Hideaki Anno
Directing1960Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan
Biography
Hideaki Anno (born May 22, 1960 in Ube, Yamaguchi) is a Japanese animation and film director. 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 superflatism and 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 comics artist Moyoco Anno in 27 April 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.
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Known For
Acting History
2025
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-
Storyboard Artist
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-
Screenplay
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-
Key Animation
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX
TVOther• 12 eps
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX
TVScreenplay• 3 eps
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX
TVStoryboard Artist• 1 eps
2024
Shin Kamen Rider: Episode Format Version
TVCostume Design
Shin Kamen Rider: Episode Format Version
TVDirector
Shin Kamen Rider: Episode Format Version
TVScreenplay
2023
Ichikei's Crow The Movie
as Judge
Evangelion Beyond
Original Series Creator
2022
Shin Ultraman
as Ultraman (Motion Capture)
Shin Ultraman
Editor
Shin Ultraman
Motion Actor
Shin Ultraman
Screenplay
Shin Ultraman
Storyboard Artist
Shin Ultraman
Executive Producer
2021
Hideaki ANNO and Hitoshi MATSUMOTO fireside chat
TVas Self• 2 eps
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
Key Animation
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
Executive Producer
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
Storyboard Artist
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
Screenplay
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
Original Story
2020
Last Letter
as Yuri's Husband
2019
10 Years with Hayao Miyazaki
TVas Self
2017
Shin Godzilla vs. Evangelion Symphony
Executive Producer
Mary and The Witch's Flower
Executive Producer
2016
Shin Godzilla
as Bus Driver
A Good Child's History Anime: The Giant Turnip (Inc.)
Executive Producer
A Good Child's History Anime: The Giant Turnip (Inc.)
Director of Photography
Mobile Police Patlabor Reboot
Executive Producer
Shin Godzilla
Storyboard
Shin Godzilla
Director
Shin Godzilla
Screenplay
Shin Godzilla
Sound Designer
Shin Godzilla
Editor
Shin Godzilla
Title Designer
Shin Godzilla
Creature Design
Shin Godzilla
Additional Director of Photography
Shin Godzilla
Additional Sound Re-Recordist
Shin Godzilla
Second Unit Director
2015
Neon Genesis IMPACTS.
Executive Producer
Neon Genesis IMPACTS.
Original Story
Bubu & Bubulina
Executive Producer
Three Fallen Witnesses
Executive Producer
Robot on the Road
Executive Producer
Evangelion: Another Impact (Confidential)
Executive Producer
Evangelion: Another Impact (Confidential)
Original Story
2014
Carnage
Executive Producer
until You come to me.
Layout
until You come to me.
Executive Producer
until You come to me.
Original Story
Japan Animator Expo
TVEditor• 1 eps
Japan Animator Expo
TVOriginal Story• 2 eps
Japan Animator Expo
TVExecutive Producer• 36 eps
Japan Animator Expo
TVLayout• 1 eps
2013
The Wind Rises
as Jiro Horikoshi (voice)
Ando Lloyd ～A.I. knows LOVE ?～
TVOriginal Story
2012
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
Key Animation
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
Storyboard Artist
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
Screenplay
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
Original Story
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
Executive Producer
2011
Director Disqualified
Producer
2010
Death Kappa
as National Guard Corps Captain
2009
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
Screenplay
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
Key Animation
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
Storyboard Artist
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
Original Story
2007
Welcome to the Quiet Room
as Doctor Matsubara
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
Screenplay
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
Key Animation
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
Storyboard Artist
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
Original Story
Petit Eva: Evangelion@School
TVCharacters
2006
True Love
as Nishimura Keisuke
Japan Sinks
as Yamashiro's Son in Law
Sakuran
as Oretachi
Japan Sinks
Mechanical Designer
Submarine 707 Revolution
Opening/Ending Animation
Gunbuster: The Movie
Storyboard Artist
Gunbuster: The Movie
Director
Gunbuster: The Movie
Screenplay
2005
Funky Forest: The First Contact
as Hasuda
Sugar Sugar Rune
