Makoto Shinkai

New trailer for Makoto Shinkai’s Suzume no Tojimari fatures first spoken dialogue, adorable chair

Melancholy, mystery, and…mobile sentient furniture?

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Jaw-dropping trailer released for Makoto Shinkai’s new anime movie, Suzume no Tojimari【Video】

Magical adventure road movie looks to a continuation of the story of the world of Your Name and Weathering with You.

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Makoto Shinkai announces new anime movie Suzume no Tojimari

Director of Your Name, Weathering with You’s latest project is a supernatural road movie action adventure.

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Makoto Shinkai or Mamoru Hosoda, who makes the better anime movies?【Survey】

Poll asks respondents to pick between the directors of Your Name and Summer Wars.

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Relive an iconic scene from anime Weathering with You with Japan’s rentable Hina umbrellas

Take Hina with you for all kinds of weather this weekend!

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Drive-in theater in Kanagawa to offer Makoto Shinkai movie showings, concerts, and more

Looking for something socially distant to do? Look no further than Yokosuka!

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AI GAN project from Wuhan students turns photos or videos into gorgeous cinematic anime visuals

The AI-network can change any landscape into a sun-bleached breezy anime backdrop while retaining key details.

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Makoto Shinkai fixes “shocking” visual mistake for Weathering with You’s Blu-ray release

If you ever needed proof that the director of Your Name is a visual perfectionist, this is it.

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New Weathering With You art book comes with free anime backgrounds for video conference calls

Long-awaited collection of background art includes official merchandise for use in both the real and virtual worlds.

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Japan’s new “Behind the Mac” ad shows the times Apple products appeared in Japanese anime【Video】

From Your Name to Mirai and Weathering With You, over a dozen anime star in this gorgeous 30-second commercial.

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Gundam creator thinks Makoto Shinkai anime need more female crotch grabbing and/or horniness

”Shinkai-kun is still young, so that’s why he can make that sort of anime.”

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Train station ad skillfully invokes Makoto Shinkai to get through to the “smartphone generation”

Equal parts anime nostalgia and reverse psychology make for an effective billboard.

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Weathering with You anime cafe opening soon with beautiful Shinkai-inspired menu items【Photos】

Your Name director Makoto Shinkai’s latest movie takes on gorgeous edible form in Tokyo and Osaka.

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Weathering with You anime exhibition coming to Tokyo with special cafe menu items

Treat yourself to the taste of a glorious rain-flecked Makoto Shinkai movie.

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Weathering with You is first anime submitted for Best International Film Oscar in over 20 years

Makoto Shinkai’s Your Name follow-up is only the second Japanese animated film ever to get the nod.

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Japanese photographer moves people to tears with night sky photos that look like anime art

Gorgeous images show us anime skies really can exist in real life.

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Do not adjust your monitor – The view from Japan’s Gono train line really is this beautiful【Pics】

Not a Shinkai or Miyazaki anime, nor a CG-created wonderland, this is one of Japan’s best train journeys.

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The beautifully lonely building in Shinkai’s Weathering with You? It’s a real place in Tokyo

We’ve visited the real-world location for the pivotal scene in the anime event of the summer, but it’s about to disappear forever.

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There’s a Makoto Shinkai anime-inspired tea in Japan, and it’s beautiful like his films

We get a little emotional taste-testing the Weathering with You Ameiro Jelly Tea.

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Drenched in passion – Makoto Shinkai’s Weathering with You is here, but is it good?【SoraReview】

Arguably the Shinkai-est anime yet, and perhaps the beginning of a connected Makoto Shinkai cinematic universe?

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