Anime fans have been busily voting on who their favourite character designer of all time is, leading to a powerhouse ranking of esteemed artistic greats – for once providing an artist ranking entirely free of Tony…
4. Kishida Mel
7. Noizi Ito
10. Kenichi Sonoda
11. Nishida Asako
12. Hisashi Hirai
13. Mariko Fujita
14. Mutsumi Sasaki
15. Ibe Yukiko
16. Yuriko Chiba
17. Akemi Takada
18. Toshihiro Hirano
20. Shingo Araki
21. Hiro Kanzaki
23. Kanami Sekiguchi
24. Nobuteru Yuki
25. Toyoo Ashida
See also the Sankaku Channel rankings for a more comprehensive and sophisticated look at which artists enjoy general popularity, with both none too surprisingly sharing some common ground.
Where’s Tony ???
I guess Tony Taka isn’t considered a character designer yet.
Who?
No Eiichirō Oda, Shinichiro Watanabe?? WTF????
Sadamoto could be in the first 10 positions.
hes thaa best D=