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Makoto Shinkai
Koumi, Nagano, Japan
Makoto Niitsu (新津 誠, Niitsu Makoto; born February 9, 1973), known as Makoto Shinkai (新海 誠, Shinkai Makoto), is a Japanese filmmaker and novelist. A founder of CoMix Wave Films, he…
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Makoto Niitsu (新津 誠, Niitsu Makoto; born February 9, 1973), known as Makoto Shinkai (新海 誠, Shinkai Makoto), is a Japanese filmmaker and novelist. A founder of CoMix Wave Films, he is known for his anime feature films enriched with visually-appealing animation and romantic stories depicting teenagers and high school students. 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 in 1999. Shinkai then released the science fiction OVA Voices of a Distant Star in 2002 as his first feature with CoMix Wave, followed by his debut feature film The Place Promised in Our Early Days in 2004. Shinkai's films have consistently received highly positive reviews from both critics and audiences, and he is considered to be one of Japan's most commercially successful filmmakers. His three most recent films Your Name in 2016, Weathering with You in 2019, and Suzume in 2022, collectively known as "Disaster trilogy", are all among the highest-grossing Japanese films of all time, both in Japan and worldwide at the time of their release. Description above from the Wikipedia article Makoto Shinkai, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2026
Memories of a Spring
Movie Himself
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2025
5 Centimeters per Second
Movie Original Story
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2024
Making Documentary of "Suzume"
Movie Self
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2023
Voices
TV show Self
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2022
Suzume
Movie Director
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2020
The Making of Weathering with You
Movie Self
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2019
Weathering with You
Movie Director
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2017
Anime Supernova
TV show Self
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2016
Your Name.
Movie Director
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2016
She and Her Cat: Everything Flows
Movie Chobi (voice)
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2016
She and Her Cat: Everything Flows
TV show Chobi (voice)
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2014
Cross Road
Movie Art Direction
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2013
Right Places: Where I Was Meant to Be at That Time
Movie Thanks
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2013
The Garden of Words
Movie Storyboard Artist
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2013
Someone's Gaze
Movie Director
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2011
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
Movie Director
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2008
Ani*Kuri15
Movie Director
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2007
A Gathering of Cats
Movie Director
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2007
Ani*Kuri15
TV show Director
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2007
5 Centimeters per Second
Movie Director
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2004
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
Movie Director
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2004
Wind: A Breath of Heart
TV show CG Artist
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2003
Smile
Movie Director
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2002
Wind: A Breath of Heart - Christmas Special
Movie Opening/Ending Animation
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2002
Voices of a Distant Star
Movie Noboru Terao (voice)
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1999
She and Her Cat
Movie Her Cat (voice)
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1999
Other Worlds
Movie Director
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1998
Enclosed World
Movie Editor
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Your Name
Movie Original Film Writer
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Untitled Makoto Shinkai Film
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