Makoto Shinkai

Makoto Niitsu (新津 誠, Niitsu Makoto, born February 9, 1973; Koumi), 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

Homepage http://shinkaimakoto.jp/
Birth Location Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Born 1973-02-09

Movies

2016
2003
Voices of a Distant Star as Noboru Terao (voice)
2002
She and Her Cat as Chobi / Narrator (voice)
1999

Movies

Suzume Original Film Writer
2022
Suzume Screenplay
2022
Suzume Editor
2022
Suzume Director
2022
Suzume Storyboard Artist
2022
Weathering with You Original Film Writer
2019
2019
2019
2019
Weathering with You Storyboard Artist
2019
Your Name. Original Film Writer
2016
Your Name. Screenplay
2016
Your Name. Compositing Artist
2016
Your Name. Editor
2016
Your Name. Director
2016
Your Name. Director of Photography
2016
Your Name. Storyboard Artist
2016
2016
Cross Road Writer
2014
Cross Road Editor
2014
Cross Road Director
2014
Cross Road Cinematography
2014
Cross Road Director of Photography
2014
Cross Road Background Designer
2014
Cross Road Art Direction
2014
The Garden of Words Original Film Writer
2013
2013
The Garden of Words Color Designer
2013
2013
2013
The Garden of Words Director of Photography
2013
The Garden of Words Background Designer
2013
The Garden of Words Storyboard Artist
2013
2013
2013
Someone's Gaze Director
2013
Someone's Gaze Director of Photography
2013
Someone's Gaze Storyboard Artist
2013
Children Who Chase Lost Voices Original Film Writer
2011
2011
Children Who Chase Lost Voices Director of Photography
2011
Children Who Chase Lost Voices Background Designer
2011
Children Who Chase Lost Voices Storyboard Artist
2011
Ani*Kuri15 Writer
2008
Ani*Kuri15 Color Designer
2008
Ani*Kuri15 Director
2008
Ani*Kuri15 Director of Photography
2008
Ani*Kuri15 Art Direction
2008
Ani*Kuri15 Background Designer
2008
Ani*Kuri15 Storyboard Artist
2008
5 Centimeters per Second Original Story
2007
2007
5 Centimeters per Second Character Designer
2007
5 Centimeters per Second Color Designer
2007
5 Centimeters per Second Sound Director
2007
2007
2007
5 Centimeters per Second Director of Photography
2007
5 Centimeters per Second Storyboard Artist
2007
5 Centimeters per Second Background Designer
2007
5 Centimeters per Second Art Direction
2007
2004
The Place Promised in Our Early Days Director of Photography
2004
2004
2003
2002
Voices of a Distant Star Original Film Writer
2002
2002
Voices of a Distant Star Animation Director
2002
Voices of a Distant Star Character Designer
2002
2002
2002
Voices of a Distant Star Director of Photography
2002
Voices of a Distant Star Storyboard Artist
2002
Voices of a Distant Star Art Direction
2002
She and Her Cat Original Film Writer
1999
She and Her Cat Screenplay
1999
1999
She and Her Cat Animation
1999
She and Her Cat Producer
1999
1999
She and Her Cat Director
1999
She and Her Cat Director of Photography
1999
She and Her Cat Art Direction
1999
She and Her Cat Storyboard Artist
1999
Other Worlds Writer
1999
Other Worlds Animation
1999
Other Worlds Editor
1999
Other Worlds Director
1999
Other Worlds Cinematography
1999
Other Worlds Director of Photography
1999
1998
Enclosed World Screenplay
1998
1998
Enclosed World Director
1998
Enclosed World Cinematography
1998
Enclosed World Director of Photography
1998
Your Name Story
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