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{{short description|Japanese animator and filmmaker (born 1960)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name             = Hideaki Anno
| native_name      = {{nobold|庵野秀明}}
| native_name_lang = ja
| image            = Godzilla Resurgence World Premiere Red Carpet- Anno Hideaki (28526527191).jpg
| caption          = Anno at the premiere of ''[[Shin Godzilla]]'' in July 2016
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1960|05|22}}
| birth_place      = [[Ube, Yamaguchi]], Japan
| death_date       =
| death_place      =
| death_cause      =
| notable_works    = {{ubl|''[[Gunbuster]]'' (OVA 1988–1989)|''[[Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water]]'' (TV 1990–1991)|''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' (TV 1995–1996)|''[[The End of Evangelion]]'' (1997)|''[[Rebuild of Evangelion]]'' (2007–2021)|''[[Kare Kano]]'' (TV 1998–1999)|''[[Shin Godzilla]]'' (2016)|''[[Shin Ultraman]]'' (2022)|''[[Shin Kamen Rider (film)|Shin Kamen Rider]]''
(2023)}}
| nationality      = Japanese
| occupation       = {{Hlist|Animator|film and television director|screenwriter|actor|producer}}
| years_active     = 1981–present
| spouse           = {{marriage|[[Moyoko Anno]]|2002}}
| website          = {{URL|khara.co.jp/hideakianno/}}
| signature        = Hideaki Anno Signature.svg
}}
{{Anime and manga}}
{{nihongo|'''Hideaki Anno'''|庵野 秀明|Anno Hideaki|born May 22, 1960|lead=yes}}<ref name="khara">{{cite web|url=http://www.khara.co.jp/hideakianno/personal-biography.html|title=Personal Biography – 庵野秀明公式web|work=khara.co.jp|access-date=July 19, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160614020904/http://khara.co.jp/hideakianno/personal-biography.html|archive-date=June 14, 2016}}</ref> is a Japanese animator, filmmaker and actor.<ref name="khara"/> His most celebrated creation, the [[Neon Genesis Evangelion (franchise)|''Evangelion'' franchise]], has had a significant influence on the anime television industry and [[Japanese popular culture]]. Anno's style is defined by his [[postmodernist]] approach and the extensive portrayal of characters' thoughts and emotions.

Anno's other directorial works include ''[[Daicon Film's Return of Ultraman]]'' (1983), ''[[Gunbuster]]'' (1988), ''[[Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water]]'' (1990), ''[[Kare Kano]]'' (1998), ''[[Love & Pop]]'' (1998), ''[[Shiki-Jitsu]]'' (2000), ''[[Cutie Honey (film)|Cutie Honey]]'' (2004), ''[[Re: Cutie Honey]]'' (2004), ''[[Rebuild of Evangelion]]'' (2007–2021), and ''[[Shin Godzilla]]'' (2016),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/asia/hideaki-anno-and-shinji-higuchi-to-direct-tohos-godzilla-2016-1201464017/|title=Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi to Direct 'Godzilla 2016′|last=Frater|first=Patrick|work=Variety|date=March 31, 2015|access-date=March 31, 2015|archive-date=September 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924110252/https://variety.com/2015/film/asia/hideaki-anno-and-shinji-higuchi-to-direct-tohos-godzilla-2016-1201464017/|url-status=live}}</ref> with the latter film marking the beginning of the ''Shin'' trilogy of ''[[tokusatsu]]'' franchise [[Reboot (fiction)|reboots]], followed by ''[[Shin Ultraman]]'' (2022) and ''[[Shin Kamen Rider (film)|Shin Kamen Rider]]'' (2023).<ref name="Kotaku">{{cite web |url=https://kotaku.com/first-look-at-hideaki-annos-kamen-rider-1847773492 |title=First Look At Hideaki Anno's Kamen Rider |first=Brian |last=Ashcraft |website=[[Kotaku]] |date=September 30, 2021 |access-date=October 1, 2021 |archive-date=September 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210930133917/https://kotaku.com/first-look-at-hideaki-annos-kamen-rider-1847773492 |url-status=live }}</ref> Several of Anno's anime have won the ''[[Animage]]'' Anime Grand Prix award, including ''Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water'' in 1990, ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' in 1995 and 1996, and ''[[The End of Evangelion]]'' in 1997.

==Biography==

===Childhood and personal life===
The son of Fumiko and Takuya Anno, Anno was born in [[Ube, Yamaguchi]]; he attended Wakō Kindergarten, Unoshima Municipal Elementary School, Fujiyama Municipal Junior High School, and Yamaguchi Prefectural Ube High School where he was noted for his interest in artwork and making short films for [[Japanese Cultural Festival]]s.<ref name="khara"/>

===Early work===
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Anno began his career while attending [[Osaka University of Arts]] as an animator for the anime series ''[[The Super Dimension Fortress Macross]]'' (1982–1983).<ref name="gainax">{{cite web|url=http://www.gainax.co.jp/hills/anno/bymyself-e.html |title=Official biography |publisher=[[Gainax]] |access-date=May 24, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070819090939/http://www.gainax.co.jp/hills/anno/bymyself-e.html#1994 |archive-date=August 19, 2007 }}</ref> Wrapped up in producing the ''[[DAICON III and IV Opening Animations]]'' with his fellow students, and also busy making self-financed films, Anno stopped paying his tuition, eventually getting expelled from Osaka University of Arts.<ref name="khara"/> He did not gain recognition until the release of his work on [[Hayao Miyazaki]]'s [[1984 in film|1984]] film ''[[Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (film)|Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind]]''. Running short on animators, the film's production studio posted an ad in the famous Japanese animation magazine [[Animage]], announcing that they were in desperate need of more animators. Anno, in his early twenties at the time, read the ad and headed down to the film's studio, where he met with Miyazaki and showed him some of his drawings. Impressed with his ability, Miyazaki hired him to draw some of the most complicated scenes near the end of the movie,<ref name="birth">Studio Ghibli, ''The Birth of Studio Ghibli'' video, [[Wiktionary:circa|c.]] 2003 (included on UK Nausicaä DVD)</ref> and valued his work highly.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/features/archive/news/2006/05/20060504p2g00m0fe019000c.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070609030822/http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/features/archive/news/2006/05/20060504p2g00m0fe019000c.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 9, 2007 |title=Evangelion Special: Genesis of a major manga |publisher=[[MSN News]] |date=May 25, 2007 |access-date=May 24, 2007 }}</ref>

Anno went on to become one of the co-founders of [[Gainax]] in December 1984.<ref name="gainax"/> He worked as an [[animation director]] for their first feature-length film, ''[[Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise]]'' (1987), and ultimately became Gainax's premiere anime director, leading the majority of the studio's projects such as ''[[Gunbuster]]'' (1988) and ''[[Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water]]'' (1990–1991).<ref name="imdb">{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0030417/ |title=IMDb Profile |publisher=[[IMDb]] |access-date=May 24, 2007 |archive-date=June 1, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070601194747/http://imdb.com/name/nm0030417/ |url-status=live }}</ref> However, Anno fell into a four-year depression following ''Nadia'' — the series was handed down to him from [[NHK]] from an original concept by Hayao Miyazaki (of which ''[[Castle in the Sky]]'' is also partly based upon) and he was given little creative control. In 1994, the minor planet [[9081 Hideakianno]] was named after him by his old friend [[Akimasa Nakamura]].<ref>{{cite news|script-title=ja:祝！小惑星「庵野秀明」が誕生しました。|url=http://www.town.kumakogen.ehime.jp/culture/astro/obs/other/mp/Anno.html|website=www.town.kumakogen.ehime.jp|access-date=July 19, 2016|language=ja|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120919044425/http://www.town.kumakogen.ehime.jp/culture/astro/obs/other/mp/Anno.html|archive-date=September 19, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=JPL Small-Body Database Browser|url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=9081+Hideakianno|website=ssd.jpl.nasa.gov|access-date=July 19, 2016|archive-date=March 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301023402/http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=9081+Hideakianno|url-status=live}}</ref>

===''Neon Genesis Evangelion''===
{{main article|Neon Genesis Evangelion (anime)#Production}}
Anno's next project was the anime television series ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion (anime)|Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' (1995–1996). The series is set in a post-apocalyptic futurist version of Tokyo and follows humanity's struggle to survive against an onslaught of giant monsters known as [[Angels in Neon Genesis Evangelion|Angels]]. Anno's history of [[Major depressive disorder|clinical depression]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://culturedvultures.com/evangelion-depression-hideaki-anno-lars-von-trier-anime/|title=Evangelion, Depression and why Hideaki Anno is the Lars Von Trier of anime|date=July 27, 2014|work=Cultured Vultures|access-date=December 2, 2014|archive-date=January 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150124130000/http://culturedvultures.com/evangelion-depression-hideaki-anno-lars-von-trier-anime/|url-status=live}}</ref> was the main source for the emphasis on the psychological aspects of its characters, as he wrote down on paper several of the trials and tribulations of his condition. For this and other reasons (although perhaps by design as well), ''Evangelion''{{'}}s plot became more introspective as the series progressed, despite being broadcast in a children's television timeslot. Anno felt that people should be exposed to the realities of life at as young an age as possible, and by the end of the series all attempts at traditional narrative logic were abandoned, as the final two episodes take place within the main character's mind.

