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 visuallyappealing 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 Shinkais films have consistently received highly positive reviews from both critics and audiences and he is considered to be one of Japans 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 highestgrossing Japanese films of all time both in Japan and worldwide at the time of their release Description above from the Wikipedia article Makoto Shinkai licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia