History SugarWiki / NamesToKnowInAnime

* Creator/NorioSakurai - Artist and manga writer known for creating raunchy comedy manga such as ''Manga/{{Rororro}}'' and ''Manga/{{Mitsudomoe}}'', before achieving wide acclaim through ''Manga/TheDangersInMyHeart''.

* Music/KensukeUshio - A Tokyo-based composer who also goes by the stage name "agraph". Well known for arranging the soundtracks of ''Manga/ASilentVoice'', ''Anime/DEVILMANCrybaby'', ''Manga/ChainsawMan'' and ''Manga/TheDangersInMyHeart''.

* Creator/{{Sunrise}} - Currently owned by Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment.

* Creator/AkiraToriyama -- Creator of the famous ''Franchise/DragonBall'' series, as well as ''Manga/DoctorSlump''. Renowned video-game visual designer (''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' and the ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' series have both benefited from his input).

** Music/MamiKawada: best known for her music in ''Literature/ShakuganNoShana'' and ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'', as well as ''Anime/{{Jormungand}}'', ''Literature/StarshipOperators'' and ''Literature/TokyoRavens''. Retired in 2016.

* Creator/{{Bandai}} (USA branch)

* Creator/MamoruOshii -- Writer and director, known for his surreal, aesthetically breathtaking, intellectual style, and occasionally his offbeat humor. Signature works include ''Angel's Egg'', ''Manga/UruseiYatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer'' (along with several memorable episodes from the series), the ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'' series and movies, and the two ''Anime/GhostInTheShell'' movies.

* Music/{{LiSA}}: started off her career as the singing voice of Yui in ''Anime/AngelBeats'' Afterwards, she became known for singing the openings and endings for shows like ''Literature/FateZero'', ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'' and ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba''.

* Creator/KunihikoIkuhara -- Anime director best known for ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' and his work on TheNineties ''Anime/SailorMoon''. He also directed ''Anime/{{Penguindrum}}'' and ''Anime/{{Sarazanmai}}''.

* Creator/MasahikoOhta -- Moe maestro who helmed such popular adaptations as ''Manga/YuruYuri'', ''Manga/HimoutoUmaruChan'', and ''Manga/GabrielDropOut''. Known for his kinetic, colorful directing style. If you've seen an anime meme in the past decade, chances are you've seen his work.

* Creator/UmeAoki -- Creator of ''Manga/HidamariSketch'', the BreakoutHit of ''the'' [[Magazine/MangaTimeKirara CGDGT publisher]], and apart of the Magica Quartet that developed ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''. Frequent collaborator for Creator/StudioShaft.

* Creator/ToshioOkada -- Co-founder of Creator/StudioGainax and director of ''Anime/OtakuNoVideo''

* Creator/IzumiTodo: Creator of ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi'', and the [[CashCowFranchise massive cash cow]] known as ''Anime/PrettyCure''. Much like Hajime Yatate, the name is actually a pseudonym for the Toei animation staff.

* "Creator/HajimeYatate" -- actually a pseudonym for the Creator/{{Sunrise}} animation staff, often credited as an "original creator" in series like ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', ''Anime/OutlawStar'', or ''Manga/SgtFrog''. "Izumi Todo" (''Anime/OjamajoDoremi'' and ''Anime/PrettyCure'') or "Saburo Yatsude" (''Franchise/SuperSentai'', ''Series/MetalHeroes'', many SuperRobot series) serves the same purpose for Toei.

* Creator/MasashiKishimoto -- Creator of the extremely popular series ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}''.

[[AC:Television]] -- The people listed here are best known in anime series (some of them overlap with films).
* Creator/OsamuTezuka -- ''Manga no kami-sama'', "the God of Manga," responsible for anime and manga as we know them today.

* Creator/LeijiMatsumoto -- Known for his distinctive art style, the single continuity where most of his works are set, and the unique AnachronismStew which features, among others, literal trains in SPACE. Passed away in 2023.
* Creator/YoshiyukiTomino -- Worked from the beginning on storyboards for ''[[Manga/AstroBoy Tetsuwan Atom]]''. Highly influential in creating the RealRobot genre with his series ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', and its many sequels and {{Spin Off}}s. One of the foremost popularizers of {{Everybody Dies Ending}}s in anime; so much so, many online communities have made "Kill 'Em All" his official nickname.

