people: Makoto Shinkai
2021
'Weathering With You': Who'll Stop The Rain? January 01, 2021
The latest of Makoto Shinkai's gorgeous films that inevitably end up being about so much less than the sum of their parts
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2018
'your name.': If A Body Meet A Body ... January 26, 2018
Makoto Shinkai's blockbuster is an eyeful and a heartful, but look closely and you'll see the seams
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2017
Anime Roundup: April 14, 2016 April 14, 2017
'Perfect Blue''s source material is seeing an English release for the first time; 'Ghost' bombs at the b.o.; and 'your name.' makes a modest splash in the U.S.
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Anime Roundup: January 21, 2017 January 20, 2017
Tezuka's 'Metropolis' comes to BD, but beware; Amazon's anime ambitions; 'your name.' shatters records; Hiroaki Samura's next story; and 'In This Corner Of The World' wins top movie honors
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2016
On Three Anime Oscar Candidates (Plus Two More, Sort Of) November 14, 2016
Japan has three pictures in the running for Best Animated Feature Film in this year's Oscars, with two others influenced by Japan. It's a shame none of them are likely to win
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2013
Cheap Thrills Or Lofty Boredom? December 09, 2013
How a 'good-bad' movie (and a 'bad-good' one) changed my thinking about Makoto Shinkai, 'Tekken: Blood Vengeance', and my own critical standards
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