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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Makoto shinkai - The Untold Story

10 years on, Your Name remains a legendary anime love story that may never be eclipsed

Makoto Shinkai's masterpiece still hits hard today

Total Film

This indie studio's first 3D adventure in an anime spirit world is like Spirited Away for grown-ups

Behind the lens of Opus: Prism Peak.

Creative Bloq

There’s only one Netflix anime movie you need to stream this Christmas — and it’s not KPop Demon Hunters

Sure, KPop Demon Hunters is the obvious choice for an anime movie binge this Christmas, but don't forget about another tremendous Netflix movie.

TechRadar

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The 10 Best Anime Movies of the 21st Century

Sorry, "Ghost In The Shell" - find another list.

The Mary Sue

The 30 best anime movies to watch right now

From Studio Ghibli classics to modern masterpieces, these are the best anime movies to watch today

Total Film

This anime movie with a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score has been impossible to stream, but it's coming to HBO Max alongside 20 other rare wonders

Here are three of the best new Japanese animations that you can stream in September on HBO Max.

TechRadar

After attempts at Lord of the Rings and Star Wars anime, one producer is "pissed off" by Hollywood requesting everything be turned into an anime: "There are too many works to check out"

Anime is big business, but not everyone is pleased

Total Film

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Live-action adaptation of Your Name director's underappreciated anime classic gets a trailer that might break your heart all over again

5 Centimeters per Second hits Japanese cinemas this October

Total Film

Popular Japanese anime producer behind Your Name jailed for child prostitution

Koichiro Ito convicted of paying underage girls for sex and explicit photos

The Independent UK

‘You just want to rewind and watch it again and again’: readers choose the most romantic moments in cinema

From uplifting declarations of undying love to shared plates of spaghetti and tearful resignations of what might have been, these are the movie scenes that have touched our readers’ hearts

The Guardian - UK

17 years later, an acclaimed anime movie is finally getting a live-action adaptation

5 Centimeters per Second is getting a live-action movie

Total Film

9 best anime shows and movies to watch on Valentine's Day

What better way to bask in the season of love alongside your partner than through the wonderful, heartfelt worlds of anime?

Tom’s Guide

The best hidden gem movies of 2023, from Godland to Quiz Lady

From Sandra Oh trying to rescue a kidnapped dog to a ‘Call My Agent!’ star struggling to deal with a transport strike, these are the best films from 2023 that you (probably) haven’t seen, courtesy of Jacob Stolworthy and Adam White

The Independent UK

TV tonight: Dynamo escapes being buried alive during a live broadcast

Before he gets boxed in, the magician talks to Chris Martin, Tony Hawk and other celebrities about mental health. Plus, vets help pets give birth. Here’s what to watch tonight

The Guardian - UK

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Tom’s Guide

Best anime movies like Your Name on Max and Prime Video

Fans of Your Name should check out these great anime movies, including Weathering With You, A Silent Voice and more.

Evening Standard

The Garden of Words at the Park Theatre review – turns the subtle anime film into a galumphingly obvious show

It’s a story of wounded souls, poetry and unrequited love, with a side order of foot fetishism

The Guardian - UK

The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes review – sumptuously romantic YA anime

Tomohisa Taguchi’s elegant love story anchors the far-fetched plot points of Makoto Shinkai’s 2016 hit Your Name

Inverse

How Director Makoto Shinkai Turned a Real Disaster Into 2023’s Most Stunning Sci-Fi

'Suzume' director Makoto Shinkai reveals how he created the sci-fi adventure out of a real-life disaster.

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Los Angeles Times

An earthquake made Makoto Shinkai a disaster artist. Now he's confronting it head-on

LOS ANGELES — Makoto Shinkai knows the 2011 Tohoku earthquake changed him.

Total Film

Suzume review: "The future of anime is in safe hands"

"This world is not for the ordinary!" says an elderly character in Makoto Shinkai’s latest anime. And ‘ordinary’ is the last word you would apply to a rich and spectacular fantasy that combines the Your Name director’s trademark photorealism with the sort of whimsical shape-shifting and elaborate alternate-world building that…

Total Film

Suzume is one of the most successful anime movies of all time

The latest film from Your Name director Makoto Shinkai released last week

The Guardian - UK

Suzume review – a painterly coming-of-age anime from the director of Your Name

A schoolgirl and a haunted chair waft through a land of sunsets and cherry blossom in this fleeting tale set in the wake of the 2011 tsunami

Los Angeles Times

Review: 'Suzume,' about a girl who falls for a chair, is worth the price of a seat

Admirers of the gifted Japanese writer-director Makoto Shinkai will recognize his touch from the opening moments of his often entrancing new animated feature, "Suzume." An affecting story about love and salvation, loss and memory, the movie opens on a dark-blue sky kissed by pastel-sunset pinks and purples, with stars that…

Total Film

Suzume's Makoto Shinkai on the importance of comedy in the face of darkness

The director of Suzume talks three-legged chairs, trauma, and natural disasters

The Independent UK

Shinkai sticking to what he knows best: Japan, youth, anime

Makoto Shinkai doesn’t yet know the story he will tell in his next film, only that it will be about what he knows best

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