Hayao Miyazaki

Hayao Miyazaki

male (Tokyo)
Born January 5, 1941 in Tokyo, Japan, Hayao Miyazaki is one of the most famous and well-respected creators of anime. He has three brothers, he...
Isao Takahata

Isao Takahata

male, 74 years old
is one of the most famous directors of anime, or Japanese animated films. Born in Ujiyamada (now Ise), Mie prefecture, Japan, he is a long-term...
Toshio Suzuki

Toshio Suzuki

male, 61 years old
is the chief producer and president of the Japanese animation studio Studio Ghibli. He is renowned as one of Japan's most successful producers...
Hiroyuki Morita

Hiroyuki Morita

male, 45 years old
is a Japanese animator and director born in Fukuoka, Japan. He has worked as an animator on projects such as Akira and Lupin III. He is best known...
Kazuo Oga

Kazuo Oga

male, 57 years old
is an art director and background artist for many Studio Ghibli anime films. He also published two artbooks and directed an OVA.
Aoi Hiiragi

Aoi Hiiragi

female, 47 years old
Aoi Hiiragi is a mangaka born on November 22, 1962 in Kamifukuoka, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, though she grew up in Mibu, Shimotsuga, Tochigi...
Takeshi Seyama

Takeshi Seyama

male
is a Japanese film editor. He is the editor of many anime series and movies like Princess Mononoke, Steamboy, Spriggan, including hits from Studio...
Naohisa Inoue

Naohisa Inoue

male, 61 years old
is a surrealist artist born in 1948 in Osaka, Japan. Most of his paintings are set in the fantastical land of. He created reference and background...
Michel Ocelot

Michel Ocelot

male, 66 years old
Michel Ocelot (a pseudonym, real name unknown) was born in 1943 in Villefranche-sur-Mer, on the French Riviera. He went on to spend much of his...
Mahiro Maeda

Mahiro Maeda

male
Mahiro Maeda is one of the most prominent Japanese anime creators working today, having worked as director, character designer, and animator for...