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Makoto SHINKAI

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Family name (in kanji): 新海 
Given name (in kanji): 誠 
Birth name: Makoto (誠) Niitsu (新津) 
Date of birth: 1973-02-09 
Hometown: Nagano, Japan 
Website:
Other voices -遠い声- (Japanese) 
Other voices - profile (Japanese) 
Web Diary / Blog:
新海誠 (Twitter) (Japanese) 
Non-anime staff credits:
trailer & OP Director for "wind: a breath of heart" (game, minori, 2002-2004) 
trailer Director for "Bitter Sweet Fools" (h game, minori, 2001) 
trailer Director for "ef: fairy tale & the latter tale" (game, minori, 2006, 2008) 
trailer Director for "Haru no Ashioto" (game, minori, 2004) 
News: Show:
Makoto Shinkai's The Garden of Words Film's 1st 5 Minutes Aired (May 11, 2013)
Perfect Blue Film Gets Blu-ray in UK (Apr 17, 2013)
World Premiere of The Garden of Words at Gold Coast Film Festival. (Apr 4, 2013)
UK's Anime Limited Adds Makoto Shinkai Works, 'Traveling Daru' (Mar 1, 2013)
Journey to Agartha Plus Canaan and Elfen Lied Released Monday (Jan 27, 2013)
Video: Manga Entertainment Trailers (Jan 10, 2013)
Distant Star's Makoto Shinkai Makes 'Dareka no Manazashi' Anime Short (Jan 10, 2013)
Cover Images: Tiger and Bunny and Makoto Shinkai's Journey to Agartha (Jan 3, 2013)
Distant Star's Makoto Shinkai Makes Kotonoha no Niwa Anime Film (Dec 23, 2012)
Letter to Momo Wins Best Animated Film at APSAs (Nov 23, 2012)
Manga Entertainment Podcast Updates including 2013 Q1 Schedule (Nov 19, 2012)
Anime All-Nighter Next Weekend (Nov 4, 2012)
London Anime All-Nighter Tickets Available (Oct 22, 2012)
London Anime All-Nighter Line-Up November 10 (Oct 15, 2012)
Planzet and Dragonball Z S2 Released Monday (Aug 26, 2012)
Manga Entertainment Updates on Podcast (Jul 30, 2012)
Shinkai's Children Who Chase Voices Dublin Screening July 2 (Jun 26, 2012)
Weekend Wrapup: 17/Jun - 23/Jun (Jun 26, 2012)
Madman Entertainment announces new films for Reel Anime 2012 (Jun 18, 2012)
Sentai Filmworks Adds Shinkai's Children Who Chase Lost Voices (Jun 14, 2012)
BFI Southbank Anime Screenings Begin Friday (Jun 5, 2012)
Children Who Chase Lose Voices Renamed Journey to Agartha (May 26, 2012)
France's Annecy Festival to Show Toei's Niji-Iro Hotaru Film (May 13, 2012)
BBFC Website Lists Planzet Film (Updated) (May 11, 2012)
BFI Southbank Anime Screenings Tickets Available to Public (May 8, 2012)
Anime Screenings at London BFI Southbank June 8 to 10 (Apr 27, 2012)
Children Who Chase Lost Voices to Be Screened in NYC in April (Apr 19, 2012)
Shinkai to Present Children Who Chase Lost Voices at Dublin July 2 (Updated) (Apr 10, 2012)
Kono Danshi Anime DVD Gets Second Installment (Mar 21, 2012)
Anime Films at Leeds March 31 (Updated) (Mar 17, 2012)
Shinkai's Children Who Chase Lost Voices to Screen in Israel (Feb 21, 2012)
Glasgow Screening of Children Who Chase Voices This Sunday (Feb 10, 2012)
NY Int'l Children's Film Fest Shows Children Who Chase Lost Voices Again (Feb 8, 2012)
Children Who Chase Lost Voices Licensed by Viz Media Europe (Feb 7, 2012)
Sentai Filmworks Licenses Planzet CG Anime Film (Feb 6, 2012)
