Makoto Shinkai Quotes


I see why now Tohno-kun is different from the others. Like the rocket shooting off into space, on the loneliest journey to the far end of the solar system. Because he's always looking at something beyond me. He can never see me. I cried myself to sleep, thinking of him.


Citations

Shinkai, Makoto, director. 5 Centimeters per Second. CoMix Wave Films, 2007.

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Makoto Shinkai
Makoto Shinkai
  • Born: February 9, 1973
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Profession: Animator, Filmmaker, Manga Artist

Makoto Niitsu, also known as Makoto Shinkai (新海 誠, Shinkai Makoto), is a Japanese animator, filmmaker and manga artist best known for directing Your Name, the third highest-grossing anime film of all time and 2019's Weathering With You, among other works such as The Garden of Words, Children Who Chase Lost Voices and 5 Centimeters per Second. He was listed by Variety as one of 10 animators to watch in 2016.