Makoto Shinkai Quotes
You learn a lot more from stories about getting rejected than stories about becoming happy.
Topics
Failure, Failures
Personal Growth
Rejection
Life Lessons
Storytelling
Adversity as Opportunity
Character Building
Emotional Resilience
Growth Mindset
Learning From Failure
Learning From Mistakes
Negative Experience
Overcoming Adversity
Turning Setbacks Into Success
Happiness
Failure Experience
Citations
Collin, Robbie. "Makoto Shinkai: 'You learn a lot more from stories about getting rejected than becoming happy'." The Telegraph, Telegraph Media Group, 22 Nov. 2016.
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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.