Shinji Higuchi
In 2012, Anno was the curator of an exhibit entitled "Tokusatsu- Special Effects Museum-Craftsmanship of Showa and Heisei Eras Seen Through Miniatures", held at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, featuring actual props and suits from many of Japan's tokusatsu films and TV shows. Anno also produced a short live-action film for the exhibit, entitled "A Giant Warrior Descends on Tokyo", featuring the Giant Warrior-God from Studio Ghibli's animated film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. He has gone on to work with Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli on several short films which have been shown at the Ghibli Museum. He also voiced the main character Jiro Horikoshi in Miyazaki's 2013 feature film "The Wind Rises". He also designed the "" sci-fi anime television series opening sequence. In 2014, Anno and Studio Khara launched "Japan Animator Expo", a series of original net animations made by various directors. In March 2015, it was announced that Anno would team up with close friend and Gainax cofounder Shinji Higuchi to write and codirect "Shin Godzilla", the 2016 reboot of Toho's "Godzilla" franchise.