The 27th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) has announced the line-up of “The World of Hideaki Anno” which will be featuring works by Hideaki Anno, one of Japan’s most prominent filmmakers.

This will be the first-ever major screening occasion to showcase his works. The film festival runs October 23-31 in Tokyo.

When Anno was in his early twenties, he impressed Hayao Miyazaki, who subsequently hired him as an animator on his film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.

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Since then, Anno has created a string of hits, including Nadia The Secret Of Blue Water (1990), the first television series he directed, and the Evangelion series.

The Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) started in 1985 as Japan’s first major film festival which was accredited by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF).

Since then, TIFF has grown to become one of the leading film festivals in Asia.