* Creator/HideakiAnno -- Co-founder for Creator/StudioGainax before leaving to create Studio Khara; directed ''Anime/{{Gunbuster}}'', ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'', ''Manga/HisAndHerCircumstances'', and, perhaps most famously, ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''; friend and protege of Creator/HayaoMiyazaki
* Creator/ShinichiWatanabe -- a.k.a. "Nabeshin", director of ''Anime/ExcelSaga'' and ''Anime/PuniPuniPoemi'', among others; known for taking the GagSeries anime in a gonzo direction.
* Creator/ShinichiroWatanabe -- Co-director of ''Anime/MacrossPlus''. Directed influential series ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' and ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo''. Other shows he directed are ''Manga/KidsOnTheSlope'', ''Anime/SpaceDandy'', ''Anime/TerrorInResonance'' and ''Anime/CaroleAndTuesday''. Skilled at mixing multiple genres (often with a music genre). Often confused for the above.
* A special case is "Creator/HajimeYatate" -- actually a pseudonym for the Creator/{{Sunrise}} animation staff, often credited as an "original creator" in series like ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', ''Anime/OutlawStar'', or ''Manga/SgtFrog''. "Izumi Todo" (''Anime/OjamajoDoremi'' and ''Anime/PrettyCure'') or "Saburo Yatsude" (''Franchise/SuperSentai'', ''Series/MetalHeroes'', many SuperRobot series) serves the same purpose for Toei.
* Creator/AkiyukiShinbo -- Director of the vast majority of Creator/StudioShaft's works since 2004, including ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'', the ''[[Literature/{{Bakemonogatari}} Monogatari]]'' series, ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' and ''Manga/MarchComesInLikeALion''. Tends to include innumerable {{Shout Out}}s to just about everything, as well as some non-standard direction that has come to be recognized as his distinctive style.
* Creator/ToshioMaeda -- Writer of ''Urotsukidouji'' and as such one of the founders of the tentacle rape subgenre of {{hentai}}.
* Creator/JunichiSato -- A director who mainly works in fairytale-influenced {{shoujo}} series, and director of some of the best MagicalGirl series out there. His credits include the first two seasons of TheNineties ''Anime/SailorMoon'' (which he continued to write for and direct episodes of afterwards), ''Anime/{{Pretear}}'', ''Anime/PrincessTutu'', ''Manga/{{Aria}}'', and ''Anime/KaleidoStar''.

* Creator/MasaakiYuasa -- The director of ''Anime/MindGame'', ''Anime/{{Kemonozume}}'', ''Anime/{{Kaiba}}'', ''Literature/TheTatamiGalaxy'', ''Anime/TheNightIsShortWalkOnGirl'', ''Anime/DevilmanCrybaby'', ''Manga/KeepYourHandsOffEizouken'' and ''Anime/JapanSinks''. All of his work is known for having excellent, inventive animation, and having very unusual subject matter.

* Creator/MitsuteruYokoyama -- Manga/anime writer best known for pioneering HumongousMecha with ''Tetsujin 28''/''Anime/{{Gigantor}}'' and ''Manga/GiantRobo''. Also wrote ''Manga/KamenNoNinjaAkakage'' and ''Manga/SallyTheWitch''.
* Creator/KunihikoIkuhara -- Anime director best known for ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' and his work on TheNineties ''Anime/SailorMoon''. He also directed ''Anime/{{Penguindrum}}'' and ''Anime/{{Sarazanmai}}''.
* Creator/KoichiMashimo -- Anime director best known for ''Anime/{{Noir}}'', ''Anime/DotHackSign'', and ''Anime/{{Madlax}}''. Founder of studio Creator/BeeTrain.
* Creator/KazuyaTsurumaki -- Anime director best known for ''Anime/{{FLCL}}''; protege of Creator/HideakiAnno
* Creator/HiroyukiYamaga -- Co-founder of Creator/StudioGainax and director of ''Anime/RoyalSpaceForceTheWingsOfHonneamise'' and ''Anime/MagicalShoppingArcadeAbenobashi''.

