Makoto Shinkai

, known as , is a Japanese filmmaker and novelist. He is known for his anime feature films produced with studio CoMix Wave Films.

Shinkai began his career as a video game animator with Nihon Falcom in 1996, and gained recognition as a filmmaker with the release of the original video animation (OVA) ''She and Her Cat'' (1999). Shinkai then released the science-fiction OVA ''Voices of a Distant Star'' in 2002 as his first feature with CoMix Wave, and followed this with his debut feature film ''The Place Promised in Our Early Days'' (2004).

Shinkai's films have consistently received highly positive reviews from both critics and audiences, and he is considered to be one of Japan's most commercially successful filmmakers. His three most recent films ''Your Name'' (2016), ''Weathering with You'' (2019), and ''Suzume'' (2022) are all among the highest-grossing Japanese films of all time both in Japan and worldwide at the time of their release. Provided by Wikipedia