Anime Gear Used by Anime Artists
Drawn from the documented rigs of 203 anime artists and the Equipboard community — ranked by real usage, not opinion.
Gear That Defines Anime
Not just popular — disproportionately anime. Multipliers compare usage among anime artists & fans to usage across all of Equipboard, so gear everyone owns doesn't crowd out the gear that makes this genre sound like itself.
Free The Tone Audio Routing Controller ARC-3
MIDI Foot Controllers
2.4× vs site-wide
2
Vemuram Jan Ray
Overdrive Effects Pedals
2.3× vs site-wide
3
Free The Tone ARC-53M audio routing controller
MIDI Foot Controllers
2.0× vs site-wide
4
PRS Custom 24
Solid Body Electric Guitars
1.9× vs site-wide
5
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Fender Mustang Electric Guitar
Solid Body Electric Guitars
1.7× vs site-wide
6
Fender Telecaster Thinline Electric Guitar
Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars
1.7× vs site-wide
7
Marshall JCM900 4100
Guitar Amplifier Heads
1.7× vs site-wide
8
Spectrasonics Omnisphere
Synth Plugins
1.6× vs site-wide
9
Avid Pro Tools
DAW Software
1.5× vs site-wide
10
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Roland JC-120 Jazz Chorus
Combo Guitar Amplifiers
1.4× vs site-wide
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The Artists Behind the Data
This page is built from the documented rigs of anime artists on Equipboard — a few of the 203:
How We Built This Guide
Documented artist rigs
Every count starts with the sourced, evidence-backed gear of 203 anime artists on Equipboard — interviews, photos, and rig breakdowns, not guesswork.
Community signal
Saves and gear-photo tags from players who love this genre add weight, so the lists reflect who actually plays this stuff.
Distinctive, not just popular
We compare anime usage to all of Equipboard — so a tuner everyone owns doesn't drown out the gear that makes this genre sound like itself.
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