Top Five Favorite Anime... Directors?

[Kintaro]

Yes, thats right. This should be interesting. :D

Well anyway, here's my list. I included descriptions, for those who don't know who they are, but it's not required.

#1 Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away, Totoro, Howl's Moving Castle, ect)

#2:Mamoru Hosoda (Bokura no War Game, The Girl who Leapt Through Time)

#3:Isao Takahata (Pom Poko, My Neighbors the Yamadas)

#4:Seiji Mizushima (Fullmetal Alchemist, Show and Film)

#5:Koichi Chigira (Last Exile, Full Metal Panic)

[KhakiBlueSocks]

[font="Trebuchet MS"][SIZE="4"][color="RoyalBlue"]I don't know many Japanese directors, so my list will include some English anime directors (These are in order):

1. Shinichi Watanabe (AKA "Nabeshin") - Excel Saga, Nerima Daikon Brothers, The Wallflower

2. Hideaki Anno - Neon Genesis Evangelion, Nadia; The Secret of Blue Water, His and Her Circumstances

3. Matt Greenfield - Neon Genesis Evangelion, Excel Saga, Chrono Crusade,

4. Crispin Freeman - I My Me! Strawberry Eggs

5. Amanda Winn Lee - Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth, The End of Evangelion[/color][/SIZE][/font]

[ilikegir33]

For me:

1. Hayao Miyazaki (we all know and love his films! )
2. Nabeshin (Excel Saga, Punipuni Poemi, The Wallflower, Nerima Daikon Bros.)
3. Akiyuki Shinbo (Pani Poni Dash, Sayonara Zetsubo-sensei, Negima?!, Soul Taker, Tsukuyomi MoonPhase, Hidamari Sketch)
4. Yasuhiro Takemoto (Full Metal Panic Fumoffu and The Second Raid, Lucky Star episode 5-24, Haruhi Suzumiya second season)
5. Tatsuya Ishihara (Air TV, Clannad TV, Kanon second series, Tenchi Universe, Kimagure Orange Rd: Summer's Beginning, Haruhi Suzumiya)

[LiquidOcelot]

1. Yoshiyuki Tomino (huge Gundam fan, Heavy Metal L-Gaim, Muteki Chôjin Zambot 3, Muteki Kôjin Daitarn 3, Brave Raideen, Ribbon no Kishi, Space Runaway Ideon, the recent MS Zeta Gundam movie trilogy, etc...)
2. Hayao Miyazaki (legendary film director...so many you could name)
3. Hiroaki Goda (lots of Ah! Megami-sama...tv series, movie, OAV & Bubblegum Crisis)
4. Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell films, Urusei Yatsura movies, Patlabor films and series)
5. Kenji Kamiyama (both Ghost in the Shell tv series)