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Makoto Shinkai

Makoto Shinkai

Makoto Niitsu (新津 誠, Niitsu Makoto), known as Makoto Shinkai (新海 誠, Shinkai Makoto) is a Japanese animation director, author, and manga artist. Shinkai began his career as a video game animator with Nihon Falcom in 1996, and gained recognition as a filmmaker with the release of the original video animation (OVA) She and Her Cat (1999). Beginning his longstanding association with CoMix Wave Films, Shinkai then released the science-fiction OVA Voices of a Distant Star in 2002, and followed this with his debut feature film The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004). Shinkai's second feature film, the romantic drama anthology 5 Centimeters per Second (2007), gained critical acclaim, as did his subsequent releases, the dramas Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2011) and The Garden of Words (2013). Shinkai's 2016 fantasy romance Your Name was a critical and commercial success, becoming the third highest-grossing anime film of all time. His 2019 film, Weathering with You, also achieved similar critical and commercial success. His seventh film, Suzume, was released in Japan in November 2022.

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Suzume

Suzume

2022

Director, Editor, Screenplay, Storyboard Artist, Original Story

Weathering with You

Weathering with You

2019

Director, Storyboard Artist, Editor, Original Story, Screenplay

Your Name.

Your Name.

2016

Director, Compositing Artist, Director of Photography, Editor, Storyboard Artist, Screenplay, Original Story

She and Her Cat: Everything Flows

She and Her Cat: Everything Flows

2016

Original Story

She and Her Cat: Everything Flows

She and Her Cat: Everything Flows

2016

Original Story

Cross Road

Cross Road

2014

Art Direction, Director, Director of Photography, Cinematography, Background Designer, Writer, Editor

Right Places: Where I Was Meant to Be at That Time

Right Places: Where I Was Meant to Be at That Time

2013

Thanks

The Garden of Words

The Garden of Words

2013

Storyboard Artist, Director, Background Designer, Director of Photography, Color Designer, Editor, Original Story, Screenplay

Someone's Gaze

Someone's Gaze

2013

Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography, Storyboard Artist

Children Who Chase Lost Voices

Children Who Chase Lost Voices

2011

Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor, Storyboard Artist, Background Designer, Color Designer, Director of Photography, Original Story

Ani*Kuri15

Ani*Kuri15

2008

Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Color Designer, Storyboard Artist, Background Designer, Art Direction

Ani*Kuri15

Ani*Kuri15

2007

Director, Director of Photography, Background Designer, Color Designer, Art Direction, Storyboard Artist

5 Centimeters per Second

5 Centimeters per Second

2007

Director, Background Designer, Color Designer, Original Story, Character Designer, Storyboard Artist, Producer, Editor, Art Direction, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Sound Director

The Place Promised in Our Early Days

The Place Promised in Our Early Days

2004

Director, Screenplay, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Art Designer, Background Designer, Color Designer, Sound Director, Original Story

Wind: A Breath of Heart

Wind: A Breath of Heart

2004

CG Artist

The Smile

The Smile

2003

Director

Wind: A Breath of Heart - Christmas Special

Wind: A Breath of Heart - Christmas Special

2002

Opening/Ending Animation

Voices of a Distant Star

Voices of a Distant Star

2002

Director, Producer, Editor, Art Direction, Director of Photography, Character Designer, Storyboard Artist, Animation Director, Animation, Original Story, Screenplay

She and Her Cat

She and Her Cat

1999

Director, Editor, Storyboard Artist, Director of Photography, Producer, Art Direction, Animation, Screenplay

Other Worlds

Other Worlds

1999

Director, Editor, Cinematography, Director of Photography, Animation, Writer

Enclosed World

Enclosed World

1998

Editor, Cinematography, Director of Photography, Director, Screenplay, Writer

5 Centimeters per Second

5 Centimeters per Second

Original Story

Your Name

Your Name

Original Film Writer

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