Known For
Directing
Born
Feb 09, 1973
Place of Birth
Koumi, Nagano, Japan
Credits
30 titles
Makoto Shinkai
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Memories of a Spring
Himself
5 Centimeters per Second
Original Story
Making Documentary of "Suzume"
Self
Voices
Self
Suzume
Director
The Making of Weathering with You
Self
Weathering with You
Director
Anime Supernova
Self
Your Name.
Director
She and Her Cat: Everything Flows
Chobi (voice)
She and Her Cat: Everything Flows
Chobi (voice)
Cross Road
Art Direction
Right Places: Where I Was Meant to Be at That Time
Thanks
The Garden of Words
Storyboard Artist
Someone's Gaze
Director
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
Director
Ani*Kuri15
Director
A Gathering of Cats
Director
Ani*Kuri15
Director
5 Centimeters per Second
Director
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
Director
Wind: A Breath of Heart
CG Artist
Smile
Director
Wind: A Breath of Heart - Christmas Special
Opening/Ending Animation
Voices of a Distant Star
Noboru Terao (voice)
She and Her Cat
Her Cat (voice)
Other Worlds
Director
Enclosed World
Editor
Your Name
Original Film Writer
Untitled Makoto Shinkai Film
Director