- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- February 9, 1973
- Place of Birth
- Koumi, Japan
Makoto Shinkai
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…
Filmography
Memories of a Spring
movieMemories of a Spring
2026 · Himself
movie5 Centimeters per Second
2025 · Original Story
movieMaking Documentary of "Suzume"
2024 · Self
tvVoices
2023 · Self
movieSuzume
2022 · Director, Editor, Storyboard Artist, Screenplay, Original Story
The Making of Weathering with You
movieThe Making of Weathering with You
2020 · Self
movieWeathering with You
2019 · Director, Storyboard Artist, Editor, Writer, Original Story
tvAnime Supernova
2017 · Self
movieYour Name.
2016 · Director, Compositing Artist, Director of Photography, Editor, Storyboard Artist, Original Story, Screenplay
movieShe and Her Cat: Everything Flows
2016 · Chobi (voice), Original Story
tvShe and Her Cat: Everything Flows
2016 · Chobi (voice), Original Story
movieCross Road
2014 · Art Direction, Director, Director of Photography, Background Designer, Writer, Editor
movieRight Places: Where I Was Meant to Be at That Time
2013 · Thanks
movieThe Garden of Words
2013 · Storyboard Artist, Director, Background Designer, Director of Photography, Color Designer, Editor, Original Story, Screenplay
movieSomeone's Gaze
2013 · Editor, Writer, Director, Director of Photography, Storyboard Artist
movieChildren Who Chase Lost Voices
2011 · Producer, Editor, Director, Storyboard Artist, Color Designer, Background Designer, Director of Photography, Screenplay, Original Story
movieAni*Kuri15
2008 · Director, Writer, Background Designer, Color Designer, Storyboard Artist, Art Direction, Director of Photography
movieA Gathering of Cats
2007 · Director
tvAni*Kuri15
2007 · Director, Director of Photography, Storyboard Artist, Color Designer, Background Designer, Art Direction
movie5 Centimeters per Second
2007 · Director, Background Designer, Color Designer, Character Designer, Storyboard Artist, Producer, Art Direction, Editor, Sound Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay, Original Story
movieThe Place Promised in Our Early Days
2004 · Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Producer, Color Designer, Art Designer, Background Designer, Sound Director, Screenplay, Original Story
tvWind: A Breath of Heart
2004 · CG Artist
movieSmile
2003 · Director
movieWind: A Breath of Heart - Christmas Special
2002 · Opening/Ending Animation
movieVoices of a Distant Star
2002 · Noboru Terao (voice), Director, Editor, Producer, Art Direction, Director of Photography, Storyboard Artist, Animation, Character Designer, Animation Director, Writer, Original Concept
movieShe and Her Cat
1999 · Her Cat (voice), Director, Editor, Art Direction, Storyboard Artist, Director of Photography, Producer, Animation, Screenplay
movieOther Worlds
1999 · Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Animation, Writer
movieEnclosed World
1998 · Editor, Director of Photography, Screenplay, Writer
Your Name
movieYour Name
— · Original Film Writer
Untitled Makoto Shinkai Animated Film
movieUntitled Makoto Shinkai Animated Film
— · Director, Writer