Makoto Shinkai
Makoto Shinkai (b. 1973, Nagano) debuted in 2002 with the self-produced “Voices of a Distant Star,” which won numerous awards. His subsequent films including “The Place Promised in Our Early Days” (2004),” 5 Centimeters Per Second” (2007), “Children Who Chase Lost Voices” (2011), and “The Garden of Words” (2013) received critical acclaim
Makoto Shinkai (b. 1973, Nagano) debuted in 2002 with the self-produced “Voices of a Distant Star,” which won numerous awards. His subsequent films including “The Place Promised in Our Early Days” (2004),” 5 Centimeters Per Second” (2007), “Children Who Chase Lost Voices” (2011), and “The Garden of Words” (2013) received critical acclaim and international recognition. In 2016, Your Name became a major commercial and critical success, ranking among Japan’s highest-grossing films. It won multiple honors, including Excellence in Animation and Screenplay of the Year at the Japan Academy Prize, as well as major international awards such as Best Animated Feature at the Sitges Film Festival and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards.