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You are here: Home / Archives for Makoto Shinkai

The Top APA Movies of 2013

January 2, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly 2013 brought us outstanding anime, almost-unbelievable documentaries, and inspiring narratives. Here are my picks for the Top 10 Asian Pacific American films new to Seattle for this year.

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2014, Andrew Hamlin, Bruce Lee, China, Chinese, Jun-Ai, Junichi Okada, Keiko Kobayashi, Keiko Takashita, Makoto Shinkai, Marshall Islands, Masami Nagasawa, Miyu Irino, Northwest Asian Weekly, Poppy Hill, Seattle, United States, Vol 33 No 2 | January 4 - January 10

In ‘The Garden Of Words’

September 27, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly “The Garden Of Words” marks animator Makoto Shinkai’s fifth major work, and the only major criticism I can muster is that he doesn’t seem to like producing feature-length projects.  Of the five, only two, “The Place Promised In Our Early Days” and “Children Who Chase Lost Voices,” run long […]

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2013, Andrew Hamlin, Centimeters Per Second, Children Who Chase Lost Voices, DVD, Makoto Shinkai, Miyu Irino, Northwest Asian Weekly, Takao Akizuki, Tokyo, Vol 32 No 40 | September 28 - October 4, Yukari Yukino

“Children Who Chase Lost Voices”

March 1, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly “Children Who Chase Lost Voices” marks the fourth major work from master Japanese animator Makoto Shinkai. It’s also, at just a touch under two hours, his longest-running project to date. It’s the first one to deal with fantasy, rather than science fiction. The movie begins with the same winning […]

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2013, Andrew Hamlin, Asuna Watase, Centimeters Per Second, Children Who Chase Lost Voices, DVD, Jules Verne, Makoto Shinkai, Northwest Asian Weekly, Ryuji Morisaki, Takayo Nishimura, Takumi Tanji, Vol 32 No 10 | March 2 - March 8

Animator the new Miyazaki?

November 2, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Thirty-five-year-old Japanese animator Makoto Shinkai often gets called “the new Miyazaki.” Having learned this, you should forget it. Hayao Miyazaki represents the gold standard of Japanese anime to the West.

Filed Under: Reviews, At the Movies Tagged With: 2008, Admittedly Shinkai, Andrew Hamlin, Centimeters Per Second, DVD, Hayao Miyazaki, Makoto Shinkai, Northwest Asian Weekly, Overall Shinkai, Praise Shinkai, Rating Pretty, Thirty-five-year-old Japanese, USA, attention, vol 27 no 45 | November 1 - November 7

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