The show did not garner high ratings in Japan at its initial time slot,{{citation needed|date=April 2021}} but after being moved to a later, more adult-oriented venue, it gained considerable popularity. Timing constraints{{citation needed|date=April 2021}} at Gainax also forced Anno to replace the planned ending of ''Evangelion'' with two episodes set in the main characters' minds. In 1997, Gainax launched a project to re-adapt ''Evangelion''{{'}}s scrapped ending into a feature-length film. Budgeting issues left the film unfinished,{{citation needed|date=April 2021}} and the completed 27 minutes of animation were included as the second act of ''[[Evangelion: Death and Rebirth]]''. Eventually, the project culminated in ''[[The End of Evangelion]]'', a three-act film that served as a finale to ''Neon Genesis Evangelion''. In September 1999, Anno appeared on the NHK TV-documentary "Welcome Back for an Extracurricular Lesson, Senpai!", answering some ''Evangelion''-related questions, including the origin of the name ''Evangelion'', and teaching children about animation production.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/buried-treasure/2007-05-03|title=Hideaki Anno talks to kids.|date=June 14, 2023|access-date=February 20, 2020|archive-date=July 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729075339/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/buried-treasure/2007-05-03|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Subsequent work===
[[File:Hideaki Anno and Ryusuke Hikawa 20141030 2.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.9|Anno with [[Ryūsuke Hikawa]] (October 30, 2014)]]
After ''Evangelion'', Anno directed the 1998 anime series ''[[Kare Kano|Kareshi Kanojo no Jijō]]'' (''Kare Kano'' for short, also known in English as ''His and Her Circumstances''), the first [[Gainax]] television series to be directly adapted from previously written material. During the production of ''Kare Kano'', Anno became frustrated with the restrictions placed on the show by [[TV Tokyo]] after the [[Dennō Senshi Porygon|Pokémon seizure incident]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Tokyo Travelogue February 3rd, 1999|url=http://www.nausicaa.net/~michj/tokyo/990203.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031101182610/http://www.nausicaa.net/~michj/tokyo/990203.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 1, 2003|work=[[nausicaa.net]]}}</ref> and has rarely directed television anime since then. The director has also made forays into live-action films, beginning with ''[[Love & Pop]]'' (1998), a [[cinéma vérité]]-style film about [[enjo kosai]] ("compensated dating", a form of teenage prostitution) in Japan, of which a major portion was shot on miniature digital cameras with constantly shifting [[aspect ratio (image)|aspect ratios]]. He won Best New Director Award at 1998 [[Yokohama Film Festival]] for the film. [[Asumi Miwa]] who played the lead role won Best New Talent award. He and his friend [[Masayuki (animator)|Masayuki]] also directed the documentary "GAMERA1999" which documented the production of ''[[Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris]]''. His second live-action film, ''[[Shiki-Jitsu]]'' (2000) (''"Ritual Day"'' or ''"Ceremonial Day"''), is the story of a burnt-out former animation director (played by popular [[independent film|indie]] director [[Shunji Iwai]]) who falls in love with a woman disconnected from reality. Though an experimental work like ''Love & Pop'', this film was shot using the more traditional [[2.35:1]] [[aspect ratio (image)|aspect ratio]] and has a generally more polished presentation, eschewing the [[cinéma vérité]] grittiness of Anno's first live-action film. This movie earned him Best Artistic Contribution Award at [[Tokyo International Film Festival]] and very positive reviews.

Anno's third [[live-action film]] was ''[[Cutie Honey (film)|Cutie Honey]]'', based on [[Go Nagai]]'s [[Cutie Honey|1973 manga and anime series]]. Released in the summer of 2004, this lighthearted fantasy/superhero film was a stark contrast to his earlier, more realist live-action works.  Later in 2004, Anno supervised but did not direct the three-part OVA, ''[[Re: Cutie Honey]]'', which was respectively directed by [[Hiroyuki Imaishi]] (part 1), [[Takamichi Itō]] (part 2), and Masayuki (part 3). Also released in 2004 was the movie {{nihongo|''[[Funky Forest]]''|ナイスの森|Nice no Mori}}, in which Anno makes several acting cameos: as the student in the front row of the "Home Room!" skit sitting next to Hataru, in "Who's the Director?" as an animator who feels he is being overworked, and finally in "Singles Picnic" he is among the men awaiting females who never come.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.nice-movie.com/
| title = ナイスの森
| access-date = May 27, 2007
| publisher = Tōga
| date = May 27, 2007
| archive-date = May 26, 2007
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070526104218/http://www.nice-movie.com/
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=September 2007}}

On August 1, 2006, Hideaki Anno's official website was updated with job listings for key animators and production staff at a company he founded, [[Studio Khara]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=9318|title=New Hideaki Anno Project in the Works|date=June 14, 2023 |publisher=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref> In September 2006, Anno's departure from Gainax was reported in the October edition of the Japanese animation magazine ''[[Newtype]]''.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://mizuki.onmitsu.jp/warehouse/festival/10th/index.html
| title = Neon genesis evangelion renewal animation movie
| access-date = September 7, 2006
| publisher = meguriaite
| date = September 6, 2006
| archive-date = October 17, 2018
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181017144348/http://mizuki.onmitsu.jp/warehouse/festival/10th/index.html
| url-status = live
}}</ref> On September 9, 2006, GAINAX's official website confirmed that ''[[Rebuild of Evangelion]]'' was in the works. The first three movies would be an alternate retelling of the TV series (including many new scenes, settings, backgrounds, characters), and the fourth movie would be a completely new conclusion to the story.  Kazuya Tsurumaki and Masayuki would direct the movies while Yoshiyuki Sadamoto would provide character designs and Ikuto Yamashita would provide mechanical designs. Shinji Higuchi would provide storyboards for the first movie. The first was launched in Summer 2007, and the second and third were planned to be launched in 2008, however, the second installment was released by itself on June 27, 2009. The third movie was to be released simultaneously with the fourth, instead, the third movie was released on November 17, 2012, and the release date for the fourth movie in Japan was announced to be June 27, 2020.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=evangelion_co|number=1210367527492046848|date=December 27, 2019|title="#evangelion #eva https://t.co/Pz7Lx0ICwC"|author=|language=ja|access-date=January 1, 2020}}</ref> On February 17, 2007, Anno published an official statement<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-02-20/hideaki-anno-releases-statement-about-new-evangelion-movies|title=Hideaki Anno Releases Statement About New Evangelion Movies|date=June 14, 2023|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=February 20, 2020|archive-date=June 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627111040/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-02-20/hideaki-anno-releases-statement-about-new-evangelion-movies|url-status=live}}</ref> on the Japanese Yahoo Portal for the films regarding his personal involvement and goals in their production.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.evangelion.co.jp/theater.html 
 |title=Rebuild of evangelion 
 |access-date=September 12, 2006 
 |publisher=Gainax 
 |date=September 10, 2006 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061005071441/http://www.evangelion.co.jp/theater.html 
 |archive-date=October 5, 2006 }}
</ref> In October 2007, Hideaki Anno resigned from Gainax.<ref name="khara"/> In 2011 Anno co-produced the Koinobori Pictures movie ''Kantoku Shikkaku'' ("Failed Director"), directed by [[Katsuyuki Hirano]] featuring [[Yumika Hayashi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/khara_inc/statuses/55828859714670595|title=株式会社カラー on Twitter|work=twitter.com|access-date=July 19, 2016|archive-date=November 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122160657/https://twitter.com/khara_inc/statuses/55828859714670595|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.khara.co.jp/news/2011/04/000004.html |title=株式会社カラー：最新情報：庵野秀明プロデュース・カラー共同製作. 映画『監督失格』2011年９月３日劇場公開決定 |website=www.khara.co.jp |access-date=January 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110410172427/http://www.khara.co.jp/news/2011/04/000004.html |archive-date=April 10, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://johakyu.net/archives/2010/12/2010-12-11-001074.php |title=平野勝之監督の新作映画『監督失格』を庵野秀明がプロデュース: 序破Q |website=johakyu.net |access-date=January 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215045545/http://johakyu.net/archives/2010/12/2010-12-11-001074.php |archive-date=December 15, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-04-06/evangelion-anno-produces-kantoku-shikkaku-film|title=Interest: Evangelion's Anno Produces Kantoku Shikkaku Film|date=June 14, 2023|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=February 20, 2020|archive-date=August 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801133328/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-04-06/evangelion-anno-produces-kantoku-shikkaku-film|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/N0030959|title=『エヴァ』庵野秀明の独占コメント掲載 実写映画初プロデュース作品は伝説の女優・林由美香を元恋人・平野勝之のカメラが追ったドキュメンタリー！（1/3）|work=cinematoday.jp|date=April 7, 2011|access-date=July 19, 2016|archive-date=January 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105001857/http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/N0030959|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2012, Anno was the curator of an exhibit entitled ''Tokusatsu- Special Effects Museum-Craftsmanship of Showa and Heisei Eras Seen Through Miniatures'', held at the [[Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo]], featuring actual props and suits from many of Japan's [[tokusatsu]] films and TV shows. Anno also produced a short live-action film for the exhibit, entitled ''A Giant Warrior Descends on Tokyo'', featuring the Giant Warrior-God from Studio Ghibli's animated film [[Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (film)|Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2012/08/24/scifi-japan-tv-02-tokusatsu-museum/|title=SciFi JAPAN TV #02: Tokusatsu Museum 第２話「特撮博物館」|date=August 24, 2012|work=scifijapan.com|access-date=July 19, 2016|archive-date=March 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301010740/http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2012/08/24/scifi-japan-tv-02-tokusatsu-museum/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/m3unlD_XIhQ Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20141103142034/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3unlD_XIhQ Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3unlD_XIhQ|title=Tokusatsu Museum・特撮博物館 (SciFi Japan TV #02)|last=CHO Japan|date=August 24, 2012|website=Scifijapan.com|access-date=July 19, 2016|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He has gone on to work with [[Hayao Miyazaki]] and [[Studio Ghibli]] on several short films which have been shown at the [[Ghibli Museum]]. He also voiced the main character [[Jiro Horikoshi]] in Miyazaki's 2013 feature film ''[[The Wind Rises]]''. He also designed the ''[[Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199|Space Battleship Yamato 2199]]'' sci-fi anime television series opening sequence.<ref name="Yamato_2199_Anno">{{cite news|title=Evangelion Director Hideaki Anno to Design Yamato 2199 Anime Opening|work=[[Crunchyroll]]|date=February 25, 2012|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2012/01/25/evangelion-director-hideaki-anno-to-design-yamato-2199-anime-opening|access-date=February 25, 2012|archive-date=January 31, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131004949/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2012/01/25/evangelion-director-hideaki-anno-to-design-yamato-2199-anime-opening|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2014, Anno and Studio Khara launched ''[[Japan Animator Expo]]'', a series of [[original net animation]]s made by various directors.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-10-26/khara-dwango-launch-weekly-animator-expo-anime-shorts/.80355|title=Khara, Dwango Launch Weekly Animator Expo Anime Shorts|work=animenewsnetwork.com|access-date=July 19, 2016|archive-date=January 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127142011/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-10-26/khara-dwango-launch-weekly-animator-expo-anime-shorts/.80355|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2015, it was announced that Anno would team up with close friend and Gainax cofounder [[Shinji Higuchi]] to write and codirect ''[[Shin Godzilla]]'', the 2016 reboot of [[Toho]]'s [[Godzilla (franchise)|''Godzilla'' franchise]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/asia/hideaki-anno-and-shinji-higuchi-to-direct-tohos-godzilla-2016-1201464017/|title=Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi to Direct 'Godzilla 2016'|first=Patrick|last=Frater|date=April 1, 2015|work=variety.com|access-date=July 19, 2016|archive-date=September 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924110252/https://variety.com/2015/film/asia/hideaki-anno-and-shinji-higuchi-to-direct-tohos-godzilla-2016-1201464017/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Anno wrote and directed ''[[Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time]]'' (2021), launched in March 2021, after being rescheduled twice due to [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|date=February 26, 2021|title=Final Evangelion Film Rescheduled to March 8 After 2 COVID-19 Delays|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-02-26/final-evangelion-film-rescheduled-to-march-8-after-2-covid-19-delays/.170006|access-date=December 30, 2021|website=Anime News Network|language=en|archive-date=March 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305114051/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-02-26/final-evangelion-film-rescheduled-to-march-8-after-2-covid-19-delays/.170006|url-status=live}}</ref> He stated that Shinji's story was completed, but mentioned that he had more ideas set in ''Evangelion''{{'s}} world.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lacerna|first=Michael|date=August 13, 2021|title=Hideaki Anno Teases A Possible Evangelion Continuation|url=https://www.cbr.com/hideaki-anno-evangelion-continuation/|access-date=December 30, 2021|website=CBR|language=en-US|archive-date=December 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230073902/https://www.cbr.com/hideaki-anno-evangelion-continuation/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Depictions==
Anno has appeared in [[manga]] twice, both created by personal acquaintances. His wife, [[Moyoko Anno]], wrote ''Insufficient Direction'', a chronicle of their courtship and marriage and depicting Anno's "true face" as "the founder of the [[otaku]] cult".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-02-16/moyoco-anno-insufficient-direction-manga-launches-project |title=Moyoco Anno's Insufficient Direction Manga Launches Project – News |publisher=[[Anime News Network]] |date=February 16, 2014 |access-date=October 22, 2016 |archive-date=February 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225134554/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-02-16/moyoco-anno-insufficient-direction-manga-launches-project |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2007, a college-age version of him appeared alongside other Gainax founders [[Hiroyuki Yamaga]], [[Takami Akai]], and [[Toshio Okada]] in the [[Kazuhiko Shimamoto]] manga ''[[Aoi Honō]]''. Anno attended [[Osaka University of Arts]] with Shimamoto. ''Aoi Honō'' was adapted into a live-action television drama in 2014, where Anno was played by actor [[Ken Yasuda (actor)|Ken Yasuda]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-05-24/ken-yasuda-to-play-hideaki-anno-in-aoi-hono-drama/.74869|title=Ken Yasuda to Play Hideaki Anno in Aoi Honō Drama|work=animenewsnetwork.com|access-date=July 19, 2016|archive-date=May 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524091416/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-05-24/ken-yasuda-to-play-hideaki-anno-in-aoi-hono-drama/.74869|url-status=live}}</ref> The 2014 animated series ''[[Shirobako]]'' has a cameo appearance by a character named "Mitsuaki Kanno", a caricature of Anno.

== Personal life ==
On March 26, 2002, Anno married his wife, manga artist [[Moyoco Anno]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Moyoco Anno |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1779107/bio |access-date=January 25, 2023 |website=IMDb |archive-date=January 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130180357/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1779107/bio |url-status=live }}</ref> He is an agnostic and has stated that he has found [[Shinto|Japanese spiritualism]] to be closest to his personal beliefs.<ref>{{cite web |date=July 6, 2002 |title=Anno's Roundtable Discussion |url=http://masterwork.animemedia.com/Evangelion/anno.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020606012703/http://masterwork.animemedia.com/Evangelion/anno.html |archive-date=June 6, 2002 |access-date=September 9, 2012 |work=Animerica vol.4, no.9 |publisher=Animerica |quote=On his religious beliefs: ANNO: "I don't belong to any kind of organized religion, so I guess I could be considered agnostic. Japanese spiritualism holds that there is kami (spirit) in everything, and that's closer to my own beliefs."}}</ref> Anno is also a vegetarian.<ref>{{cite web |last=TV.com |title=Hideaki Anno |url=http://www.tv.com/people/hideaki-anno/ |access-date=July 19, 2016 |work=tv.com |archive-date=August 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814200941/http://www.tv.com/people/hideaki-anno/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Hideaki Anno |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0030417/bio |access-date=July 19, 2016 |work=imdb.com |archive-date=April 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413033936/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0030417/bio |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Filmography ==
[[File:Hideaki Anno 20141030 2.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Anno participated in "The World of Hideaki Anno", [[Tokyo International Film Festival]] on October 30, 2014.]]

