Makoto Shinkai
Makoto Niitsu (新津 誠, Niitsu Makoto; born February 9, 1973), known as Makoto Shinkai (新海 誠, Shinkai Makoto), is a Japanese filmmaker and novelist. A founder of CoMix Wave Films, he is known for his anime feature films enriched with visually-appealing animation and romantic stories depicting teenagers and high school students.
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 in 1999. Shinkai then released the science fiction OVA Voices of a Distant Star in 2002 as his first feature with CoMix Wave, followed by his debut feature film The Place Promised in Our Early Days in 2004.
Shinkai's films have consistently received highly positive reviews from both critics and audiences, and he is considered to be one of Japan's most commercially successful filmmakers. His three most recent films Your Name in 2016, Weathering with You in 2019, and Suzume in 2022, collectively known as "Disaster trilogy", are all among the highest-grossing Japanese films of all time, both in Japan and worldwide at the time of their release.
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Movies (25)
Memories of a Spring
2026 · Himself
5 Centimeters per Second
2025 · Original Story
Making Documentary of "Suzume"
2024 · Self
Suzume
2022 · Director, Editor, Storyboard Artist, Screenplay, Original Story
The Making of Weathering with You
2020 · Self
Weathering with You
2019 · Director, Storyboard Artist, Editor, Writer, Original Story
Your Name.
2016 · Director, Compositing Artist, Director of Photography, Editor, Storyboard Artist, Original Story, Screenplay
She and Her Cat: Everything Flows
2016 · Chobi (voice), Original Story
Cross Road
2014 · Art Direction, Director, Director of Photography, Background Designer, Writer, Editor
Right Places: Where I Was Meant to Be at That Time
2013 · Thanks
The Garden of Words
2013 · Storyboard Artist, Director, Background Designer, Director of Photography, Editor, Color Designer, Original Story, Screenplay
Someone's Gaze
2013 · Director, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography, Storyboard Artist
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
2011 · Editor, Director, Producer, Storyboard Artist, Background Designer, Color Designer, Director of Photography, Screenplay, Original Story
Ani*Kuri15
2008 · Director, Writer, Storyboard Artist, Color Designer, Director of Photography, Background Designer, Art Direction
A Gathering of Cats
2007 · Director
5 Centimeters per Second
2007 · Director, Background Designer, Color Designer, Character Designer, Storyboard Artist, Producer, Editor, Art Direction, Sound Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay, Original Story
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
2004 · Editor, Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Color Designer, Background Designer, Art Designer, Sound Director, Screenplay, Original Story
Smile
2003 · Director
Wind: A Breath of Heart - Christmas Special
2002 · Opening/Ending Animation
Voices of a Distant Star
2002 · Noboru Terao (voice), Director, Editor, Art Direction, Producer, Director of Photography, Storyboard Artist, Character Designer, Animation Director, Animation, Writer, Original Concept
She and Her Cat
1999 · Her Cat (voice), Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Storyboard Artist, Art Direction, Producer, Animation, Screenplay
Other Worlds
1999 · Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Animation, Writer
Enclosed World
1998 · Editor, Director of Photography, Director, Screenplay, Writer
Your Name
· Original Film Writer
Untitled Makoto Shinkai Film
· Director, Writer
