PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an anisotropic material having high thermal stability by forming a layer containing a substrate and a discotic liquid crystalline molecule which forms a columnar phase oriented in a homeotropical direction with respect to the surface of the substrate. SOLUTION: An anisotropic material having a thickness of 0.01-200 m is obtained by forming a columnar phase under a condition that a discotic liquid crystalline molecule is homeotropically oriented with respect to a surface of a substrate and by heating and fixing thereof at a temperature higher than a phase forming temperature. The discotic liquid crystalline molecule is a compound represented by formula II or an organic metal complex represented by formula III or the like which has a plurality of side portions of an alkanoyl group and the like extending radially from a central disk structure (Z1-Z4 in formula I are each an aromatic ring; n1-n4 are each 1-8; L1-L4 are each a single bond, -O-, -NH- or the like; R1-R4 are each a halogen, a 1-30C alkyl group or the like; R in formula II is a 1-30C alkyl; and R in formula III is C12H24 OCOCH=CH2).
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