Top 25 Character Designers

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…

The ranking:

1. Yoshiyuki Sadamoto

2. Kazuhiro Takamura

3. Mutsumi Inomata

4. Kishida Mel

5. Kosuke Fujishima

6. Yukiko Horiguchi

7. Noizi Ito

8. Akio Watanabe

9. Haruhiko Mikimoto

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

19. Yoshikazu Yasuhiko

20. Shingo Araki

21. Hiro Kanzaki

22. Narumi Kakinouchi

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.