* Creator/HiroyukiImaishi -- Animator and director who is a former Gainax staff member and eventually became one of the founders of Creator/StudioTrigger. His work includes ''Anime/DeadLeaves'', ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'', ''Anime/KillLaKill'' and ''Anime/CyberpunkEdgerunners''. He also directed the movie ''Anime/{{Promare}}''. Known for his colorful, surreal, ultra-stylized visuals, hyper-kinetic animation style, and wacky sense of humor.
* Creator/YoshinoriKanada -- Considered by many to have been the best Japanese key animator outside of Creator/TMSEntertainment[[note]]though has worked with TMS on shows like ''Acrobunch'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Visionaries}}''[[/note]], and was highly influential on many animators, especially the aforementioned Hiroyuki Imaishi and Masami Obari. He worked on many, many shows in his time, including ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' and Various Ghibli projects, certain stand-out episodes of various 70s mecha series (including ''Anime/Daitarn3'', ''Anime/{{Gaiking}}'' and ''Anime/Zambot3''), the wonderfully animated climax in the otherwise not particularly visually noteworthy ''Harmagedon'', an outstanding sequence in the ''Manga/GalaxyExpress999'' movie and the virtually plotless yet visually exciting and criminally underrated 80s OVA ''Birth'', for which he was the animation director.
* Creator/ShojiKawamori -- The director of the whole canonical ''Macross'' series as well as the mechanical designer for ''Anime/CowboyBebop'', current executive director at Satelight
* Creator/GenUrobuchi -- Scenarist and screenwriter, very famous for his DarkerAndEdgier works, formerly working with Creator/{{Nitroplus}} on such VisualNovel projects as ''VisualNovel/SayaNoUta''. His favorite tropes include BreakTheCutie, CrapsackWorld, ThroughTheEyesOfMadness, and DownerEnding (or if you feel lucky, BittersweetEnding). Made famous after his work on ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''. He was also the headwriter of ''Anime/PsychoPass'' and author of ''Literature/FateZero''. Also infamous as a TrollingCreator.
* Creator/IzumiTodo: Creator of ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi'', and the [[CashCowFranchise massive cash cow]] known as ''Anime/PrettyCure''. Much like Hajime Yatate, the name is actually a pseudonym for the Toei animation staff.
* Creator/TadayoshiYamamuro -- Character designer, Animation Supervisor and Storyboard Artist for the ''Franchise/DragonBall'' franchise.

* Creator/AtsuhiroTomioka -- Scriptwriter for various anime, including ''Manga/ChronoCrusade'', ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'', ''Anime/FinalFantasyUnlimited'', and ''Anime/AceAttorney2016''.

* Creator/YuuKou -- Director of ''Manga/ChronoCrusade'', ''Manga/{{Loveless}}'', ''Manga/PrincessTutu'', ''Robby & Kerobby'', and ''Anime/UmiMonogatari''.
* Creator/YukiyoshiOhashi -- Screenwriter for various anime, including ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'', ''Manga/WeddingPeach'' and ''[[Anime/CuteyHoney Cutey Honey F]]''.
* Creator/JunkiTakegami -- Screenwriter for various anime, including ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'', ''Manga/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'' and ''Manga/OnePiece''.
* Creator/NatsukoTakahashi -- Screenwriter for various anime, including ''Manga/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'', ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'', ''Manga/SugarSugarRune'', ''Anime/TwinPrincessOfWonderPlanet'', ''[[Anime/CuteyHoney Cutey Honey Universe]]'' and ''Manga/ChronoCrusade''.
* Creator/KazuyaKuroda -- Character Designer of ''Anime/SailorMoon'', ''Anime/{{Gravion}}'' and ''Anime/{{Vandread}}''.
* Creator/{{Rintaro}} -- Freelance director although his most frequent employer is Creator/{{Madhouse}} (a studio he himself co-founded). Started as an in-between animator for the anime film ''Hakujaden'' in 1958, then Creator/OsamuTezuka's Mushi production, working on ''Anime/AstroBoy''. His films include Creator/LeijiMatsumoto's ''Manga/GalaxyExpress999, ''Adieu Galaxy Express 999'', Tezuka's ''Manga/{{Phoenix}}: Karma Chapter'' and the ''Anime/Metropolis2001''.
* Creator/MasahikoOhta -- Moe maestro who helmed such popular adaptations as ''Manga/YuruYuri'', ''Manga/HimoutoUmaruChan'', and ''Manga/GabrielDropOut''. Known for his kinetic, colorful directing style. If you've seen an anime meme in the past decade, chances are you've seen his work.
* Creator/TadaoNagahama -- Director of ''Anime/TheRoseOfVersailles'', a GenreTurningPoint for {{shoujo}} manga, and also the director of the ''Anime/RobotRomanceTrilogy''.
* Creator/KazuyaKuroda -- Character Designer of ''Anime/SailorMoon'', ''Anime/{{Gravion}}'' and ''Anime/{{Vandread}}''.
* Creator/YuuKou -- Director of ''Manga/ChronoCrusade'', ''Manga/{{Loveless}}'', ''Robby & Kerobby'', and ''Anime/UmiMonogatari''.

