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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

Makoto Shinkai knows the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake changed him. The Japanese filmmaker has been talking a lot about that catastrophic earthquake and its aftermath as he’s made the rounds promoting his ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Makoto Shinkai has been catapulted into the limelight again as his newest film, Weathering With ...

Harry Nugraha is a contributor from Indonesia. He is an anime addict first and a freelance writer second. He's been writing about anime and manga since 2020, and he loves to watch an unhealthy amount ...

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 ...