Glasgow Screening Children Who Chase Lost Voices, February 12 (Dec 19, 2011)
5 cm/s & Distant Star's Shinkai Makes Anime Ad (Dec 14, 2011)
Shinkai's Hoshi o Ou Kodomo Licensed in North America (Nov 21, 2011)
Canada's Waterloo Fest Cancels Shinkai's Hoshi o Ou Kodomo (Nov 20, 2011)
Canada's Waterloo Shows Makoto Shinkai's Hoshi o Ou Kodomo (Nov 10, 2011)
North American Stream List: October 10-16 (Oct 16, 2011)
New York Comic-Con 2011 This Boy Can Fight the Aliens Impressions (Oct 15, 2011)
New York Comic-Con 2011 Makoto Shinkai Panel (Oct 15, 2011)
New York Comic-Con 2011 Vertical Inc. Panel (Oct 15, 2011)
Vertical Adds Tezuka's Adolf, Sakuran, 5 cm/s Manga (Oct 14, 2011)
Hoshi o Ou Kodomo, Tatsumi Nominated for APS Awards (Oct 10, 2011)
NY Comic Con to Debut Kono Danshi, Uchū-jin to Tatakaemasu. Anime (Oct 10, 2011)
Leeds To Screen Children who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below, Colorful, Live-action Smuggler (Oct 7, 2011)
NY Anime Fest to Host U.S. Premieres of Guilty Crown, Fate/Zero (Sep 20, 2011)
NY Anime Festival to Host Tiger & Bunny Producer Masayuki Ozaki (Sep 15, 2011)
Kono Danshi, Uchū-jin to Tatakaemasu. Anime's Trailer Posted (Sep 7, 2011)
London Film Festival Screens Makoto Shinkai's Children who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below (Hoshi o Ou Kodomo) (Sep 7, 2011)
Japan's 5 cm/s BD to Include English Dub/Subs (Aug 23, 2011)
Kono Danshi, Uchū-jin to Tatakaemasu. Anime Launches (Aug 19, 2011)
Japan's Hoshi o Ou Kodomo BD/DVD to Have English Subs (Aug 13, 2011)
NY Anime Festival Hosts Auteur Director Makoto Shinkai (Aug 4, 2011)
Producers and Directors Q&A (Jul 31, 2011)
Hoshi o Ou Kodomo US Premiere and Q&A (Jul 31, 2011)
Bandai Entertainment After Dark (Jul 30, 2011)
Crunchyroll Industry Panel (Jul 30, 2011)
North American Stream List: July 25-30 (Jul 30, 2011)
Opening Ceremonies (Jul 29, 2011)
NY Comic Con to Host Naruto Voice's Junko Takeuchi (Jul 22, 2011)
Update: Otakon Screening of Hoshi o Ou Kodomo Will Be Subtitled (Jul 21, 2011)
Otakon to Premiere Makoto Shinkai's Hoshi o Ou Kodomo (Jul 20, 2011)
Otakon to Host Tiger & Bunny Producer Masayuki Ozaki (Jul 14, 2011)
Bandai Entertainment Industry Panel (Jul 2, 2011)
Kenichi's Matsuena Finishes Waza no Tabibito Anime (Jul 1, 2011)
Otakon to Host Writer-Director Makoto Shinkai (Jun 22, 2011)
Yoshinori Natsume Ends Togari Shiro Sequel Manga (May 3, 2011)
No Longer Human Anime Wins at Italy's Future Film Fest (Apr 26, 2011)
Anime/Manga/Game Industry Members Check In After Quake (Mar 11, 2011)
Anime/Manga/Game Events Cancelled After March 11 Quake (Mar 11, 2011)
Clarification: 5 Centimeters DVD to be released on March 14th (Feb 27, 2011)
Makoto Shinkai's Hoshi o Ou Kodomo Teaser Posted in HD (Nov 9, 2010)
Makoto Shinkai's Hoshi o Ou Kodomo Film Teaser Posted (Nov 8, 2010)
Makoto Shinkai's Hoshi o Ou Kodomo Film Dated for 2011 (Nov 5, 2010)
Paradise Kiss, Mardock Scramble, Gon Promos Streamed (Nov 1, 2010)
King of Thorn, Mai Mai, Oblivion Island Get APSA Nods (Oct 17, 2010)
Da Capo, Ichirin-sha, Star Driver Promos Streamed (Sep 27, 2010)
