Makoto Shinkai
Directing
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
Directing18
movieSuzume
2022
Director
movieWeathering with You
2019
Director
movieYour Name.
2016
Director
movieCross Road
2014
Director
movieThe Garden of Words
2013
Director
movieSomeone's Gaze
2013
Director
movieAni*Kuri15
2008
Director
movieA Gathering of Cats
2007
Director
tvAni*Kuri15
2007
Director
movieSmile
2003
Director
movieShe and Her Cat
1999
Director
movieOther Worlds
1999
Director
movieEnclosed World
1998
Director
Writing19
movie5 Centimeters per Second
2025
Original Story
movieSuzume
2022
Screenplay, Original Story
movieWeathering with You
2019
Writer, Original Story
movieYour Name.
2016
Original Story, Screenplay
movieShe and Her Cat: Everything Flows
2016
Original Story
tvShe and Her Cat: Everything Flows
2016
Original Story
movieCross Road
2014
Writer
movieThe Garden of Words
2013
Original Story, Screenplay
movieSomeone's Gaze
2013
Writer
movieChildren Who Chase Lost Voices
2011
Screenplay, Original Story
movieAni*Kuri15
2008
Writer
movie5 Centimeters per Second
2007
Screenplay, Original Story
movieThe Place Promised in Our Early Days
2004
Screenplay, Original Story
movieVoices of a Distant Star
2002
Writer, Original Concept
movieShe and Her Cat
1999
Screenplay
movieOther Worlds
1999
Writer
movieEnclosed World
1998
Screenplay, Writer
Your Name
Original Film Writer
Art13
movieSuzume
2022
Storyboard Artist
movieWeathering with You
2019
Storyboard Artist
movieYour Name.
2016
Storyboard Artist
movieCross Road
2014
Art Direction, Background Designer
movieThe Garden of Words
2013
Storyboard Artist, Background Designer
movieSomeone's Gaze
2013
Storyboard Artist
movieChildren Who Chase Lost Voices
2011
Storyboard Artist, Background Designer
movieAni*Kuri15
2008
Storyboard Artist, Background Designer, Art Direction
tvAni*Kuri15
2007
Storyboard Artist, Background Designer, Art Direction
movie5 Centimeters per Second
2007
Background Designer, Storyboard Artist, Art Direction
movieThe Place Promised in Our Early Days
2004
Background Designer, Art Designer
movieVoices of a Distant Star
2002
Art Direction, Storyboard Artist
movieShe and Her Cat
1999
Storyboard Artist, Art Direction
Camera13
movieYour Name.
2016
Director of Photography
movieCross Road
2014
Director of Photography
movieThe Garden of Words
2013
Director of Photography
movieSomeone's Gaze
2013
Director of Photography
movieChildren Who Chase Lost Voices
2011
Director of Photography
movieAni*Kuri15
2008
Director of Photography
tvAni*Kuri15
2007
Director of Photography
movie5 Centimeters per Second
2007
Director of Photography
movieThe Place Promised in Our Early Days
2004
Director of Photography
movieVoices of a Distant Star
2002
Director of Photography
movieShe and Her Cat
1999
Director of Photography
movieOther Worlds
1999
Director of Photography
movieEnclosed World
1998
Director of Photography
Editing13
movieSuzume
2022
Editor
movieYour Name.
2016
Editor
movieCross Road
2014
Editor
movieSomeone's Gaze
2013
Editor
movieShe and Her Cat
1999
Editor
movieOther Worlds
1999
Editor
movieEnclosed World
1998
Editor
Visual Effects12
movieYour Name.
2016
Compositing Artist
movieThe Garden of Words
2013
Color Designer
movieChildren Who Chase Lost Voices
2011
Color Designer
movieAni*Kuri15
2008
Color Designer
tvAni*Kuri15
2007
Color Designer
movie5 Centimeters per Second
2007
Color Designer, Character Designer
movieThe Place Promised in Our Early Days
2004
Color Designer
tvWind: A Breath of Heart
2004
CG Artist
movieWind: A Breath of Heart - Christmas Special
2002
Opening/Ending Animation
movieVoices of a Distant Star
2002
Character Designer, Animation Director, Animation
movieShe and Her Cat
1999
Animation
movieOther Worlds
1999
Animation
Acting9
tvVoices
2023
Self
movieShe and Her Cat: Everything Flows
2016
Chobi (voice)
tvShe and Her Cat: Everything Flows
2016
Chobi (voice)
movieVoices of a Distant Star
2002
Noboru Terao (voice)
movieShe and Her Cat
1999
Her Cat (voice)
Production5
Sound2
movie5 Centimeters per Second
2007
Sound Director
movieThe Place Promised in Our Early Days
2004
Sound Director
