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SPIDER-MAN DIRECTOR JOAQUIM DOS SANTOS: ROBOTECH AND MACROSS TALK ABOUT THE SPIDER-VERSE!
As an animator, Joaquim Dos Santos has steadily built a career with credits on some of the most influential American animated series of the past two decades. The 46-year-old animator and director has gone from directing episodes of Justice League: Unlimited and Avatar: The Last Airbender to co-directing one of the biggest animated features of last year: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
Polygon recently had a chance to catch up with Dos Santos, so we had to ask: What was your first favorite anime, and what's your favorite anime now?
My Favorite Anime is Polygon's column dedicated to collecting the stories of the biggest celebrity anime fans in the world, charting a path from their earliest introductions to Japanese animation, to the series and movies they love today. Here's what Joaquim Dos Santos had to say.
