As Director, As Writer
Suzume
2022
7.9
Makoto Shinkai
Acting
Birth Date
February 9, 1973
Place of Birth
Koumi, Japan
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.
Complete Filmography
As Director, As Writer
Weathering with You
2019
8.0
As Director, As Writer
The Garden of Words
2013
7.6
As Director, As Writer
Someone's Gaze
2013
7.1
As Director, As Writer
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
2011
7.3
As Director, As Writer
Ani*Kuri15
2008
6.4
As Director, As Writer
5 Centimeters per Second
2007
7.3
As Director, As Writer
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
2004
6.6
As Actor, As Director, As Writer
Voices of a Distant Star
2002
6.5
As Actor, As Director, As Writer
She and Her Cat
1999
6.7