From game designers to famous Japanese artists
Shinkai Makoto has long been famous for his roles as novelist, director, and graphic designer, personally creating his anime works.
Because he has a passion for manga/anime, novels and especially loves drawing, Makoto decided to become a graphic designer and video game developer at Nihon Falcom company.
In 1999, while still working at the game company, the Japanese director released two films made using digital web graphics technology, including the work Kanojo to Kanojo no Neko (Kanojo to Kanojo no Neko).
In 2000, while drawing a picture of a girl holding a phone in a pilot’s cockpit, he conceived a 20-minute short animation project titled Hoshi no Koe (Call from a Distant Star).
The films that made Shinkai Makoto famous
Movie poster Kanojo to Kanojo no Neko (She and Her Cat)
With the success of the short film Call from a Distant Star, he continued to challenge himself with long-form works such as the fantasy film Kumo no Muko, Yakusoku no Basho (Beyond the Clouds, Is the Place We Promised
Movie poster Kumo no Muko, Yakusoku no Basho ((Beyond the Cloud, Is the Place We Promised)
Success continued to come to Shinkai Makoto through the work `5 Centimeters Per Second` about waiting and unrequited love that brought tears to many audiences.
After this success, he rewarded himself with a break in London. Thanks to that trip, Shinkai Makoto also had many changes in his filmmaking thinking.
Scene from The Garden of Words
By 2016, the anime masterpiece was launched in the Japanese market and made new box office history in the land of cherry blossoms, becoming a cinematic phenomenon with the highest revenue in Japan, as well as
Fans often joke that every three years, Shinkai Makoto will `treat` the audience to a party of tears with his new work.
Scene from the movie Your Name
Back to the next anime blockbuster – Suzume
In December 2021, director Shinkai Makoto announced the first information about the new anime work on Twitter and immediately created a fever on Japanese social networks.
The film was released to Japanese audiences on November 11 and fans in Vietnam will enjoy it next March.
The film tells the story of Suzume, a 17-year-old schoolgirl living in Kyuushu.
Suzume is still written and directed by the “witch of sadness.”
Suzume – title released in Vietnam: Lock the Door, Suzume – opens in theaters on March 10.