Anime directors

Japanese animator, film director, and mangaka (born 1941)

Japanese cartoonist and animator (1928–1989)

Japanese animator, animation director, director, producer (1935-2018)

Japanese anime director

Japanese anime director and manga artist (1963–2010)

Japanese animator, film director, businessman

Japanese filmmaker, television director, and writer

Japanese manga artist, screenwriter and film director (born 1954)

Japanese film director and screenwriter (1915–2008)

Japanese anime director

Japanese anime director (born 1967)

Japanese manga artist and prolific author of science fiction, fantasy, horror and erotica

Japanese animator and animation director (1973-)

Japanese animation director

Japanese film director and screenwriter (1943–2011)

Japanese key animator and anime director

Japanese anime director

Japanese screenwriter (born 1976)

Japanese anime artist

Japanese director of anime series and original video animations (1972-2019)

is the pseudonym of , a well-known director of anime. He works frequently with the animation studio Madhouse (which he co-founded), though he is a freelance director not employed directly by any one studio. He began working in the animation industry—at age 17—as an in-between animator on the 1958 film Hakujaden. His works have won and been nominated for multiple awards, including a nomination for Best Film (Metropolis) at the 2001 Festival de Cine de Sitges.

Japanese animator (1886-1970)

anime director

Japanese anime director

Japanese film director

Japanese animator

Japanese anime director

Japanese anime director

Japanese anime director

Japanese animation director

Japanese animator, character designer, animation director (1963-)

Japanese anime director, animator

Japanese film director and screenwriter

Japanese anime director

Japanese anime director (1950-1998)

Japanese animator

Japanese anime director

Japanese anime director

Japanese film and anime director

Japanese mechanic designer, anime director, director

Japanese anime, film, & video game director

Japanese anime director and mechanical designer

Japanese anime director (1888-1945)

Japanese mangaka and animator

Japanese anime director

Japanese screenwriter

Japanese manga artist

Japanese anime director

Japanese anime director

Japanese animation film and television director

Japanese anime director

Japanese anime director

Japanese independent animator

animator, animation director

Japanese anime director

Japanese writer and director

Japanese anime director

Japanese anime director

Japanese animator

Japanese animator, animation director, novelist (1964-)