Makoto Shinkai

I feel the best scripts are those that are originally written to be films: that is film in its purest sense.

— Makoto Shinkai

Miyazaki is a genius. He is the legend.

— Makoto Shinkai

I still don't know what it really means to grow up. However, if I happen to meet you, one day in the…

— Makoto Shinkai

As soon as I have the idea, I need to create as quickly as possible, because it's what's going on in society,…

— Makoto Shinkai

Of course I'm happy when people mention his name and mine in the same breath. It's like a dream. But I know…

— Makoto Shinkai

When I was growing up, I didn't have tons and tons of friends.

— Makoto Shinkai

“This is not the place for me. I really think that I don't belong here. But I don't know where I want…

— Makoto Shinkai

'Your Name' is a film created with the innate imaginations of a Japanese team and put together in a domestic medium. When…

— Makoto Shinkai

“In the evenings, before I went to sleep, and in the mornings, in the moment I woke up, I realized I was…

— Makoto Shinkai

I personally am not very interested in awards or the awards circuit.

— Makoto Shinkai

“She's always ready with a kind smile for me. But . . . sometimes, that can be intensely frustrating.”

— Makoto Shinkai

The first I paid to see with my own money was 'Laputa Castle In The Sky.' And I was like, wow! I…

— Makoto Shinkai

It must really be a lonelier journey than anyone could imagine. Cutting through absolute darkness, encountering nothing but the occasional hydrogen atom.…

— Makoto Shinkai

“Her, enveloped in the smell of the snow, and her cold fingertips, and the sound of the black clouds drifting through the…

— Makoto Shinkai

“A faint clap of thunder Clouded skies, Perhaps rain comes Will you stay here with me?”

— Makoto Shinkai

I do receive some offers for live-action, but I'm not really that interested. It's not something you can just try out and…

— Makoto Shinkai

I grew up in the countryside and wanted to go to Tokyo. I had Tokyo complex.

— Makoto Shinkai

“Even if words are lost, tradition should be handed down.”

— Makoto Shinkai

I think it is one of the common themes for many Japanese people to choose where to live: Tokyo or their hometown.

— Makoto Shinkai

“And then after that long, long phone call, she wept.”

— Makoto Shinkai

“I’m always searching for something, for someone. This feeling has possessed me I think, from that day… That day when the stars…

— Makoto Shinkai