Hideaki Anno: Summary

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Recent Role:
on Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
Birthday:
5-22-1960
Birthplace:
Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan
Birth Name:
AKA:
Hideaki Ano, An'no Hideaki, Anno Hideaki

Hideaki Anno is the director of the ever popular Neon Genesis Evangelion series. He has worked on many other Studio Gainax anime including His and Her Circumstances in 1998 and Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi in 2002. Hideaki Anno began his remarkable career as an animator for the anime series The Super Dimension Fortress Macross in 1982. However, his big chance came when he was...

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  • Hideaki started the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion in an attempt to change the anime industry, hoping for others to follow his example of breaking away from the mundane and typical formula of an anime.(edit)
  • During his early career in the 1980s, Hideaki worked as a key-animator for anime shorts, Nintendo (Famicon) animation sequences, and Daicon opening films.(edit)
  • At the age of 14, Hideaki saw the anime Space Battleship Yamato. This show sparked his interest and became the inspiration for his later works.(edit)
  • Neon Genesis Evangelion was written episode by episode as they aired on Japanese TV, unlike most anime not adopted from manga.(edit)
  • Hideaki’s most popular anime Neon Genesis Evangelion did poorly rating wise in Japan in its initial time slot. It was then moved to a later, more adult-oriented time, triggering the level of popularity it is known for today.(edit)
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