What is Makoto Shinkai?
{{redlinks|date=January 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Makoto Shinkai | image = Makoto Shinkhai in Moscow.JPG | caption = Shinkai in 2013 | birth_name = Makoto Niitsu | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|2|9|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Koumi, Nagano]], [[Japan]] | occupation = Director, writer, producer, animator, editor, cinematographer, voice actor, manga artist | spouse = Misaka Ikko | known_for = ''[[Voices of a Distant Star]]''<br />''[[The Place Promised in Our Early Days]]''<br />''[[5 Centimeters per Second]]''<br />''[[Children Who Chase Lost Voices]]''<br />''[[The Garden of Words]]''<br />''[[Your Name.]]''<br />''[[Weathering with You]]'' | signature = Makoto Shinkai signature.png }} {{nihongo|'''Makoto Shinkai'''|新海 誠|Shinkai Makoto|lead=yes}}, born as {{nihongo|'''Makoto Niitsu'''|新津 誠|Niitsu Makoto|born 9 February 1973}}, is a [[Japan]]ese movie [[Movie director|director]], writer, producer, [[animator]], editor, cinematographer, voice actor, manga artist and former graphic designer. He directed the highest-earning [[anime]] movie ''[[Your Name]]''. == Biography == Shinkai was born in [[Nagano Prefecture]]. He went to [[Chuo University]] where he studied [[Japanese literature]]. He was a part of the literature club there and he drew [[picture book]]s there. He said that he liked creating because he had read [[manga]], [[novel]]s and had watched [[anime]] when he was young. After finishing university in 1994, he got a job at [[Falcom]]. It is a [[video game]] company. He worked there for 5 years by making video clips.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://asia.nikkei.com/magazine/Agents-of-Change-in-2017/On-the-Cover/Makoto-Shinkai-brings-a-magic-touch-to-anime|title=Makoto Shinkai brings a magic touch to anime|date=29 December 2016|last1=Hanada|first1=Ryosuke|last2=Moriyasu|first2=Ken|website=Nikkei Asian Review|access-date=4 January 2018|archive-date=21 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/201