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.
Known For | Directing |
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Most Rating | 25.714 |
Birthday | 1973-02-09 |
Place of Birth | Koumi, Japan |
Also Known As | 신카이 마코토, 新海诚, Макото Шінкай, しんかい まこと, मकोतो शिनकाई, Makoto Niitsu, 新海誠, |
2002
Voices of a Distant Star
6.5/285
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 inters...
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Voices of a Distant Star
1999
She and Her Cat
6.7/165
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.
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She and Her Cat
2016
She and Her Cat: Everything Flows
6.8/53
This simple, charming series follows a young woman as she job hunts and experiences various changes in her life, all while her cat Daru remains the su...
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She and Her Cat: Everything Flows
2003
Hiromi Iwasaki: Egao
6.5/11
A short music video about a girl and her pet hamster.
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Hiromi Iwasaki: Egao
2024
Making Documentary of "Suzume"
0/0
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