Makoto Shinkai

Directing·Feb 9, 1973·Koumi, Japan

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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.

Film	Credit
MMemories of a Spring2026 · Himself	Himself
Making Documentary of "Suzume"2024 · Self	Self
Suzume2022 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
TThe Making of Weathering with You2020 · Self	Self
Weathering with You2019 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Your Name.2016 · Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay	Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay
She and Her Cat: Everything Flows2016 · Chobi (voice)	Chobi (voice)
Cross Road2014 · Director, Director of Photography, Writer	Director, Director of Photography, Writer
The Garden of Words2013 · Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay	Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay
Someone's Gaze2013 · Writer, Director, Director of Photography	Writer, Director, Director of Photography
Children Who Chase Lost Voices2011 · Producer, Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay	Producer, Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay
Ani*Kuri152008 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Director of Photography
A Gathering of Cats2007 · Director	Director
5 Centimeters per Second2007 · Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Screenplay	Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Screenplay
The Place Promised in Our Early Days2004 · Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Screenplay	Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Screenplay
Smile2003 · Director	Director
Voices of a Distant Star2002 · Noboru Terao (voice), Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Writer	Noboru Terao (voice), Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Writer
She and Her Cat1999 · Her Cat (voice), Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Screenplay	Her Cat (voice), Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Screenplay
Other Worlds1999 · Director, Director of Photography, Writer	Director, Director of Photography, Writer
Enclosed World1998 · Director of Photography, Director, Screenplay, Writer	Director of Photography, Director, Screenplay, Writer
UUntitled Makoto Shinkai Animated FilmDirector, Writer	Director, Writer