive director
Ryusei-Kacho
2001
Short
Shiki-Jitsu
2000
Kareshi kanojo no jijou
1998-1999
TV Series 18 episodes
Love & Pop
1998
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
1997
segment "Magokoro o, kimi ni"
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth
1997
senior director
Shin Seiki Evangerion
1995-1996
TV Series series director - 26 episodes
Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water
1990-1991
TV Series 27 episodes
Gunbuster
1988
Video
Daicon Film's Return of Ultraman
1983
Short
Pawâdo sûtsu
1981
Tea Time
1981
Mizu
1980
Zaku
1980
Art Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Uchu Senkan Yamato 2199
2012-2013
TV Series storyboard artist - 26 episodes
Evangerion shin gekijôban: Kyu
2012
image board / storyboard artist
Uchû senkan Yamato 2199
2012
storyboard artist: opening animation
Evangerion shin gekijôban: Ha
2009
storyboard artist
Shuga shuga rûn
2005-2006
TV Series storyboard artist - 102 episodes
Top wo Nerae 2!
2004
Video storyboard artist
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
2002
TV Series storyboard artist - 1 episode
Mahoromatic
2001
TV Series storyboard artist - 12 episodes
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
1997
storyboard artist
Shin Seiki Evangerion
1995-1996
TV Series storyboard artist - 6 episodes
Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water
1990
TV Series storyboard artist - 2 episodes
Gunbuster
1988
Video storyboard artist
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Evangerion shin gekijoban
screenplay announced
Shin Godzilla
2016
written by
Evangelion: Another Impact - Confidential
2015
Short creator
Andô Lloyd
2013
TV Mini-Series original concept - 10 episodes
Evangerion shin gekijôban: Kyu
2012
screenplay
Kyoshinhei Tôkyô ni arawaru
2012
Short screenplay
Evangerion shin gekijôban: Ha
2009
screenplay
Evangerion shin gekijôban: Jo
2007
screenplay
Top wo Nerae 2!
2004
Video earlier series - uncredited
Cutie Honey: Live Action
2004
screenplay
Mania: Secret of the Green Tentacle
2003
Video short based on characters created by - uncredited
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