Makoto Shinkai
Known For: Directing
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: February 9, 1973 (52 years old)
Place of Birth: Koumi, Japan
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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Storyboard Artist
The Garden of Words
Director
The Garden of Words
Director
Someone's Gaze
Writer
Someone's Gaze
Editor
Someone's Gaze
Director of Photography
Someone's Gaze
Background Designer
The Garden of Words
Director of Photography
The Garden of Words
Storyboard Artist
Someone's Gaze
Color Designer
The Garden of Words
Editor
The Garden of Words
Thanks
Right Places: Where I Was Meant to Be at That Time
Original Story
The Garden of Words
Screenplay
The Garden of Words
2011
Director
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
Screenplay
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
Producer
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
Editor
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
Storyboard Artist
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
Background Designer
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
Color Designer
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
Director of Photography
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
Original Story
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
2008
2007
Director
5 Centimeters per Second
Background Designer
5 Centimeters per Second
Color Designer
5 Centimeters per Second
Original Story
5 Centimeters per Second
Character Designer
5 Centimeters per Second
Storyboard Artist
5 Centimeters per Second
Producer
5 Centimeters per Second
Editor
5 Centimeters per Second
Art Direction
5 Centimeters per Second
Screenplay
5 Centimeters per Second
Director of Photography
5 Centimeters per Second
Sound Director
5 Centimeters per Second
2004
Director
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
Screenplay
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
Producer
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
Director of Photography
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
Editor
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
Art Designer
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
Background Designer
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
Color Designer
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
Sound Director
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
Original Story
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
2003
2002
Actor Noboru Terao (voice)
Voices of a Distant Star
Director
Voices of a Distant Star
Producer
Voices of a Distant Star
Editor
Voices of a Distant Star
Art Direction
Voices of a Distant Star
Director of Photography
Voices of a Distant Star
Character Designer
Voices of a Distant Star
Storyboard Artist
Voices of a Distant Star
Animation Director
Voices of a Distant Star
Animation
Voices of a Distant Star
Opening/Ending Animation
Wind: A Breath of Heart - Christmas Special
Original Story
Voices of a Distant Star
Screenplay
Voices of a Distant Star
1999
Actor Chobi / Narrator (voice)
She and Her Cat
Director
She and Her Cat
Director
Other Worlds
Editor
Other Worlds
Editor
She and Her Cat
Cinematography
Other Worlds
Director of Photography
Other Worlds
Storyboard Artist
She and Her Cat
Director of Photography
She and Her Cat
Producer
She and Her Cat
Art Direction
She and Her Cat
Animation
She and Her Cat
Animation
Other Worlds
Writer
Other Worlds
Screenplay
She and Her Cat
