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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... more

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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5 Centimeters per Second
(2007)
Animation, Drama, Romance
Three moments in Takaki's life: his relationship with Akari and their forced separation; his friendship with Kanae, who is secretly in love with him; the demands and disappointments of adulthood, an unhappy life in a cold city.
Runtime:
63 min
Director:
Makoto Shinkai
Cast:
Kenji Mizuhashi, Yoshimi Kondou, Satomi Hanamura, Ayaka Onoue, Risa Mizuno
7.8
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The Garden of Words
(2013)
Animation, Drama, Romance
Takao, who is training to become a shoemaker, skipped school and is sketching shoes in a Japanese-style garden. He meets a mysterious woman, Yukino, who is older than him. Then, without arranging the times, the two start to see each other again and again, but only on rainy days. They deepen their relationship and open up to each other....
Runtime:
46 min
Director:
Makoto Shinkai
Cast:
Miyu Irino, Kana Hanazawa, Fumi Hirano, Takeshi Maeda, Megumi Han
7.6
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The Place Promised in Our Early Days
(2004)
Adventure, Animation, Drama, Romance, Science Fiction
In a post-war alternative timeline, Japan is divided into the North, controlled by the Union, and the South, controlled by the United States. A mysterious high tower rises within the borders of the Union. Three high school students promise to cross the border with a self-built airplane and unravel the secret of the tower.
Runtime:
91 min
Director:
Makoto Shinkai
Cast:
Hidetaka Yoshioka, Masato Hagiwara, Yuuka Nanri, Yuuka Nanri, Unsho Ishizuka
7.0
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Children Who Chase Lost Voices
(2011)
Adventure, Animation, Drama, Fantasy
The film centers on Asuna, a young girl who spends her solitary days listening to the mysterious music emanating from the crystal radio she received from her late father as a memento. One day while walking home she is attacked by a fearsome monster and saved mysterious boy named Shun. However, Shun disappears and Asuna embarks on a jou...
Runtime:
116 min
7.3
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Voices of a Distant Star
(2002)
Animation, Romance, Science Fiction
It is 2046 when a mysterious alien force begins their annihilation of the human race. Leaving behind the one person she loves, Mikako joins the interstellar battle as a pilot. And so - while Mikako risks her life to save mankind - Noboru waits. The two lovers, worlds apart, desperately strive to remain connected as the gap between them...
Runtime:
25 min
Director:
Makoto Shinkai
Cast:
Mika Shinohara, Makoto Shinkai, Sumi Mutoh, Chihiro Suzuki, Donna Burke
7.4
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She and Her Cat
(1999)
Animation
She and Her Cat details the life of a cat, entirely from the cat's perspective, as it passes time with its owner, a young woman.
Runtime:
5 min
Director:
Makoto Shinkai
Cast:
Makoto Shinkai, Makoto Shinkai, Mika Shinohara, Mika Shinohara
7.3
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She and Her Cat: Everything Flows
(2016)
Animation
The simple, charming series follows Kanojo as she job hunts and experiences various changes in her life, all while her cat Daru remains the supportive constant.
Runtime:
28 min
Director:
Makoto Shinkai
Cast:
Kana Hanazawa, Shintarou Asanuma
7.7
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Ani*Kuri15
(2008)
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
15 one-minute shorts created by various people from Japan's animation industry. The title of the collection, Ani*Kuri15, is abbreviated from the words "anime" and "creators".
Runtime:
15 min
Director:
Shinji Kimura, Shōjirō Nishimi, Akemi Hayashi, Osamu Kobayashi, Yasufumi Soejima, Atsushi Takeuchi, Mamoru Oshii, Kazuto Nakazawa, Ranji Murata, Tobira Oda, Michael Arias, Makoto Shinkai, Shoji Kawamori, Mahiro Maeda, Satoshi Kon
Cast:
Aika Kanda, Toshio Watanabe
7.0
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Other Worlds
(1999)
Animation, Drama, Romance
A man and a woman, talking over their relationship.
Runtime:
2 min
6.0
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Ani*Kuri15: A Gathering of Cats
(2007)
Animation, Comedy
The family cat has had its tail stepped on one too many times and dreams of revenge.
Runtime:
1 min
Director:
Makoto Shinkai
6.9
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Someone's Gaze
(2013)
Animation, Drama, Science Fiction
Aya Okamura has been working for two years and has begun living on her own for a job opportunity. With her mother working overseas as a doctor, her father is now living alone with the family's longtime pet cat Mii-san. One night, Aya returns from a long day at work, and as she rests on her bed, she reminiscences about the times the fam...
Runtime:
7 min
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