Makoto Shinkai at the Los Angeles red carpet premiere of "Suzume" in April 2023.Victoria Sirakova/Getty Images Makoto Shinkai's latest film "Suzume" addresses the legacy of the 2011 Great East Japan ...

The next film from “Your Name” director Makoto Shinkai is coming stateside.GKIDS has acquired the North American rights to “Weathering With You,” the latest animated feature from Japanese anime ...

The rising anime filmmaker discusses how his hometown's vanishing seaside inspired his Berlinale competition entry ‘A New ...

Makoto Shinkai's next anime film is tentatively titled 'Suzume no Tojimari.' We have some details, including the release date, a teaser trailer, and more. Beyond the teaser trailer, we don’t know much ...

Takaki Tōno in Makoto Shinkai's 5 Centimeters Per Second Image via CoMix Wave Inc. Now truly a name among the legends, Makoto Shinkai has established himself as one of the premier anime filmmakers of ...

Erick Massoto is a Brazilian writer who's always loved film and TV and loves finding connections between them. That's why he supports double features, especially if they are of a modern film paired ...

Makoto Shinkai has been catapulted into the limelight again as his newest film, Weathering With You, has opened in Japanese theaters. There have been a lot more eyes on his works than ever before ...

Berlin: "Your Name" filmmaker Makoto Shinkai's protégé, Yoshitoshi Shinomiya, delivers a feature debut that fails to bring ...

2016’s Your Name wasn’t the first project from director Makoto Shinkai, but it was his first huge success, becoming the third highest-grossing anime film internationally and establishing him as a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. Considering how Your Name went on to dominate the Japanese box ...