| Rank | Director (Works) | Votes | |
| 1 | Akiyuki Shinbo (Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Bakemonogatari) | 1,669 |  |
| 2 | Yutaka Yamamoto (Fractale, Kannagi) | 1,565 | |
| 3 | Tatsuyuki Nagai (Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Boku-tachi wa Mada Shiranai., Toaru Kagaku no Railgun) | 1,543 | |
| 4 | Tsutomu Mizushima (Squid Girl, Big Windup!) | 805 | |
| 5 | Yoshiyuki Tomino (Gundam, Dunbine) | 801 | |
| 6 | Gorō Taniguchi (Code Geass, Planetes) | 558 | |
| 7 | Hayao Miyazaki (Ponyo, Nausicaä) | 430 | |
| 8 | Hideaki Anno (Evangelion, Kare Kano) | 412 | |
| 9 | Mamoru Hosoda (The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Summer Wars) | 352 | |
| 10 | Satoshi Kon (Paprika, Millennium Actress) | 311 | |
| 11 | Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell, Urusei Yatsura) | 301 | |
| 12 | Junichi Satō (Aria the Animation, Sailor Moon) | 300 | |
| 13 | Shinji Takamatsu (Gintama, Sora no Manimani) | 289 | |
| 14 | Makoto Shinkai (5 Centimeters Per Second, Voices of a Distant Star) | 262 | |
| 15 | Kenji Kamiyama (Eden of the East, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex) | 246 | |
| 16 | Seiji Kishi (Angel Beats!, My Bride is a Mermaid) | 214 | |
| 17 | Osamu Dezaki (Ashita no Joe, Clannad) | 208 | |
| 18 | Ei Aoki (Hourou Musuko, Ga-Rei: Zero) | 203 | |
| 19 | Seiji Mizushima (Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Fullmetal Alchemist) | 200 | |
| 20 | Shōji Kawamori (Aquarion, Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love?) | 196 | |
| 21 | Tatsuya Ishihara (Nichijou, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya) | 181 | |
| 22 | Tensai Okamura (Ao no Exorcist, Darker than Black) | 179 | |
| 23 | Masaaki Yuasa (The Tatami Galaxy, Mind Game) | 172 | |
| 24 | Takahiro Ōmori (Durarara!!, Natsume Yuujinchou) | 165 | |
| 25 | Shinichirō Watanabe (Samurai Champloo, Cowboy Bebop) | 155 | |
| 26 | Koji Masunari (Kamichu!, Welcome to THE SPACE SHOW) | 151 | |
| 27 | Kenji Nakamura (C – Control – The Money and Soul of Possibility, Mononoke, Kūchū Buranko) | 149 | |
| 28 | Junji Nishimura (Simoun, True Tears) | 147 | |
| 29 | Keiichi Satou (Tiger & Bunny, Karas) | 143 | |
| 30 | Akitarō Daichi (Gag Manga Biyori, Fruits Basket) | 140 | |
| 31 | Ryousuke Takahashi (Armored Trooper Votoms, Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto) | 120 | |
| 31 | Yasuhiro Imagawa (Shin Mazinger Shōgeki! Z-Hen, Mobile Fighter G Gundam) | 120 | |
| 33 | Yoshimasa Hiraike (Amagami SS, Wagnaria!!) | 115 | |
| 34 | Katsuhiro Ōtomo (Akira, Steamboy) | 111 | |
| 35 | Takuya Igarashi (Star Driver Kagayaki no Takuto, Ouran High School Host Club) | 108 | |
| 36 | Isao Takahata (Pom Poko, Jarinko Chie) | 95 | |
| 37 | Kazuki Akane (Escaflowne: The Movie, Birdy the Mighty: Decode) | 91 | |
| 38 | Yoshitomo Yonetani (Dororon Enma-kun, GaoGaiGar: King of Braves) | 80 | |
| 39 | Kazuhiro Furuhashi (Mobile Suit Gundam UC, Zipang) | 78 | |
| 40 | Kenichi Kasai (Bakuman., Honey and Clover) | 77 | |
| 41 | Kōichi Mashimo (tie) (Hyouge Mono, MADLAX) | 73 | |
| 41 | Tomomi Mochizuki (tie) (Ocean Waves, Twin Spica) | 73 | |
| 43 | Hiroshi Hamasaki (STEINS;GATE, Texhnolyze) | 65 | |
| 44 | Hiroaki Sakurai (Kaichō wa Maid-sama!, GA: Geijutsuka Art Design Class) | 63 | |
| 45 | Yūzō Satō (Kaiji, Tohai Densetu Akagi -Yamini Maiorita Tensai-) | 62 | |
| 46 | Rintarō (Captain Harlock: Mystery of the Arcadia, Yona Yona Penguin) | 59 | |
| 47 | Keizō Kusakawa (Dog Days, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's) | 57 | |
| 48 | Tetsuro Amino (Break Blade, Macross 7) | 55 | |
| 49 | Hiroyuki Hoshiyama (Taiyō no Kiba Dougram, Aoki Ryūsei SPT Layzner) | 42 | |
| 49 | Noboru Ishiguro (Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Tytania) | 42 | |
