Makoto Shinkai

About Makoto Shinkai

Director, screenwriter, producer, animator, editor, cinematographer, and voice actor of Japanese descent. He's best known for directing Your Name, which is one of the highest-grossing anime films of all time.

Makoto Niitsu, also known as Makoto Shinkai, is a Japanese animator, filmmaker and manga best known for making Your Name, the third highest grossing animated film. All Time and Weathering With You in 2019, among others like The Garden of Words, Children Chasing the Lost Voice, and 5 centimeters per second. It was listed by Variety as one of the 10 animations to watch in 2016.

Known for	Voices of a Distant Star, The Place Promised in Our Early Days, 5 Centimeters per Second, Children Who Chase Lost Voices, The Garden of Words, Your Name, Weathering With You
Education	Chuo University
Born	Makoto Niitsu, February 9, 1973, Koumi, Japan
Occupation	Animator, filmmaker, manga artist
Nationality	Japanese
Spouse(s)	Chieko Misaka

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Makoto Shinkai before fame

At Chuo University, he studied Japanese literature. When he was in university, he was a member of the juvenile literature group and used to draw picture books.

Achievement of Makoto Shinkai

Hayao Miyazaki's Castle in the Sky is his favorite anime.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Makoto Shinkai family life

With his wife, former actress Chieko Misaka, he has a daughter named Chise Niitsu.

Associations of Makoto Shinkai

He wrote, directed, and edited The Garden of Words, a 2013 anime film starring Miyu Irino and Kana Hanazawa.

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Family Members

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