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The word 'anime' (アニメ) is a Japanese shortening of the English word 'animation', a gairaigo, or foreign loanword.
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Director
Hideaki Anno
庵野秀明
Active 1982–presentUbe, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
Alma Mater: Yamaguchi Prefectural Ube High School Website Introduction: Hideaki Anno is known as one of Japan's celebrity anime directors. In 1984 he founded Studio Gainax along with Takami Akai and Hiroyuki Yamaga. As Anno grew up with anime and 8mm experimental film, he brought a mindset of homage and intertextuality novel to anime at the time. He is well known in Japan and has branched out into live action film making, acting, and voice acting in addition to his anime works. Style: Anno is a first-rate effects animator, known for drawing very realistic scenes of explosions and debris tha…
Voice roles
Other work
Evangelion 30th Anniversary Special Screening
2026 · 1 ep
Planning · Chief Supervisor · Script · Original Creator
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX
2025 · 12 ep
Key Animation (ep 2) · Script (eps 2, 8a, 9) · Design Works (eps 2, 8-11) · Storyboard (ep 2)
EVANGELION:3.0 (-46h)
2023 · 1 ep
Original Creator · Chief Supervisor · Planning
