{"id":22383,"date":"2023-10-18T14:29:33","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T05:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=22383"},"modified":"2023-10-18T14:30:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T05:30:20","slug":"20231018-22383","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20231018-22383\/","title":{"rendered":"I didn\u2019t set out to be an animation director at first \u2013 \u201cYour Name\u201d director Makoto Shinkai reveals that audiences are what shaped him into who he is"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In a recent interview, anime director Makoto Shinkai talks about how he came to pursue a career in directing animated films and what makes him stick to the genre even though it had not been what he originally aspired to. He also shares insight on the way his approach to filmmaking has changed over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Throughout his 20-year-long career in creating and directing animated films, Makoto Shinkai has steadily risen to worldwide fame, becoming one of the leaders of the anime industry with titles such as Garden of Words, Your Name, and the most recent Suzume, released in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to an article by Denfaminicogamer<\/a>, Shinkai\u2019s roots are actually in the video game industry. From 1996 to 2001, he worked for Japanese game developer Nihon Falcom, where he had created opening clips for games such as The Legend of Heroes and Ys series. The melancholic opening for Ys II is very much telling of his future tendencies as a director. But how did he become what he is today?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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