Two very notable exceptions, though, are Mamoru Hosoda and Makoto Shinkai.
Together, they’re the two most respected anime movie directors after the older generations of Mamoru Oshii, Hideaki Anno, Hayao Miyazaki, and Isao Takahata.
So Japanese video streaming service 1Screen recently conducted a survey, asking respondents “Whose movies do you like more, Mamoru Hosoda’s or Makoto Shinkai’s?”
Poll asks respondents to pick between the directors of Your Name and Summer Wars.