[[AC:Films]] -- The people listed here are best known in anime films (some of them overlap with television).
* Creator/HayaoMiyazaki -- Co-founder of Creator/StudioGhibli, one of the biggest names in not just anime, but the entirety of animation as well. A animator and director, his works include ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'', ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro'', ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'', and ''Anime/SpiritedAway''. One of his earliest directing jobs is ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro''.
* Creator/IsaoTakahata -- Co-founder of Creator/StudioGhibli and famed anime film director. Known for the sad tale of ''Anime/GraveOfTheFireflies''. Like his colleague, Miyazaki, he worked on anime for a long time; his directorial debut was Toei's ''Anime/HorusPrinceOfTheSun'' in 1968. He passed away in 2018.
* Creator/KatsuhiroOtomo -- Mainly a manga creator, but he directed the movie adaptation of his most famous work, ''Manga/{{Akira}}'', which was considered ''the'' breakthrough title for anime in the West.
* Creator/MakotoShinkai -- Director and animator known for directing the popular, record-breaking film ''Anime/YourName''. He also directed ''Anime/VoicesOfADistantStar'', ''Anime/ThePlacePromisedInOurEarlyDays'', ''Anime/FiveCentimetersPerSecond'' and ''Anime/WeatheringWithYou''. His works are well known for their gratuitous SceneryPorn, and ''Voices'' was produced almost entirely as a solo project by Shinkai, showcasing the power that modern computer animation gave to artists.
* Creator/MamoruOshii -- Writer and director, known for his surreal, aesthetically breathtaking, intellectual style, and occasionally his offbeat humor. Signature works include ''Angel's Egg'', ''Manga/UruseiYatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer'' (along with several memorable episodes from the series), the ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'' series and movies, and the two ''Anime/GhostInTheShell'' movies.
* Creator/SatoshiKon -- Director of ''Anime/TokyoGodfathers'', ''Literature/{{Paprika}}'', ''Anime/PerfectBlue'', ''Anime/MillenniumActress'', and the TV series ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent''. His works frequently dealt with the concept of subjective reality. Died in 2010.
* Creator/YoshiakiKawajiri -- One of the best directors of [[DarkerAndEdgier dark, gritty,]] [[HotterAndSexier flashy and sexy action]] movies, best known for ''Anime/WickedCity'', ''Anime/NinjaScroll'' and ''Literature/VampireHunterD Bloodlust'', as well as classic {{cyberpunk}} {{OAV}}s such as ''Anime/CyberCityOedo808'' and ''Manga/GokuMidnightEye''. Also worked in the ''Manga/{{X 1999}}'' TV series.
* Creator/MamoruHosoda -- Director of several popular animated films, including ''Anime/TheGirlWhoLeaptThroughTime'', ''Anime/SummerWars'' and ''Anime/WolfChildren''.
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[[folder:Manga artists and writers]]
The following manga creators, while not always directly involved in anime, have provided the basis for a large number of anime:
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