I think they're both pretty lame, to be honest. Sakaguchi takes himself too seriously, and the same themes tend to show up over and over in his stories. Nomura avoids deep themes altogether and opts instead for pure style... which can be a lot of fun, but gets old after awhile without anything substantial to back it up. He also has a very unhealthy obsession with zippers and Gackt.

If I had to choose between the two, I would go with Nomura. This is only because he's still relatively young and has a lot of room to grow and mature as a director, while Sakaguchi - in my opinion - has grown rusty.

Masato Kato. Any day.