===Films===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Title
!Director
!Writer
!Producer
!Animator
!Storyboard artist
!Notes
|-
|rowspan=2|1997
|''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth]]'' 
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|Co-directed with [[Masayuki (animator)|Masayuki]] & [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]
|-
| ''[[The End of Evangelion]]'' 
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|Co-directed with Kazuya Tsurumaki<br/>Also lyrics writer "Komm, Susser Todd"
|-
|1998
|''[[Love & Pop]]'' 
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|-
|1999
|''{{ill|GAMERA1999|ja}}''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|Documentary<br/>Co-directed with Masayuki 
|-
|2000
| ''[[Shiki-Jitsu]]'' 
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|-
|2004
|''[[Cutie Honey (film)|Cutie Honey]]'' 
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|-
|2007
| ''[[Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone]]'' 
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|rowspan=2|Co-directed with Masayuki & Kazuya Tsurumaki<br/>Also production designer
|-
|2009
|''[[Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance]]'' 
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{partial|Executive}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
|2011
|''Kantoku Shikkaku''
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|Documentary 
|-
|2012
| ''[[Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo]]'' 
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{partial|Executive}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|Co-directed with [[Mahiro Maeda]], Kazuya Tsurumaki & Masayuki
|-
|2016
| ''[[Shin Godzilla]]'' 
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|Co-directed with [[Shinji Higuchi]]<br/>Also co-editor<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/asia/hideaki-anno-and-shinji-higuchi-to-direct-tohos-godzilla-2016-1201464017/|title=Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi to Direct 'Godzilla 2016′|last=Frater|first=Patrick|work=Variety|date=March 31, 2015|access-date=March 31, 2015|archive-date=September 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924110252/https://variety.com/2015/film/asia/hideaki-anno-and-shinji-higuchi-to-direct-tohos-godzilla-2016-1201464017/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2021
| ''[[Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time]]'' 
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{partial|Executive}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|Co-directed with Kazuya Tsurumaki, Katsuchi Nakayama & Mahiro Maeda
|-
|2022
|''[[Shin Ultraman]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|Also supervisor, co-editor, co-cinematographer, concept designer and logo designer
|-
|2023
|''[[Shin Kamen Rider (film)|Shin Kamen Rider]]'' 
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|Also co-editor and costume designer
|}

===Short films===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Title
!Director
!Writer
!Animator
!Notes
|-
|1979
|''NAKAMUREDIER''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|rowspan=4|Student film
|-
|1979
|''Proverb Dictionary: He Who Shots Often, Hits at Last!''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
|rowspan=2|1980
|''At the Bus Stop''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
|''Tough Tire! SHADO Tire!''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
|1983
| ''[[Daicon Film's Return of Ultraman]]'' 
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|-
|1995
|''Neon Genesis Evangelion: Genesis 0:0 – In the Beginning''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|Promotional short
|-
|2001
|''Ryusei-Kacho''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2002
|''Anime Tencho''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
|''The Invention of Destruction in the Imaginary Machines''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2003
|''The Girl and the Railway''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
| Full Short film within his film ''[[Shiki-Jitsu]]'' 
|-
|''Evangelion-Episode 26'Live Action Cut''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|Deleted live action scene from his film ''[[The End of Evangelion]]''
|-
| 2012
|''[[Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|Also producer 
|-
|2013
|''Peaceful Times (F02) Petit Film''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
|2019
|''Evangelion the Movie AVANT: 0706 Version''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|First 15 minutes of his film ''[[Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time]]''<br/>Also executive producer and storyboard artist
|}

====Producer only====
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Title
!Notes
|-
|rowspan=4|2014
|''The Dragon Dentist''
|rowspan=4|Executive producer
|-
|''Hill Climb Girl''
|-
|''Carnage''
|-
|''20min Walk from Nishi-Ogikubo Station, 2 Bedrooms, Living Room, Dining Room, Kitchen, 2mos Deposit, No Pets Allowed''
|-
|rowspan=6|2015
|''Yamadeloid''
| Producer
|-
|''Evangelion:Another Impact''
| rowspan=2|Executive producer
|-
|''Sex and Violence with Machspeed''
|-
|''Tsukikage no Tokio''
|Producer
|-
|''Neon Genesis: Impacts''
|rowspan=3|Executive producer
|-
|''Cassette Girl''
|-
|rowspan=2|2016
|''Mobile Police Patlabor Reboot''
|-
|''A Good Child's History Anime''
|Executive Producer<br/>Also co-editor and photography 
|}

