FILM DIRECTOR

Hideaki Anno

1960 - Today

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Hideaki Anno (Japanese: 庵野 秀明, Hepburn: Anno Hideaki, born May 22, 1960) is a Japanese animator, filmmaker and actor. His most celebrated creation, the Evangelion franchise, has had a significant influence on the anime television industry and Japanese popular culture. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hideaki Anno has received more than 2,877,046 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Hideaki Anno is the 263rd most popular film director (down from 253rd in 2019), the 360th most popular biography from Japan (down from 307th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Japanese Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Hideaki Anno ranks 263 out of 2,041. Before him are Richard Fleischer, Menahem Golan, Henri Verneuil, Frank Lloyd, Robert Aldrich, and John Frankenheimer. After him are Joseph Losey, David Hamilton, Robert Siodmak, Damiano Damiani, Germaine Dulac, and Bigas Luna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Hideaki Anno ranks 59. Before him are José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Damon Hill, Michael Nyqvist, Jafar Panahi, Jennifer Grey, and John Galliano. After him are Walter Zenga, Jonas Gahr Støre, Jeremy Clarkson, Brian Cowen, Sarah Brightman, and Hirohiko Araki.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hideaki Anno ranks 360 out of 6,245. Before him are Taira no Masakado (903), Ichirou Mizuki (1948), Hishikawa Moronobu (1618), Emperor Chūkyō (1218), Emperor Rokujō (1164), and Yasuo Takamori (1934). After him are Emperor Kōbun (648), Emperor Konoe (1139), Takashi Takabayashi (1931), Yasuo Suzuki (1913), Tamotsu Asakura (null), and Hisataka Okamoto (1933).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Hideaki Anno ranks 11. Before him are Takeshi Kitano (1947), Kenji Mizoguchi (1898), Shohei Imamura (1926), Masaki Kobayashi (1916), Nagisa Oshima (1932), and Hirokazu Kore-eda (1962). After him are Franklin J. Schaffner (1920), Makoto Shinkai (1973), Mamoru Oshii (1951), Satoshi Kon (1963), Mikio Naruse (1905), and Kinji Fukasaku (1930).

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