Makoto Shinkai

Japanese anime director and former graphic designer

February 9, 1973 (51 years old)

in theaters on my screens

Suzume

V.O.: Suzume no tojimari

Jap. 2022. Animation by Makoto Shinkai. In Japan, a teenage girl and a young man travel across the country trying to close portals to parallel universes, from which a devastating monster is trying to escape.

Runtime: 122 min.

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Weathering With You

V.O.: Tenki No Ko

Jap. 2019. Animation by Makoto Shinkai. A teenager on his way to Tokyo befriends a young girl who seems to be able to manipulate time.

Runtime: 113 min.

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Your Name.

V.O.: Kimi No Na Wa.

Jap. 2016. Fantasy by Makoto Shinkai. By corresponding on the Internet, a boy and a girl form a bond so strong that they can magically swap bodies.

Runtime: 106 min.

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Children Who Chase Lost Voices

V.O.: Hoshi o Ou Kodomo

Jap. 2011. Animation by Makoto Shinkai. Listening to her dead father's radio, a young girl is drawn by a strange boy into a wonderful world where dead people can come back to life.

Runtime: 116 min.

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The Place Promised in Our Early Days

V.O.: Mukou Yakusoku no Basho

Jap. 2004. Animation by Makoto Shinkai, Yoshio Suzuki. Three high school students try to unravel the secret of a mysterious tower separating North Japan, controlled by the Union, and the South, controlled by the United States.

Runtime: 90 min.