===Television===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Title
!Director
!Writer
!Animator
!Storyboard
!Notes
|-
|1988–1989
| ''[[Gunbuster]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
|1990–1991
|''[[Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water]]'' 
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
|1995–1996
| ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion (anime)|Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' 
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|Also mechanical designer 
|-
|1998–1999
| ''[[Kare Kano]] (His and Her Circumstances)'' 
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
|1999
|''{{ill|Koume-chan ga Iku|jp|アニメ愛のあわあわアワー}}''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
| TV Short Mini-series 
|-
|2004
| ''[[Re: Cutie Honey]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|TV movie
|}

==Animation / art work==

===Storyboards===
* ''[[Mahoromatic|Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi]]'' (2002)
* ''[[Gunbuster 2|Aim for the Top 2! Diebuster]]'' (2004–2006)
* ''[[Sugar Sugar Rune]]'' (2005–2006)
* ''[[Rebuild of Evangelion]]'' (2007–2021)
* ''[[Space Battleship Yamato 2199]]'' (2012–2013)
* ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX]]'' (2025)

===Animator===
* [[Daicon III and IV Opening Animations|''Daicon III'' and ''IV Opening Animations'']] (1981, 1983)
* ''[[The Super Dimension Fortress Macross]]'' (1982–1983)
* ''[[Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (film)|Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind]]'' (1984)
* ''[[Macross: Do You Remember Love?|The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love?]]'' (1984)
* ''[[Birth (anime)|Birth]]'' (1984)
* ''[[Cream Lemon]]'' (Episode 4) (1985–1987)
* ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'' (Episode 133) (1984–1986)
* ''[[Urusei Yatsura (film series)#Remember My Love|Urusei Yatsura 3: Remember My Love]]'' (1985)
* ''[[Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise]]'' (1987)
* ''[[Crystal Triangle]]'' (1987)
* ''[[Dangaioh]]'' (1987–1989)
* ''[[Battle Royal High School]]'' (1987)
* ''[[Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01]]'' (1987)
* ''[[Grave of the Fireflies]]'' (1988)
* ''[[Baoh|Baoh the Visitor]]'' (1989)
* ''[[Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water]]'' (1990–1991)
* ''[[Crimson Wolf]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Macross Plus]]'' (1994–1995)
* ''[[Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still]]'' (1994–1998)
* ''[[Macross Plus|Macross Plus Movie Edition]]'' (1995)
* ''[[FLCL]]'' (2000–2001)
* ''[[Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi]]'' (2002)
* ''[[Gunbuster 2|Aim for the Top 2! Diebuster]]'' (2004–2006)

===Mechanical designer===
* [[Daicon III and IV Opening Animations|''Daicon III'' and ''IV Opening Animations'']]  (1981, 1983) (Mecha designer and mechanical animator)
* ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack]]'' (1988) (Mecha designer)
* ''[[Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi]]'' (2002) (Mechanical animator)

==Acting roles==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ 
! Year !! Title !! Role
|-
| 1983 || [[Daicon Film's Return of Ultraman]]|| Ultraman
|-
| 1985 || Yamata no Orochi no Gyakushū || TV reporter
|-
| 1991 || Otaku no Video || A Portrait of an Otaku interview (uncredited)
|-
| 1998 || Abunai deka forever the movie || –
|-
| 2000–2001 || FLCL || Voice of Miyu-Miyu (uncredited)
|-
| 2002 || Frog River || Bar owner
|-
| 2002 || Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi || Cameo role in Episode 12 (uncredited)
|-
| 2004 || [[Cutie Honey (film)|Cutie Honey]] || Office worker
|-
| 2004 || The Taste of Tea || Cameo, anime director
|-
| 2004 || Koi no Mon (Otakus in Love) || Cameo
|-
| 2004 || Funky Forest || Actor
|-
| 2006 || Nihon Chinbotsu || Yamashiro's Son-in-law
|-
| 2006 || The Catch Man || Actor
|-
| 2007 || Welcome to the Quiet Room (Quiet room ni yôkoso) || Doctor
|-
| 2010 || Death Kappa || Actor<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinematoday.jp/movie/T0009488|title=デスカッパ (2010)|date=November 27, 2010|website=Cinema Today|language=ja|trans-title=Death Kappa (2010)|access-date=June 3, 2021|archive-date=June 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603020817/https://www.cinematoday.jp/movie/T0009488|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 2013 || [[The Wind Rises]]|| Voice of Jiro Horikoshi, main character<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-05-09/newspaper/evangelion-hideaki-anno-to-star-in-ghibli-kaze-tachinu-film|title=Newspaper: Evangelion's Hideaki Anno to Star in Ghibli's Kaze Tachinu Film|work=animenewsnetwork.com|access-date=July 19, 2016|archive-date=April 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419101634/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-05-09/newspaper/evangelion-hideaki-anno-to-star-in-ghibli-kaze-tachinu-film|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 2013 || [[The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness]] || Self (Documentary film)
|-
| 2016 || [[Shin Godzilla]] || Passerby (uncredited)
|-
| 2020 || [[Last Letter (2020 film)|Last Letter]] || Sojiro Kishibeno
|-
| 2022 || [[Shin Ultraman]] || Ultraman (motion capture; with Bin Furuya)<ref>{{cite book|last=Anno|first=Hideaki|url=https://www.khara.co.jp/2022/04/18/sudw/|title=Shin Ultraman Design Works|publisher=Khara, Inc.|date=May 13, 2022|page=74|isbn=978-4-905033-28-8|language=Japanese|access-date=May 18, 2022|archive-date=April 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220429214401/https://www.khara.co.jp/2022/04/18/sudw/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 2023 || Ichikei's Crow || Cameo<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hideaki Anno Cameos as Judge in Live-Action Ichikei's Crow Film |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2023-01-10/hideaki-anno-cameos-as-judge-in-live-action-ichikei-crow-film/.193677 |access-date=January 11, 2023 |website=Anime News Network |language=en-US |archive-date=January 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111001833/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2023-01-10/hideaki-anno-cameos-as-judge-in-live-action-ichikei-crow-film/.193677 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|}

