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.

📺 Behind this week's hot episodes

  • Ryo Miyagi unverified Sparks of Tomorrow
  • Takashi Aoshima Chainsmoker Cat
  • Hirota Kosuke unverified Chainsmoker Cat
  • Shota Kashima unverified From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman Season 2
  • Oka Kozue unverified BanG Dream! YUME∞MITA
  • Sasaki Kenta unverified BanG Dream! YUME∞MITA
  • Riki Matsuura Chainsmoker Cat
  • Nobuaki Maruki unverified Sparks of Tomorrow

🔥 Hot on multiple works

🎬 Creator heat chart

Daily relative heat of credited staff on currently airing works

  1. #1 Joe Yoshizaki Director Love Unseen Beneath the Clear Night Sky Heat 100 ▲3
  2. #2 Naoko Yamada Director Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia Heat 100 Mentions of this creator rising
  3. #3 Tou Enjou Series Composition THE GHOST IN THE SHELL Heat 100
  4. #4 Moko-chan Director THE GHOST IN THE SHELL Heat 100
  5. #5 Yukari Hashimoto Composer Grand Blue Dreaming Season 3 Heat 100 ▲13 Multiple works heating up at once
  6. #6 Ryo Miyagi unverified Sparks of Tomorrow Heat 99 Credited on a hot episode
  7. #7 Katsumi Ono Director Skeleton Knight in Another World Season 2 Heat 99 ▲1
  8. #8 Takashi Aoshima Script Chainsmoker Cat Heat 98 Credited on a hot episode
  9. #9 Toshizou Nemoto Series Composition Skeleton Knight in Another World Season 2 Heat 98 ▲3
  10. #10 Mitsue Yamazaki Director Though I Am an Inept Villainess Heat 98 ▲59
  11. #11 Takakazu Nagatomo Director You and I Are Polar Opposites Season 2 Heat 98 ▼1
  12. #12 Yuuko Kakihara Series Composition Love Unseen Beneath the Clear Night Sky Heat 97 ▲20
  13. #13 Chuanfeng Xu Director Oh Boy, Was I Wrong About Her Heat 97 ▲30
  14. #14 Hitomi Mieno Series Composition Oh Boy, Was I Wrong About Her Heat 97 ▲8
  15. #15 Takushi Koide Director Goodbye, Lara Heat 97 ▲1
  16. #16 Toshimasa Kuroyanagi Director The World Is Dancing Heat 97 ▲6
  17. #17 Hirota Kosuke unverified Chainsmoker Cat Heat 96 Credited on a hot episode
  18. #18 Teruko Utsumi Series Composition You and I Are Polar Opposites Season 2 Heat 96 ▼2
  19. #19 Mitsutaka Hirota Series Composition A Livid Lady’s Guide to Getting Even: How I Crushed My Homeland with My Mighty Grimoires Heat 95 ▲2
  20. #20 Kenta Ihara Series Composition Saga of Tanya the Evil Season 2 Heat 95 ▲5 Multiple works heating up at once
  21. #21 Shota Kashima unverified From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman Season 2 Heat 95 Credited on a hot episode
  22. #22 Kiyotaka Taguchi Director Clevatess Season 2 Heat 95 ▲26
  23. #23 Shinji Takamatsu Director Grand Blue Dreaming Season 3 Heat 95 ▲11
  24. #24 Taku Kimura Director Chainsmoker Cat Heat 95 ▼2
  25. #25 Kimitake Yoshioka Character Design Grand Blue Dreaming Season 3 Heat 94 ▲25
  26. #26 Kazuya Miura Director Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs Season 2 Heat 94 ▲22
  27. #27 Akio Kazumi Director From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman Season 2 Heat 94 ▲7
  28. #28 Naoyuki Kuzuya Director A Livid Lady’s Guide to Getting Even: How I Crushed My Homeland with My Mighty Grimoires Heat 94 ▲17
  29. #29 Ryousuke Shibuya Director Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3 Heat 94 ▼5
  30. #30 Yuuji Yanase Director The Insipid Prince's Furtive Grab for the Throne Heat 94 ▲7

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.