Makoto Shinkai

Fractale and Hoshi wo Ou Kodomo

January 14, 2011

Steven looks at Fractale, and … wow. Miyazaki-esque indeed. I am just as intrigued by the fact that the main character engages in routine prayer, as I am by the Dennou Coil-esque augmented reality. Also, Nick has screenshots and links to the trailer for Shinkai’s next film opening in May – Hoshi wo Ou Kodomo, [...]

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Global Shinkai Day 2009

January 14, 2009

February 27-28 is Global Matoko Shinkai Day. Nick has the details (and made the banner)

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Animeme

December 6, 2008

Mark has an anime meme that I think I’ll give a go: • What anime are you watching now? I am watching Samurai Champloo and Fate: Stay Night. The latter I’ve had on my hard disk for almost a year but only got motivated to start watching it when I saw that other otaku had [...]

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Death Note 5cm

September 30, 2008

I finished Byousoku 5cm today. I had actualy watched the first “chapter” just before Ramadan began, and then had to set it aside (I pledge to try and engage in acts of piety rather than consume mass entertainment during the holy month. I don’t exactly succeed). That first segment was just an emotional freight train, [...]

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Voices of a distant star (Hoshi no Koe)

June 24, 2008

Voices of a Distant Star is a surprising piece of work. For one, it’s short, only running about 30 minutes. For another, it was created entirely on director Makoto Shinkai’s home computer. The style is classic Shinkai, with a loving addiction to sunset lighting – there are a few screenshots here which will be instantly [...]

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Makoto, light!

April 4, 2008

Astro and Nick have been talking about Makoto Shinkai for a while now. Astro’s pending review of a Place Promised in Our Early Days is one I am looking forward to, I just watched it two days ago myself and plan to rewatch today and take some screenshots. The thing that struck me the most [...]

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A brief visual taste of Makoto Shinkai

March 29, 2008

via Nick, who has been blogging about Shinkai and Byousoko 5 cm for a year now. The subtitles are, ahem. not officially sanctioned. The hype surrounding Shinkai as the next Miyazaki has definitely whetted my interest. I have also learned that you can’t go wrong with a Nick obsession UPDATE: Nick has a massive post [...]

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