A Moment with Makoto Shinkai

Posted by: Rai | June 22, 2012

 

 

Anime Network recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Makoto Shinkai, director of such memorable works as 5 Centimeters Per Second and The Place Promised in our Early Days. We're proud to share with you this brief moment with the famed director of the upcoming film Children Who Chase Lost Voices, the latest entry into his catalog of anime classics.


 

Here's a small excerpt from the full interview:

 

Q. What are some of your favorite movies?
A. Because I have a child now, I watch things that I would never have thought about watching before. One of these is a very popular children's animation called Anpan-Man. That's something that I really enjoy right now. I've also been watching more Pixar works. I recently saw Toy Story 3 and Cars 1 & 2 and Ratatouille. I enjoyed them very much. I think there are definitely themes in these works that Japanese animation can really learn from. Really, SHOULD learn from, actually. They definitely had an impact on me. But I also have films that I've liked all along. For instance, I like 2001: A Space Odyssey, Star Wars - those kinds of space operas.

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Q. Were there any particularly challenging scenes in the movie?

A. Throughout the work, one of the things I really put effort into is the expression of the sky. There are a number of scenes where the passage of time can be seen in the setting of the sun - where perhaps a conversation starts in the late afternoon, and by the time the conversation is over, the sun has set. I feel that things like that are very important to convey well.

 

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Bits & Pieces

•  This week Rozen Maiden Traumend finishes up, and the Infinite Statos OVA episode ties up that series as well.  Pretty soon we'll have Rozen Maiden Ouverture up on the site, so look forward to it, coming soon!

 

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