Makoto Shinkai
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1973-02-09 (52 years old)
Place of Birth
Koumi, Japan
Makoto Shinkai
Biography
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.
Known For
Acting
(2024)
(2020)
(2016)
She and Her Cat: Everything Flows
as Chobi (voice)
(2002)
Voices of a Distant Star
as Noboru Terao (voice)
(1999)
She and Her Cat
as Chobi / Narrator (voice)
Crew
5 Centimeters per Second
Original Story
Your Name
Original Film Writer
(2025)
Suzume-Highlight Film Concert
Director
(2022)
Suzume
Director, Editor, Screenplay, Storyboard Artist, Original Story
(2019)
Weathering with You
Director, Storyboard Artist, Editor, Original Story, Screenplay
(2016)
Your Name.
Director, Compositing Artist, Director of Photography, Editor, Storyboard Artist, Screenplay, Original Story
(2016)
She and Her Cat: Everything Flows
Original Story
(2014)
Cross Road
Art Direction, Director, Director of Photography, Cinematography, Background Designer, Writer, Editor
(2013)
The Garden of Words
Storyboard Artist, Director, Background Designer, Director of Photography, Color Designer, Editor, Original Story, Screenplay
(2013)
Someone's Gaze
Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography, Storyboard Artist
(2013)
(2011)
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor, Storyboard Artist, Background Designer, Color Designer, Director of Photography, Original Story
(2008)
Good Morning
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Color Designer, Storyboard Artist, Background Designer, Art Direction
(2007)
5 Centimeters per Second
Director, Background Designer, Color Designer, Original Story, Character Designer, Storyboard Artist, Producer, Editor, Art Direction, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Sound Director
(2004)
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Art Designer, Background Designer, Color Designer, Sound Director, Original Story
(2002)
Voices of a Distant Star
Director, Producer, Editor, Art Direction, Director of Photography, Character Designer, Storyboard Artist, Animation Director, Animation, Original Story, Screenplay
(2002)
Wind: A Breath of Heart - Christmas Special
Opening/Ending Animation
(1999)
She and Her Cat
Director, Editor, Storyboard Artist, Director of Photography, Producer, Art Direction, Animation, Screenplay
(1999)
Other Worlds
Director, Editor, Cinematography, Director of Photography, Animation, Writer
(1998)
Enclosed World
Editor, Cinematography, Director of Photography, Director, Screenplay, Writer