Profile: Anno Hideaki - Kain
Neon Genesis Evangelion. Perhaps no other anime has caused as many ripples and evoked as much controversy as this anime had during the 1990s. Even now, years after its conclusion, otaku still huddle together in bars, taking long drags on cigarettes and engaging in heated debates and waxing philosophical...

Profile: Carl Macek - Kain
Carl Macek. The very name, and the man who bears it, was equally revered and reviled by Western anime fans from the 1980s all the way to the turn of the century. To his detractors he is known as Carl the Butcher, while his supporters liken him to some Moses-like figure who delivered his pilgrims to the land of sake and honey...

Profile: Kon Satoshi - Kjeldoran
You will find very few directors as dedicated to their work as Kon Satoshi. Intense research, strive for originality and viewing of anime as an art form help him turn everything he touches to gold and allow him, with only a few works under his director's belt, to compare in reputation to the most prolific creators in anime...

Profile: Miyazaki Hayao - Kain
Know the name, for he is the anime equivalent of Don Corleone. His admirers are many, his influence extends far beyond just the anime he has produced. Some have called him anime's Kurosawa Akira, one of the greatest film directors of all time...

Profile: Takahata Isao - Kain
Outside of anime circles, Takahata Isao is a relative unknown. All he has done to get his name out there is collaborate for nearly half a century with the great Miyazaki Hayao in producing and directing some of the finest anime known to man...

Profile: Tomino Yoshiyuki - Ender
Epic stories, fleshed-out casts, operatic drama, mature themes and imaginative worlds are all the trademarks of a Tomino anime. His style has gone on to inspire other creators such as Kawamori Shoji and Anno Hideaki...