Makoto Shinkai

Makoto Shinkai (Japanese新海 诚, Shinkai Makoto, born February 9, 1973 in Nagano Prefecture; native Makoto Niitsu (新津 诚, Niitsu Makoto ) ) is a Japanese anime director and animator. He studied Japanese literature.

Works

In 1999 published Shinkai Kanojo to Kanojo no Neko with a five-minute short film in black and white. This has won several awards, including the Grand Prize at the Doga CG animation competition 2000. The short film focuses on a cat from their perspective, they with her ​​owner, a young woman who spends life.

He then worked as a graphic designer for the video game producers Falcom. As of June 2000, he worked at Hoshi no Koe, which he implemented in about seven months and his fiancée Mika Shinohara (筱 原 美 香, Mika Shinohara ) synchronized.

This was followed by the 90-minute anime movie The Place Promised In Our Early Days. This was nationally released on November 20, 2004 in Japan. Shinkai next project was Byōsoku is 5 centimeters and had 3 March 2007 premiere. The work consists of three short films called Ōkashō, Cosmonaut and Byōsoku 5 centimeters. The total playing time is about one hour. 2011 came with the trip to Agartha (Children Who Chase Lost Voices) have been longest film out, because the game time is approximately 2 hours. On May 31, 2013 launched its latest film in Japanese theaters, The Garden of Words ( Kotonoha no Niwa ).

In addition to his own projects, Shinkai also animated intros for minori, a brand of Japanese adventure eroge.

Awards

  • AMD Award 2002, Best Director for Hoshi no Koe
  • Mainichi Film Competition 2005, Award for The Place Promised In Our Early Days

Filmography

For computer games

  • 2001: Bittersweet Fools
  • 2002: Wind: A Breath of Heart
  • 2002: Soyokaze no Okurimono
  • 2004: Haru no Ashioto, Playstation 2
  • 2006: ef - a fairy tale of the two.
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