Makoto Shinkai’s Your Name is a cinematic treasure, and here’s why the live-action adaptation J.J. Abrams is a disaster ...

Perhaps the most influential anime auteur of the last decade, Makoto Shinkai has a knack for making immense emotional stakes feel small. In his latest film, Suzume, a teen girl races against time ...

Makoto Shinkai's distinctive style sets him apart ... Ghibli's titles), despite having a totally different style, not only in ...

Renowned anime director Makoto Shinkai's first feature film in three years follows in the footsteps of his previous two hit films to portray the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

KUSU, Oita Prefecture--Local students and sightseeing officials re-created a door from anime director Makoto Shinkai’s film ... Kusumiyama High School’s art club to create it.