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Osamu Dezaki

Osamu Dezaki (1943–2011) was a Japanese anime director and animator known for his highly stylized visual techniques and...

Anime Television Classic Japan

9.0 Excellent

2

Akiyuki Shinbo

Akiyuki Shinbo is a Japanese anime director and storyboard artist known for his long-standing collaboration with the ani...

Anime Television Contemporary Japan

8.5 Great

3

Yasuhiro Takemoto

Yasuhiro Takemoto was a Japanese anime director and animator who spent his career at Kyoto Animation. He directed severa...

Anime Television Japan Japanese

8.4 Great

4

Koji Morimoto

Koji Morimoto is a Japanese animator, director, and co-founder of the animation studio Studio 4°C. He is recognized for...

Anime Japan Japanese Experimental

8.3 Great

5

Tatsuya Ishihara

Tatsuya Ishihara is a Japanese anime director and animator prominently associated with the studio Kyoto Animation (KyoAn...

Anime Television Japan Japanese

8.3 Great

6

Keiichi Hara

Keiichi Hara is a Japanese anime director known for both franchise work and independently acclaimed features. He directe...

Anime Contemporary Japan Japanese

8.2 Great

7

Rie Matsumoto

Rie Matsumoto is a Japanese anime director and animator recognized for her highly energetic visual storytelling. She mad...

Anime Contemporary Japan Japanese

8.1 Great

8

Hiroshi Hamasaki

Hiroshi Hamasaki is a Japanese anime director and animator recognized for his detailed and often atmospheric storytellin...

Anime Television Contemporary Japan

8.1 Great

9

Seiji Mizushima

Seiji Mizushima is a Japanese anime director known for his work on several major television anime franchises. He is perh...

Anime Television Contemporary Japan

8.1 Great

10

Masayuki

Masayuki is a Japanese anime director, animator, and storyboard artist known for his work on several prominent televisio...

Anime Television Japan Japanese

7.9 Good

11

Tensai Okamura

Tensai Okamura is a Japanese animator, storyboard artist, and director whose work spans theatrical films and television...

Anime Television Contemporary Japan

7.9 Good

12

Konosuke Uda

Kōnosuke Uda is a Japanese anime director associated with Toei Animation and best known for directing the early years of...

Anime Television Japan Japanese

7.9 Good

13

Kenichi Yoshida

Kenichi Yoshida is a Japanese animator, animation director, and character designer associated with major television and...

Anime Contemporary Character Design Japan

7.8 Good

14

Atsushi Nishigori

Atsushi Nishigori is a Japanese anime director, character designer, and key animator who established his reputation thro...

Anime Contemporary Character Design Japan

7.8 Good

15

Takuya Igarashi

Japanese anime director known for directing 'Sailor Moon SuperS' (1995) and the romantic comedy series 'Ouran High Schoo...

Anime Television Contemporary Japan

7.8 Good

16

Naoyuki Onda

Naoyuki Onda is a Japanese animator, character designer, and director known for his work in the anime industry. He serve...

Anime Contemporary Character Design Japan

7.2 Good

17

Junji Nishimura

Junji Nishimura is a Japanese anime director and animator who has worked on numerous television anime productions. He is...

Anime Television Classic Japan

7.2 Good

18

Takayuki Hamana

Takayuki Hamana is a Japanese animator and television director known for his work on numerous popular anime franchises....

Anime Television Contemporary Japan

6.7 Fair

19

Katsuyoshi Yatabe

Japanese anime director whose career includes television series direction across multiple genres and productions within...

Anime Television Contemporary Japan

6.6 Fair

20

Hiroshi Shimizu

Animator whose specific contributions and studio affiliations are not prominently documented in major English-language a...

Anime Television Contemporary Japan

5.7 Mediocre