Famous Anime Directors

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Across
  1. 2. The household director from Studio Ghibli
  2. 3. The most influential anime director EVER, albeit lesser-known; Ashita no Joe, Gamba no Bouken, etc.
  3. 9. Known for expressionist visuals and heading Studio Shaft
  4. 11. Co-founder of studio Madhouse
  5. 13. All those violence and sakuga and, drills. Lots of drills.
  6. 14. Master of direction; The Girl Who Leaps Time, Summer Wars, etc.
  7. 15. Co-founder of Ghibli, keeps making box office bombs.
  8. 16. Quirky director of Evangelion fame
Down
  1. 1. Often collaborates with Okada Mari
  2. 4. All the surrealist visuals and plots
  3. 5. Female director from KyoAni; made many films about adolescent girls
  4. 6. The director who directs anime like live-action and live-action like anime
  5. 7. Indie-turned professional and enthusiast of Sekai-kei; Creator of the blockbuster of 2016
  6. 8. Top-tier Animator-turned top-tier director; founder of Science SARU
  7. 10. An accomplished mangaka and the director of AKIRA, etc.
  8. 12. Acquaintance of Otomo and mangaka-turned director of four exceptional animated feature films