TIL most anime fans cant actually name the director of their favorite show
I was at a watch party last month and someone asked who directed Frieren. Nobody in the room of 8 people knew it was Keiichirou Saitou. Then I brought up how the same guy did Bocchi the Rock and suddenly half of them went looking it up on their phones. It feels like anime fans obsess over studios and voice actors but skip directors completely. That matters because directors control pacing, episode structure, and how the source material gets trimmed. I keep a list on my phone of my top 20 shows and their directors and it changed how I pick what to watch next. Has anyone else noticed this gap when talking with friends?