Makoto Shinkai

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Makoto Shinkai (新海誠 Shinkai Makoto?) (born February 9, 1973) is a Japanese anime director, animator, and principal voice actor. A native of the Nagano prefecture in Japan, he studied Japanese literature in university. He traces his passion for creation to the manga, anime, and novels he read while in middle school. His favorite anime is Castle in the Sky by Hayao Miyazaki. Shinkai has been called the new Miyazaki in several reviews including Anime Advocates and ActiveAnime, though he disagrees with this comparison, stating that "it is an overestimation".

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In 1999, Shinkai released She and Her Cat, a five minute long short piece done in monochrome. It won several awards, including the grand prize at the 2000 DoGA CG Animation contest. The short details the life of a cat, entirely from the cat's perspective, as it passes time with its owner, a young woman.

After winning the grand prize, Shinkai began thinking about a follow-up while he continued to work as a graphic designer for Falcom, a video game company. Some months later in June 2000, around the time of PlayStation 2 and the introduction of DVDs, Shinkai was inspired to begin Voices of a Distant Star by drawing a picture of a girl in a cockpit grasping a cell phone. Some time later, he was contacted by Mangazoo, who offered to "work with him," giving him a grant to turn his idea into an anime they could sell. In May 2001, he quit his job at Falcom and began to work on Voices. In an interview, Shinkai noted that production took around seven months of "real work".

Voices was followed by the 90 minute long The Place Promised in Our Early Days, which was released nationwide in Japan on November 20, 2004. It was critically acclaimed, winning many honours.

Shinkai's next project titled 5 Centimeters per Second will premiere in early spring 2007. It consists of three short films titled Oukashou, Cosmonaut, and 5 Centimeters per Second. The estimated total play time is one hour.

Aside from his own projects, Shinkai also assists in animating eroge opening movies for minori, a visual novel company.

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The Works of Makoto Shinkai
Films
The Place Promised in Our Early Days | 5 Centimeters Per Second
OVAs
Other Worlds | She and Her Cat | Voices of a Distant Star
Music videos
Bittersweet Fools | Wind -a breath of heart- | Haru no Ashioto | Egao | ef - a fairy tale of the two.
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