TVSecond Unit Director
2004
Cutie Honey
as Office Worker
The Taste of Tea
as Kasugabe
Cutie Honey
Screenplay
Cutie Honey
Director
Re: Cutie Honey
TVKey Animation
Re: Cutie Honey
TVSeries Director
Re: Cutie Honey
TVSecond Unit Director
2003
The Railway and the Girl
Camera Operator
The Railway and the Girl
Director
Submarine 707R
TVSecond Unit Director
2002
Ryusei-Kacho
Writer
Ryusei-Kacho
Director
Animation Store Manager
Director
The Invention of Imaginary Machines of Destruction
Original Story
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
TVStoryboard Artist
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
TVKey Animation
Petite Princess Yucie
TVDirector
2001
Mahoromatic
TVStoryboard Artist
1999
His and Her Circumstances
TVStoryboard Artist• 1 eps
Oruchuban Ebichu
TVProducer• 24 eps
1998
EVANGELION: DEATH (TRUE)²
Director
EVANGELION: DEATH (TRUE)²
Screenplay
EVANGELION: DEATH (TRUE)²
Animation Director
EVANGELION: DEATH (TRUE)²
Original Story
Love & Pop
Director
Love & Pop
Screenplay
Revival of Evangelion
Screenplay
Revival of Evangelion
Director
Revival of Evangelion
Animation Director
Revival of Evangelion
Original Story
His and Her Circumstances
TVDirector• 2 eps
His and Her Circumstances
TVSeries Director• 26 eps
His and Her Circumstances
TVWriter• 23 eps
His and Her Circumstances
TVScreenplay• 26 eps
His and Her Circumstances
TVSound Director• 26 eps
1997
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth
Animation Director
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth
Key Animation
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth
Storyboard Artist
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth
Original Story
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Animation Director
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Storyboard Artist
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Key Animation
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Original Story
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Second Unit Director
1995
Macross Plus: The Movie
Key Animation
Neon Genesis Evangelion
TVStoryboard Artist
Neon Genesis Evangelion
TVScript
Neon Genesis Evangelion
TVCreator
Neon Genesis Evangelion
TVSeries Director
Neon Genesis Evangelion
TVDirector
Neon Genesis Evangelion
TVOriginal Story
Neon Genesis Evangelion
TVWriter
Neon Genesis Evangelion
TVKey Animation
Neon Genesis Evangelion
TVMechanical Designer
Neon Genesis Evangelion
TVSeries Composition
1994
Macross Plus
TVKey Animation
1993
Sailor Moon R: The Movie - The Promise of the Rose
Key Animation
Crimson Wolf
Key Animation
1992
Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still
TVKey Animation
1991
Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story III
Animation Director
Blazing Transfer Student
TVDirector
Blazing Transfer Student
TVProducer
Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water
TVAnimation Director• 2 eps
1990
Battle Mode
Director
Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water
TVSeries Director• 39 eps
Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water
TVStoryboard Artist• 2 eps
Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water
TVDirector• 39 eps
Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water
TVOriginal Concept• 39 eps
1988
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
Mechanical & Creature Designer
Dragon Quest Fantasia Video
Animation
Grave of the Fireflies
Key Animation
Gunbuster
TVStoryboard Artist
Gunbuster
TVDirector
Gunbuster
TVSeries Director
Gunbuster
TVKey Animation
Gunbuster
TVScreenplay
Gunbuster
TVWriter
1987
Valis: The Fantasm Soldier
Director
Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01
Key Animation
Royal Space Force - The Wings of Honneamise
Animation Director
Lemon Angel
TVKey Animation
1986
Robotech: The Movie
Key Animation
1985
Orochi Strikes Again
as TV Reporter
Urusei Yatsura: Remember My Love
Key Animation
Megazone 23
Key Animation
1984
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Key Animation
Macross: Do You Remember Love?
Key Animation
Birth: A War of Two Worlds
Animation
1983
Daicon Film's Return of Ultraman
as Ultraman
Daicon Film's Return of Ultraman
Director
Super Dimension Fortress Macross
TVKey Animation• 2 eps
1982
Aikoku Sentai Dai-Nippon
as Narrator
Aikoku Sentai Dai-Nippon
Special Effects
Aikoku Sentai Dai-Nippon
Mechanical Designer
1980
At the Bus Stop
Director
A Tank Jumped Out from the Fridge!!
Cinematography
A Tank Jumped Out from the Fridge!!
Animation
A Tank Jumped Out from the Fridge!!
Director of Photography
At the Bus Stop
Writer
At the Bus Stop
Director of Photography
At the Bus Stop
Editor