Makoto Niitsu (新津 誠, Niitsu Makoto; born February 9, 1973), known as Makoto Shinkai (新海 誠, Shinkai Makoto), is a Japanese filmmaker and novelist. A founder of CoMix Wave Films, he is known for his anime feature films enriched with visually-appealing animation and romantic stories depicting teenagers and high school students. Shinkai began his career as a video game animator with Nihon Falcom in 1996, and gained recognition as a filmmaker with the release of the original video animation (OVA) She and Her Cat in 1999. Shinkai then released the science fiction OVA Voices of a Distant Star in 2002 as his first feature with CoMix Wave, followed by his debut feature film The Place Promised in Our Early Days in 2004. Shinkai's films have consistently received highly positive reviews from both critics and audiences, and he is considered to be one of Japan's most commercially successful filmmakers. His three most recent films Your Name in 2016, Weathering with You in 2019, and Suzume in 2022, collectively known as "Disaster trilogy", are all among the highest-grossing Japanese films of all time, both in Japan and worldwide at the time of their release. Description above from the Wikipedia article Makoto Shinkai, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. 신카이 마코토(1973년생, Koumi, Nagano, Japan) 는 감독으로, 대표작으로 너의 이름은., 스즈메의 문단속, 날씨의 아이가 있으며, 그 외에도 초속 5센티미터, 언어의 정원, 별을 쫓는 아이: 아가르타의 전설, 구름의 저편, 약속의 장소, 별의 목소리, 그녀와 그녀의 고양이, 누군가의 시선, 遠い世界 - OTHER WORLDS, 크로스 로드, アニ＊クリ15, みんなのうた, 고양이의 집회 등 다양한 작품을 연출했다. (오뜨랑에서 실시간으로 번역된 한글 프로필도 확인할 수 있어요) 2025년 초속 5센티미터 제작에 참여했다. 2024년 메이킹 다큐멘터리 '스즈메의 문단속'을 따라가다에 출연했다. 2023년 众声에 출연했다.