San Francisco to Host Hatsune Miku's 1st U.S. 'Concert' (Sep 6, 2010)
San Francisco Hosts Junko Mizuno, Films This Month (Sep 2, 2010)
Crunchyroll Adds Shinkai's 5 Centimeters per Second DVD (Aug 13, 2010)
5 Centimeters Per Second Gets Manga Adaptation (May 24, 2010)
Our Early Days Designer Ushio Tazawa Helms Ichirin-sha (Mar 26, 2010)
Planzet, Eden of the East II Films' Promos Streamed (Mar 12, 2010)
Eva 2.0, Summer Wars to Be Screened in Dublin in March (Feb 28, 2010)
Crunchyroll, Funimation Stream Shinkai Works, Moeyo Ken (Feb 17, 2010)
Distant Star's Shinkai Posts Images for Next Anime (Dec 24, 2009)
Distant Star's Makoto Shinkai Outlines Next Work (Dec 21, 2009)
Solanin, Planzet, Cobra, Sayaka Videos Streamed (Dec 10, 2009)
Negadon's Jun Awazu Directs Planzet CG Film for 2010 (Dec 3, 2009)
Chinese TV Animation Accused of Copying 5cm per Second (Sep 2, 2009)
Anime Network Expands into Online HD Videos (Jun 22, 2009)
One Piece, Early Days singer Ai Kawashima in NYC in May (Apr 20, 2009)
New English Dub for 5cm per Second to be Streamed on Shinkai Day (Feb 27, 2009)
Crunchyroll to Stream 3 Makoto Shinkai Works on 2/28 (Feb 24, 2009)
Stranger Wins Recognition at Italy's Future Film Fest (Feb 2, 2009)
Stranger, 20th Century Boys at Italy's Future Film Fest (Jan 15, 2009)
Bandai Entertainment Denies 5 cm per Second License (Jan 12, 2009)
Crunchyroll Adds Kaede Newtown, Yonna in the Solitary Fortress (Dec 29, 2008)
CoMix Wave to Debut Peeping Life CG TV Anime on Friday (Dec 16, 2008)
Aurora Adds Tengu-Jin, Queen of Ragtonia Fantasy Manga (Nov 10, 2008)
Distant Star Manga's Sahara to Adapt Sukima Switch Songs (Oct 1, 2008)
Ottawa Animation Fest to Show Shinkai's Neko no Shūkai (Aug 5, 2008)
6 Anime in Amazon Japan's Blu-ray Disc Bestseller List (Jun 30, 2008)
Katō's "Tsumiki no Ie" Wins Annecy Cristal, Jury Award (Jun 17, 2008)
British Film Institute to Host 5cm Per Second's Shinkai (Jun 17, 2008)
France's Annecy to Show Piano Forest, Appleseed Sequel (Apr 6, 2008)
Third Season of NHK's Ani-Kuri Shorts Streamed (Apr 2, 2008)
D.C.'s Japanese Embassy, Smithsonian to Show Free Anime (Mar 20, 2008)
Makoto Shinkai's Neko no Shūkai to Compete at Annecy (Mar 15, 2008)
Belgian, Dutch Film Festivals to Screen Anime Films (Mar 6, 2008)
New York Int'l Children's Film Fest Repeats 5cm, Coo (Feb 13, 2008)
New York Int'l Children's Film Fest to Show 5cm, Coo (Feb 11, 2008)
5cm per Second, Place Promised on BD, HD DVD in Japan (Feb 6, 2008)
Appleseed Director Aramaki to Attend D.C. Screening (Jan 25, 2008)
5cm per Second Wins at Italy's Future Film Festival (Jan 23, 2008)
2 Seasons of NHK's Ani-Kuri 15 Shorts Posted Online (Jan 16, 2008)
ADV Films (Dec 9, 2007)
Dubai Film Festival to Screen Coo, Gentle Breeze (Dec 3, 2007)
5 Centimeters Wins at Asia-Pacific Screen Awards (Nov 24, 2007)
5 Centimeters Wins at Asia Pacific Screen Awards (Nov 13, 2007)
Waterloo Fest Screens 5cm per Second, Metro Explorers (Oct 26, 2007)
Moon Phase Episodes, 5cm per Second Trailer Posted (Oct 12, 2007)
Seattle Theater Screens 5cm Per Second (Oct 6, 2007)
Anime Films Vie for First Asia Pacific Screen Awards (Oct 4, 2007)
