Makoto Shinkai

The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, and quickly finds himself pushed to his financial and personal limits. The weather is unusually gloomy and rainy every day, as if taking its cue from his life. After many days of solitude, he finally finds work as a freelance writer for a mysterious occult magazine. Then, one day, Hodaka meets Hina on a busy street corner. This bright and strong-willed girl possesses a strange and wonderful ability: the power to stop the rain and clear the sky.

In this enchanting animated film, two teenagers, a boy from Tokyo and a girl from a rural town, inexplicably begin to swap bodies intermittently. As they navigate the challenges of…

Directed by Makoto Shinkai, this visually stunning film explores the unexpected bond between a young aspiring shoemaker and a mysterious woman he meets in a serene garden during rainy mornings….

In this enchanting animated film directed by Makoto Shinkai, a young girl embarks on a mystical journey to a hidden world beneath the earth, driven by the echoes of a…

Directed by Makoto Shinkai, this animated film explores the themes of time, distance, and unrequited love through the interconnected stories of two childhood friends, Takaki and Akari. As they grow…

Set in an alternate post-war Japan, this animated film explores the lives of three friends bound by a promise to unravel the mystery of a towering structure that looms over…

In this poignant animated film, a young couple is separated by both time and space as one of them embarks on a mission to fight an alien race in the…