About 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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Movie Credits
Makoto Shinkai has appeared in 6 movies.
These include
Voices of a Distant Star,
Making Documentary of "Suzume",
The Making of Weathering with You,
She and Her Cat,
Hiromi Iwasaki: Egao and
She and Her Cat: Everything Flows.
TV Credits
Makoto Shinkai has appeared in 3 shows.
These include
Voices,
She and Her Cat: Everything Flows and
Anime Supernova.
Production Credits
Writing
Credited for Writer in 19 shows -
Untitled Makoto Shinkai Animated Film,
Enclosed World,
Other Worlds,
She and Her Cat,
Voices of a Distant Star,
Voices of a Distant Star,
The Place Promised in Our Early Days,
5 Centimeters per Second,
Ani*Kuri15,
Children Who Chase Lost Voices,
Someone's Gaze,
The Garden of Words,
The Garden of Words,
Cross Road,
She and Her Cat: Everything Flows,
Your Name.,
Weathering with You,
Weathering with You and
Suzume.
Editing
Credited for Editor in 13 shows -
Enclosed World,
Other Worlds,
She and Her Cat,
Voices of a Distant Star,
The Place Promised in Our Early Days,
5 Centimeters per Second,
Children Who Chase Lost Voices,
Someone's Gaze,
The Garden of Words,
Cross Road,
Your Name.,
Weathering with You and
Suzume.
Crew
Camera
Credited for Director of Photography in 13 shows -
Enclosed World,
Other Worlds,
She and Her Cat,
Voices of a Distant Star,
The Place Promised in Our Early Days,
5 Centimeters per Second,
Ani*Kuri15,
Ani*Kuri15,
Children Who Chase Lost Voices,
Someone's Gaze,
The Garden of Words,
Cross Road and
Your Name..
Directing
Credited for Director in 20 shows -
Untitled Makoto Shinkai Animated Film,
Enclosed World,
Other Worlds,
She and Her Cat,
Voices of a Distant Star,
Smile,
Hiromi Iwasaki: Egao,
The Place Promised in Our Early Days,
5 Centimeters per Second,
Ani*Kuri15,
A Gathering of Cats,
Ani*Kuri15,
Children Who Chase Lost Voices,
Someone's Gaze,
The Garden of Words,
Cross Road,
Your Name.,
Weathering with You,
Suzume and
Suzume Highlight Film Concert.
Art
Production
Sound
Visual Effects
Credited for Compositing Artist in 1 show -
Your Name..
Creator