San Diego Asian Film Fest Shows 5cm per Second, More (Sep 7, 2007)
Distant Star's Shinkai Creates Ad for Hometown's Paper (Sep 5, 2007)
5 Centimeters per Second to Screen in Dallas August 30 (Aug 27, 2007)
5 Centimeters, Freedom, Ping Pong to Screen at AX 2007 (Jun 22, 2007)
NHK Launches Ani-Kuri 15 (May 1, 2007)
Poll: Favorite Anime Directors Part 2 (Jan 4, 2007)
New Byousoku 5 cm Trailer (Nov 20, 2006)
Otakon 2006 - Madhouse (Aug 5, 2006)
Makoto Shinkai's Latest Project (Jul 10, 2006)
Anime Boston - A.D. Vision Inc. (Jun 9, 2006)
Anime Boston 2006 - A.D. Vision (May 29, 2006)
The Place Promised in Our Early Days Novel (Nov 30, 2005)
The Place Promised in Our Early Days Manga (Nov 28, 2005)
The Place Promised at The ImaginAsian (Jul 22, 2005)
US Premiere of The Place Promised (May 6, 2005)
Sakuracon - A.D. Vision (Apr 24, 2005)
2004 Mainichi Film Awards (Jan 24, 2005)
The Place Promised License Clarification (Oct 23, 2004)
Website for New Makoto Shinkai Anime (Aug 4, 2004)
Makoto Shinkai New Anime Wallpapers (May 24, 2004)
Anime Boston 2003 - ADV Films (Apr 23, 2003)
Tokyo International Anime Festival Award Winners (Mar 23, 2003)
Newtype #1 Table of Contents (Oct 2, 2002)
Hoshi no Koe details (Aug 6, 2002)
ADV Aquires The Voices of a Distant Star (Jul 26, 2002)
ADV gets into Manga (Jul 26, 2002)
Interviews:
Interview: Makoto Shinkai (Apr 30, 2013)
Interview: Makoto Shinkai (Aug 16, 2011)
Press Releases:
World Premiere of anime film, The Garden of Words, and acclaimed director Makoto Shinkai draws huge lines at the Gold Coast Film Festival. (Apr 30, 2013)
Award Winning Director, Animator, and Voice Actor Makoto Shinkai to appear at Otakon® 2011 (Jun 22, 2011)
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5 Centimeters per Second (manga) : Original creator 
5 Centimeters Per Second (movie) : Director , Screenplay , Storyboard , Art Director , Sound Director , Producer , 3DCG Work , Camera , Cinematography , Color design , Editing 
Ani-Kuri 15 (special) : Director (ep 11) 
Children Who Chase Lost Voices (movie) : Director , Screenplay 
Dareka no Manazashi (movie) : Director 
Egao (special) : Director 
(The) Garden of Words (movie) : Director , Screenplay , Original creator 
Neko no Shūkai (special) : Director , Storyboard , Background Art , Color design , Photography 
Other Worlds (movie) : Director , Animation 
(The) Place Promised in Our Early Days (manga) : Original creator 
(The) Place Promised in Our Early Days (movie) : Director , Screenplay , Storyboard , Original creator , Art , Sound Director , Director of Photography , Producer , Background Art , Bela Cielo Design/Model , CG , Color design , DVD Booklet Design , DVD Booklet Production , Editing , Theme Song Lyrics 
She and Her Cat (OAV) : Director , Script , Animation 
(The) Voices of a Distant Star (manga) : Original creator 
Voices of a Distant Star (OAV) : Director , Screenplay , Animation 
Wind: A Breath of Heart (TV) : CG 

Cast in:
She and Her Cat (OAV) as Her Cat 
Voices of a Distant Star (OAV) as Noboru Terao (Original Version) 
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