Hideaki Anno

Hideaki Anno (p.

In 1974 he began running TV series "Space Cruiser Yamato" [Uchuu Senkan Yamato] (1974-1975), created Matsumoto Leiji explanation of his own manga. "Yamato" has made on Annaud so impressed that he was once and for all otakus.

In school years Anno got 8-mm movie camera and started shooting amateur films - a parody of popular art in those years, TV serials. Then, Annaud also became a member of the group "Group Shado" - school amateur studio, to draw "anime" on paper.

Arriving in 1978 in Osaka, Anno entered the directing faculty of Osaka University of Arts, where he met with Hiroyuki Yamaga, Akaem Takami and its other future colleagues.

The Institute Anno continued to shoot and take part in the creation of amateur parodies films, gradually perfected in the direction, graphics and special effects. In particular, he took off and starred in the films "Ultramen" [Ultraman] (1980) and "Advanced Ultramen" [Ultraman Deluxe] (1981). The latter took fifth place at the college amateur film competition. The basis of these two shorts lay the plot and characters popular in those years of artistic TV series "Ultramen" [Ultraman]. By the way, the budget of the first of these films was 8000 б? (about $ 25 at the then exchange rate).

In 1981, Anno and his friends organized the NF-festival "Daicon III" and created a five-minute anime, directed by Yamaga, shown at the opening of the festival. "Daikon" - a Japanese white radish, very sharp taste.

Then they started selling shirts with the NF-symbols, models of spaceships and so. Soon to sell their products, they opened a store "General Products" in Osaka, Japan's first store that sells exclusively NF-products.

In 1982, the friends set up an amateur studio "Daicon Film". In the same year they released their first feature film "patriots of the Great Japan" [Aikoku Sentai Dainippon]. For him, Annaud has created fur-designs, special effects, voice-read text, and also played (in costume), one of the monsters.

In the same 1982 Yamaga and Anno moved to Tokyo and took part in the creation of storyboards first series of TV-series studio "Tatsunoko Production" "Hyperspace Fortress Macross" [Chou Jikuu Yousai Macross]. Thus they continued to work on the film studio "Daikon Film".

In 1983, they sponsored a festival "Daicon IV", which was shown to their next feature film "The Return Ultramena" [Kaettekita Ultraman], won the Grand Prix of the journal "Animage". Anno was its director, designer, creator of special effects, and also played a major role in it

. In 1984 Anno, . as an animator-raskadrovschik, . participated in the creation of feature films "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Winds" [Kaze no Tani no Nausicaa] Hayao Miyazaki, and "Hyperspace Fortress Macross: Do you remember our love?" [Chou Jikuu Yousai Macross Ai Oboete Imasu Ka], . as well as work on the OAV "Birth" [Birth], . better known in Russia as "World Talisman",


. In December 1984, for the production of its first feature-length animated film "Royal Space Force - Wings Honneamiz" [Ouritsu Uchuugun - Honneamise no Tsubasa] Anno, . Yamaga, . Akay and their friends set up a studio "Gainax", . received financial support for the company "Bandai",
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In 1987, the "Wings Honneamiz" was released in Japan and immediately became a new word in the history of the full-length animation. Anno was his chief animator, furs, designer and creator of special effects.

In 1988 he became a director Anno OAV-series "Strive for the top! Ganbaster" [Top o Nerae! Gunbuster] (1988-1990). It was his first independent work of director.

In 1990, Anno created the TV series "Nadia mysterious sea" [Fushigi no Umi no Nadia] (1990-1991), received a second life Anno Prix magazine "Animage".

Parallel Anno continued to work raskadrovschikom and designer on a number of projects. So, . In 1988 he became a fur-designer-length film "Mobile warrior New Gandhi: Riposte Chara" [Kidou Senshi Nu GUNDAM Gyakushu no Char], . in 1992 he worked raskadrovschikom OAV-series "The history of the capital" [Teito Monogatari] (1991-1992) directed by Rintaro, . and in 1994 participated in the creation of storyboards Henshin Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune in the TV series "Beauty Warrior Sailor Moon C" [Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S] (1994-1995) directed by Ikuhary Kunihiko,
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In the early 1990's Anno suffered severe creative crisis, was close to suicide. To cope with their feelings, he began in 1993 to work on his new TV series "Neon Genesis Evangelion new generation" [Shinseiki Evangelion] (1995-1996), has joined in the classic anime movies. Then, Annaud shot several feature films - sequel.

In 1997, Anno unexpectedly withdrew not anime, and full-length feature film "Love and pop" [Love & Pop] - a screen version of the acclaimed novel by Ryu Murakami life of modern Japanese youth.

In 1998, started publishing a new TV series Anno and studios "Gainax" and "JC. Staff "- school soap opera" with his hand - with her hand "[Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou] (1998-1999), created after the manga Tsudy Masami

. In 1999, Anno, and Studios "Gainax" and "Group TAC" released a TV-program "Hour of silly love" [Ai no Awa Awa Hour] (1999), . consisting of three independent TV series: "The housekeeper Ebityu" [Oruchuban Ebichu], . "Koume coming!" [Koume-chan ga Iku!], . "Little Women near Vakakusayamy" [Ai no Wakakusayama Monogatari],
. Series first series lasted for 7 minutes, second and third - to 3 ᥠminutes. Anno acted as master planner program.

In 2000 they released their second feature-length film Anno Day ceremony, "[Shikijitsu], created in the studio" Studio Kajino "on the story by Fujio Fumiko" Dream Girls, Traveling from reality "[Touhimu]. Starring prominent Japanese director Shunji Ivay and author of the story - Fujio Fumiko. In addition to "live cinema", the film also used animation, in which creation was involved "Studio Ghibli".

Anno - the generation that grew up on NF manga and anime, while he himself otaku. Therefore, his work has an element of "fanfikovosti" - the use of others of developments to express their original ideas. Of course, Anno while more talented and professional, so the most "strange ideas" in his work is given new life and play fresh colors.

He is always ready to experiment, without leaving with a purely experimental, interesting only to professionals. He was willing to talk to the most complex issues and create complex characters, not paying any attention to the fact that his heroes - the heroes of anime, not real life, giving new meaning to the concept of "realism" in animation.