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* [[Shinichiro Watanabe]] -- Co-director of ''[[Macross Plus]]''. Directed influential series ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' and ''[[Samurai Champloo]]''. Skilled at mixing multiple genres. Often confused for the above.
* A special case is "[[Hajime Yatate]]" -- actually a pseudonym for the [[Sunrise]] animation staff, often credited as an "original creator" in series like ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'', ''[[Outlaw Star]]'', or ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]''. "Izumi Todo" (''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure]]'') or "Saburo Yatsude" (''[[Super Sentai]]'', ''[[Metal Heroes]]'', many [[Super Robot]] series) serves the same purpose for Toei.
* [[Akiyuki Shinbo]] -- Director of ''[[Tsukuyomi Moon Phase (Anime)|Moon Phase]]'', ''[[Pani Poni Dash]]'', ''[[Hidamari Sketch]]'', the second ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' anime, and the smash hit ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]].'' Tends to include innumerable [[Shout
* [[Toshio Maeda]] -- Writer of [[Urotsukidouji (Anime)|Urotsukidouji]] and as such one of the founders of the [[Naughty Tentacles|tentacle rape]] subgenre of [[Hentai]].
* [[Junichi Sato]] -- A director who mainly works in fairytale-influenced [[Shoujo]] series, and director of some of the best [[Magical Girl]] series out there. His credits include the first two seasons of ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' (which he continued to write for and direct episodes of afterwards), ''[[Prétear]]'', ''[[Princess Tutu]]'', ''[[Aria (Manga)|Aria]]'', and ''[[Kaleido Star]]''.
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* [[Ive Sound]]: A joint venture of various producers and performers, contributing opening and ending themes to many anime series. Best known for KOTOKO.
* [[Isao Sasaki]]: This deep-voiced singer has done more [[Humongous Mecha]] theme songs then you can shake a stick at. However, he has also done non-mecha themes too (such as [[Galaxy Express 999]]) - and not only he's ''still'' active, but he's still kept his powerful voice despite his age (listen to "[[Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger|Midnight Dekaranger]]" for proof). Also acts, played Joe the Condor in ''[[Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (Anime)|Gatchaman]]'' and did several live action roles, guesting in shows such as [[Kamen Rider]] and Juspion. Is the voice of [[Superman]] in the first 4 Superman films. No, really.
* [[JAM Project]]: This rock band consists of some of the most popular singers in anime. Their stock in trade is [[Hot
* [[Joe Hisaishi]]: Composer for nearly all of [[Hayao Miyazaki]]'s movies. Known for using full orchestra to set the moods of the films. Big fan of American music producer [[Quincy Jones]].
* [[Jun Maeda]]: Composer and partial performer most of the music for the games of [[Key Visual Arts]] and their derivative works.
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* [[Akira Kushida]], aka Kussy. Known for his soul music in addition to his anime works. Actually sang onstage with The Temptations. Best known for singing [[Kinnikuman]]'s themes.
* [[Yukio Yamagata]], a voice actor and anime singer best known for [[Ginga Reppu Baxinger]], [[Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger]] and [[Makyou Densetsu Acrobunch]]'s opening songs.
* [[MIQ]], a gal known for singing [[Hot
* Takayuki Miyauchi, known for his extremely authoritative midrange to deep voice. Debuted in 1983 with Brocken Jr.'s theme(Red Rain Of Berlin, with Koorogi '73) in [[Kinnikuman]]. Also did several sentai songs, [[Kamen Rider Black RX]]'s theme and [[Ginga Nagareboshi Gin]] 's theme.
* [[Taku Iwasaki]], known for his work on the ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' OVA's, ''[[Read or Die (Anime)|Read or Die]]'', and ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''
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* [[Amy Birnbaum]]
* [[Jessica Calvello]] (worked in Texas until 2000)
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* Even [[Samuel L Jackson]] himself worked in anime, which he's a fan of, as the voice of the titular character of ''[[Afro Samurai (Anime)|Afro Samurai]]''.
* [[Danielle Judovits]], who also works primarily in western animation, and has very few anime roles, her most famous one being Tenten on ''[[Naruto]]''.
* [[Alessandro Juliani]], a Canadian actor known for portraying Felix Gaeta on ''[[
* [[Janice Kawaye]], who does mostly American voice acting, for example Jenny in ''[[My Life As a Teenage Robot (Animation)|My Life As a Teenage Robot]]'', has also worked on ''[[Bleach (Manga)|Bleach]]'' as the voice of Ichigo's sister [[Yamato Nadeshiko|Yuzu Kurosaki]].
* [[Tom Kenny]], who's strictly a [[Western Animation]] voice actor known for being the voice of ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants (Animation)|SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' and [[Man of a Thousand Voices|a large number]] of other characters, has lent his voice to anime such as ''[[Rave Master]]'' and ''[[IGPX]]''.
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