Directing
Makoto Shinkai
Born February 9, 1973 · Koumi, Nagano, Japan
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
8.4
Your Name.
Director, Compositing Artist, Director of Photography, Editor, Storyboard Artist, Original Story, Screenplay
7.5
Weathering with You
Director, Storyboard Artist, Editor, Writer, Original Story
7.6 TMDB
The Garden of Words
Storyboard Artist, Director, Background Designer, Director of Photography, Editor, Color Designer, Original Story, Screenplay
7.3 TMDB
5 Centimeters per Second
Director, Background Designer, Color Designer, Character Designer, Storyboard Artist, Producer, Editor, Art Direction, Sound Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay, Original Story
7.6
Suzume
Director, Editor, Storyboard Artist, Screenplay, Original Story
7.2 TMDB
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
Editor, Director, Producer, Storyboard Artist, Background Designer, Color Designer, Director of Photography, Screenplay, Original Story
6.6 TMDB
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
Editor, Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Color Designer, Background Designer, Art Designer, Sound Director, Screenplay, Original Story
6.5 TMDB
Voices of a Distant Star
Noboru Terao (voice), Director, Editor, Art Direction, Producer, Director of Photography, Storyboard Artist, Character Designer, Animation Director, Writer, Original Concept
6.7 TMDB
She and Her Cat
Her Cat (voice), Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Storyboard Artist, Art Direction, Producer, Animation, Screenplay
7.1 TMDB
Someone's Gaze
Director, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography, Storyboard Artist
6.3 TMDB
Cross Road
Art Direction, Director, Director of Photography, Background Designer, Writer, Editor
6.8 TMDB
She and Her Cat: Everything Flows
Chobi (voice), Original Story
5.5 TMDB
Other Worlds
Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Animation, Writer
5.9 TMDB
Ani*Kuri15
Director, Background Designer, Storyboard Artist, Director of Photography, Color Designer, Art Direction
6.3 TMDB
Ani*Kuri15
Director, Writer, Storyboard Artist, Color Designer, Director of Photography, Background Designer, Art Direction
6.9 TMDB
She and Her Cat: Everything Flows
Chobi (voice), Original Story
7.9 TMDB
5 Centimeters per Second
Original Story
4.3 TMDB
Wind: A Breath of Heart
CG Artist
8.0 TMDB
Anime Supernova
Self
7.0 TMDB
Enclosed World
Editor, Director of Photography, Screenplay, Writer
Filmography
- 2026Memories of a SpringHimselfMovie
- 20255 Centimeters per SecondOriginal StoryMovie
- 2024Making Documentary of "Suzume"SelfMovie
- 2023VoicesSelfSeries
- 2022SuzumeDirector, Editor, Storyboard Artist, Screenplay, Original StoryMovie
- 2020The Making of Weathering with YouSelfMovie
- 2019Weathering with YouDirector, Storyboard Artist, Editor, Writer, Original StoryMovie
- 2017Anime SupernovaSelfSeries
- 2016Your Name.Director, Compositing Artist, Director of Photography, Editor, Storyboard Artist, Original Story, ScreenplayMovie
- 2016She and Her Cat: Everything FlowsChobi (voice), Original StoryMovie
- 2016She and Her Cat: Everything FlowsChobi (voice), Original StorySeries
- 2014Cross RoadArt Direction, Director, Director of Photography, Background Designer, Writer, EditorMovie
- 2013Right Places: Where I Was Meant to Be at That TimeThanksMovie
- 2013The Garden of WordsStoryboard Artist, Director, Background Designer, Director of Photography, Editor, Color Designer, Original Story, ScreenplayMovie
- 2013Someone's GazeDirector, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography, Storyboard ArtistMovie
- 2011Children Who Chase Lost VoicesEditor, Director, Producer, Storyboard Artist, Background Designer, Color Designer, Director of Photography, Screenplay, Original StoryMovie
- 2008Ani*Kuri15Director, Writer, Storyboard Artist, Color Designer, Director of Photography, Background Designer, Art DirectionMovie
- 2007A Gathering of CatsDirectorMovie
- 2007Ani*Kuri15Director, Background Designer, Storyboard Artist, Director of Photography, Color Designer, Art DirectionSeries
- 20075 Centimeters per SecondDirector, Background Designer, Color Designer, Character Designer, Storyboard Artist, Producer, Editor, Art Direction, Sound Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay, Original StoryMovie
- 2004The Place Promised in Our Early DaysEditor, Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Color Designer, Background Designer, Art Designer, Sound Director, Screenplay, Original StoryMovie
- 2004Wind: A Breath of HeartCG ArtistSeries
- 2003SmileDirectorMovie
- 2002Wind: A Breath of Heart - Christmas SpecialOpening/Ending AnimationMovie
- 2002Voices of a Distant StarNoboru Terao (voice), Director, Editor, Art Direction, Producer, Director of Photography, Storyboard Artist, Character Designer, Animation Director, Writer, Original ConceptMovie
- 1999She and Her CatHer Cat (voice), Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Storyboard Artist, Art Direction, Producer, Animation, ScreenplayMovie
- 1999Other WorldsDirector, Editor, Director of Photography, Animation, WriterMovie
- 1998Enclosed WorldEditor, Director of Photography, Screenplay, WriterMovie
- —Your NameOriginal Film WriterMovie
- —Untitled Makoto Shinkai FilmDirector, WriterMovie