Makoto Shinkai

'Makoto Shinkai' (qv) 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)_ (qv), and Your Name (2016).His favorite anime is _Castle in the Sky (1986)_ (qv) by 'Hayao Miyazaki' (qv).::Pedro Borges