Makoto Shinkai
Birth:Feb 9, 1973
Age:50
Gender:Male
Years active:1999-Present
Hometown:Koumi, Nagano Prefecture, JapanMakoto Shinkai is a Japanese director, writer, producer, animator, editor, cinematographer, voice actor, manga artist and former graphic designer.Shinkai studied Japanese literature at Chuo University where he was a member of juvenile literature club where he drew picture books. In 1999, Shinkai released She and Her Cat, a five-minute short piece done in monochrome.His best knows films are The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004), 5 Centimeters Per Second (2007), Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2011), The Garden of Words (2013), and Your Name (2016).His favorite anime is Castle in the Sky (1986) by Hayao Miyazaki.