Creator Heat

Who is making this season's hottest anime — directors, writers, designers and composers, updated daily.

Not a popularity ranking. We track which credited creators' current works are heating up, relative to everyone working this season.

🔥 Hot on multiple works

🎬 Creator heat chart

Daily relative heat of credited staff on currently airing works

  1. #1 Tetsuhiro Nabeshima Character Design From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman Season 2 Heat 100
  2. #2 Moko-chan Director THE GHOST IN THE SHELL Heat 100
  3. #3 Takashi Aoshima Series Composition The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You Season 3 Heat 99
  4. #4 Katsuhito Oomiya Director The Ogre's Bride Heat 99
  5. #5 Takayuki Hamana Director Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha EXCEEDS Gun Blaze Vengeance Heat 99
  6. #6 Akio Kazumi Director From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman Season 2 Heat 99
  7. #7 尋田耕輔 unverified Chainsmoker Cat Heat 99
  8. #8 Yuuji Yanase Director The World's Strongest Rearguard Heat 99
  9. #9 Hikaru Murata Director BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Calamity Heat 98
  10. #10 Tomohisa Taguchi Director BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Calamity Heat 98
  11. #11 Mitsutaka Hirota Series Composition A Livid Lady’s Guide to Getting Even: How I Crushed My Homeland with My Mighty Grimoires Heat 98
  12. #12 Tou Enjou Series Composition THE GHOST IN THE SHELL Heat 98
  13. #13 Hitomi Mieno Series Composition The World's Strongest Rearguard Heat 97
  14. #14 鹿島翔太 unverified From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman Season 2 Heat 97
  15. #15 Abel Gongora Director Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia Heat 97
  16. #16 Naoko Yamada Director Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia Heat 97
  17. #17 Kunihiko Okada Series Composition From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman Season 2 Heat 96
  18. #18 Takakazu Nagatomo Director You and I Are Polar Opposites Season 2 Heat 96
  19. #19 Joe Yoshizaki Director Love Unseen Beneath the Clear Night Sky Heat 96
  20. #20 Kei Umabiki Director BLACK TORCH Heat 96
  21. #21 Kanichi Katou Series Composition Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia Heat 95
  22. #22 岡こずえ unverified BanG Dream! YUME∞MITA Heat 95
  23. #23 ささきけんた unverified BanG Dream! YUME∞MITA Heat 95
  24. #24 Taku Kimura Director Chainsmoker Cat Heat 95
  25. #25 Shuusei Morishita Director Rich Girl Caretaker: I'm Secretly the Caregiver of the Most Popular Girl in This Rich Kid School Heat 95
  26. #26 Shuuhei Handa Character Design THE GHOST IN THE SHELL Heat 95
  27. #27 Kazuya Miura Director Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs Season 2 Heat 94
  28. #28 Makoto Tamagawa Director Hell Mode: Yarikomi-zuki no Gamer wa Haisettei no Isekai de Musou Suru 2nd Season Heat 94
  29. #29 Masaki Hiramatsu Series Composition BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Calamity Heat 94
  30. #30 青柳隆平 unverified Chainsmoker Cat Heat 94

How it works: each creator's score is derived from the heat of the works they are credited on, weighted by role (director, series composition, character design, music, etc.) and ranked as a percentile among this season's credited staff. Episode-level credits and name-mention signals will join the formula in later phases.