==Other credits==
* ''[[Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise]]'' (1987) (Special effects & production designer)
* [[Strings (2004 film)|''Strings'']] (2004) (Japanese version director)
* ''[[Ando-Roid]]'' (2013) (Story concept)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2013-08-15/evangelion-anno-tsurumaki-work-on-live-action-ando-lloyd-show |title=Evangelion's Anno, Tsurumaki Work on Live-Action Andō Lloyd Show |date=August 15, 2013 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |access-date=June 18, 2024 }}</ref>
* ''[[The Dragon Dentist]]'' (2017) (Executive producer and sound director)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-08-26/evangelion-studio-turns-dragon-dentist-short-into-its-1st-tv-special/.105795 |title=Evangelion's Studio Turns 'Dragon Dentist' Short Into Its 1st TV Special |date=August 26, 2016 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |access-date=August 26, 2016 |archive-date=August 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827030000/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-08-26/evangelion-studio-turns-dragon-dentist-short-into-its-1st-tv-special/.105795 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''Virtual-san Looking'' (2019) (Creative supervisor)

==Awards and honours==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Work
! Result
|-
| 1997
| colspan="2"|The 18th [[Nihon SF Taisho Award]]
| ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| 1999
| The [[20th Yokohama Film Festival]]
| Best New Director
| ''[[Love & Pop]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2008
| rowspan="2"| The 6th [[Tokyo Anime Award]]
| Animation of the Year
| rowspan="2"| [[Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Best director]]
| {{won}}
|-
| 2016
| The 41st [[Hochi Film Award]]
| Best Director
| rowspan="7"|''[[Shin Godzilla]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="6"| 2017
| rowspan="2"| The 71st [[Mainichi Film Awards]]
| [[Mainichi Film Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| The 90th [[Kinema Junpo|Kinema Junpo Awards]]
| Best Screenplay
| {{won}}
|-
| The [[38th Yokohama Film Festival]]
| Special Grand Prize
| {{won}}
|-
| The [[40th Japan Academy Prize]]
| [[Japan Academy Film Prize for Director of the Year|Director of the Year]]
| {{won}}
|-
| The 26th [[Tokyo Sports Film Award]]
| [[Tokyo Sports Film Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| {{won}}
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Honor
! Ref
|-
| 2022
| [[Medals of Honor (Japan)|Medal with Purple Ribbon]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://kahoku.news/articles/knp2022042701001305.html|title= 春の褒章に高木美帆さんら 688人、作詞家の秋元康さんも|access-date= April 28, 2022|work= Kahoku Shimpo|archive-date= May 9, 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220509094402/https://kahoku.news/articles/knp2022042701001305.html|url-status= dead}}</ref>
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160614020904/http://khara.co.jp/hideakianno/personal-biography.html English profile page], [[Khara (studio)]]
* {{in lang|ja}} [http://khara.co.jp/hideakianno/ Hideaki Anno Official site]
* {{IMDb name|30417}}
* {{in lang|ja}} [http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0028520.htm Anno Hideaki's JMDb Listing]
* {{anime News Network|people|15}}
*[http://www.gwern.net/docs/eva/1996-newtype-anno-interview 1996 ''NewType'' interview]
*[http://www.gwern.net/docs/eva/1997-animeland-may-hideakianno-interview-english 1997 ''Animeland'' interview]
*[http://www.gwern.net/docs/eva/2003-rahxephoncomplete-anno-izubuchi "Special Talk: Yutaka Izubuchi x Hideaki Anno"] -(2003)

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