Hideaki Anno
Directing · Screenplay · Director · Camera Operator
Born May 22, 1960 · Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan
Active 1978–present
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.
Filmography
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX (2025) — Other · Screenplay · Storyboard Artist · Key AnimationEVANGELION 30th Anniversary Special Screening (2026) — Screenplay · Executive Producer · Production Supervisor · Original StorySpace Battleship Yamato 50th Anniversary Project — DirectorGrave of the Fireflies (1988) — Key AnimationWarriors of the Wind (1984) — Key AnimationNeon Genesis Evangelion (1995) — Writer · Director · Mechanical Designer · Series Director · Storyboard Artist · Script · Key Animation · Creator · Series Composition · Original StoryThe Wind Rises (2013) — Jiro Horikoshi (voice)Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997) — Animation Director · Key Animation · Storyboard Artist · Director · Original Story · Screenplay · Second Unit DirectorEvangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (2021) — Key Animation · Executive Producer · Storyboard Artist · Director · Screenplay · Original StoryEvangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2009) — Screenplay · Key Animation · Storyboard Artist · Director · Original StoryShin Godzilla (2016) — Bus Driver · Storyboard · Director · Screenplay · Sound Designer · Editor · Title Designer · Creature Design · Additional Director of Photography · Additional Sound Re-Recordist · Second Unit DirectorEvangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007) — Screenplay · Key Animation · Storyboard Artist · Director · Original StoryEvangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (2012) — Key Animation · Director · Storyboard Artist · Screenplay · Original Story · Executive ProducerMary and The Witch's Flower (2017) — Executive ProducerFLCL (2000) — Miyu Miyu (voice) · Animation Director · Key AnimationNeon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth (1997) — Director · Screenplay · Key Animation · Storyboard Artist · Animation Director · Original StoryShin Ultraman (2022) — Ultraman (Motion Capture) · Editor · Motion Actor · Screenplay · Storyboard Artist · Executive ProducerSailor Moon R: The Movie - The Promise of the Rose (1993) — Key AnimationHis and Her Circumstances (1998) — Director · Series Director · Writer · Storyboard Artist · Screenplay · Sound Director · StoryShin Kamen Rider (2023) — Director · Writer · Costume Design · Editor · Conceptual DesignThe Taste of Tea (2004) — KasugabeRitual (2000) — Director · ScreenplayGunbuster (1988) — Series Director · Key Animation · Writer · Director · Storyboard Artist · ScreenplayLove & Pop (1998) — Director · Screenplay