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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

The Independent UK

Makoto Shinkai's latest anime Suzume is a romantic and funny romp that speaks to the power of memory

Inspired by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, director Makoto Shinkai crafts a story where the characters draw on their memories to avert disaster.

ABC News

New movies out this week: Apr 12-18

New releases that hit Thai cinemas for your viewing pleasure.

Bangkok Post

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The anime hit 'Suzume' and Shinkai's cinema of cataclysm

Makoto Shinkai was never the same filmmaker after the 2011 earthquake stuck Japan

The Independent UK

'Suzume' Review: 'Your Name' Director Makoto Shinkai's Most Daring, and Caring, Movie Yet

This is the movie that 'Your Name' director Makoto Shinkai has been preparing to make for the past eight years.

Inverse

Makoto Shinkai's 'Suzume' shown at Berlin film festival

BERLIN -- Animated film "Suzume no Tojimari" ("Suzume"), directed by Makoto Shinkai, had its official competition screening at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival on Thursday.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Suzume review – Makoto Shinkai’s charming modern Alice in Wonderland

The Your Name director’s mythic and comic new animation is an absorbing, intriguing and bewildering work

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The Most Underrated Sci-Fi Movie on HBO Max Reveals a Controversial Branch of Pseudoscience

Climate change is making extreme rainfall more likely — and Weathering with You proposes a bizarre solution with roots in real-life technology.

Inverse

Commentary: ‘Avatar’ struggles show how Japan is ditching Hollywood

In its economic heyday of the late 1980s and early 1990s, there was a curious phenomenon of Hollywood celebrities showing up in Japanese commercials: Arnold Schwarzenegger hawking instant noodles, Harrison Ford pitching Kirin beer. To this day, Tommy Lee Jones still appears in a long-standing series advertising canned coffee.

Tribune News Service

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