attention focus on the director of movies, not series? (2025)

Serafos

Yeah, just like me.

RainyEvenings

But for TV series, the same people look at the studio because the production are more collaborative, and based on the studio's popularity, create a different levels of hypes.
If you see names like madhouse, Bones or Kyoto Animation, you know you're in for a treat. It’s like trusting a high-end fashion house—reliable, consistent and chic.

So yes, both movies and series have directors and studios, but the focus shifts depending on the medium. It's all part of the glitzy world of anime.

Lucifrost

Khashishi said:
I know with a lot of movies, the director is also the main creator of the story, while most series are adaptations of something, so that does put more creative requirement on the director. I guess we don't care as much about the director of movie adaptations, like for some arcs of Demon Slayer. Is that it?

Since you mentioned ufotable, I will say that Heaven's Feel is an impressive series of movies. Anyone eager for the industry's next hit should keep an eye on Tomonori Sudou.

その目だれの目？

perseii

I have this impression that TV shows are more "factory-produced" than movies are, and TV show production is much more of a collaborative process with serious time and resource constraints. Movies are supposedly a more creative-driven process, led by a strong leader with a voice.

Not saying that this is true, but I suspect that's how most people think as well.

And this becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, where the studios and the directors don't even bother shining a spotlight on the actual people making these shows, so the audience is forever kept in the dark (outside of a handful of superfans).

LenRea

tchitchouan

Guilmon1

Zarutaku

Lucifrost

その目だれの目？