Makoto Shinkai quotes

Makoto Shinkai is a Japanese artist, animator, and filmmaker renowned for his visually stunning animated films. His works, such as "Your Name" and "Weathering With You", are celebrated for emotional depth and breathtaking artistry. He continues to influence modern animation and inspire audiences worldwide. Here are 12 of his quotes:

Your Names success told me movies still have the power to connect with society. As a medium, it still has a power that resonates.

Makoto Shinkai

It's the situations that these distant relationships create that interest me more than the distance itself.

Makoto Shinkai

You don't want to be imitating his [Miyazaki] style. You've got to create something different, something that he hasn't done.

Makoto Shinkai

But... you can't be Miyazaki, you can only be the second Miyazaki, and that isn't something to aim for.

Makoto Shinkai

But I do want to trigger emotions like his [Miyazaki] movies triggered our emotions.

Makoto Shinkai

It is a part of puberty that we just want to go somewhere far away. We only have a vague image, like behind that mountain or a place more beautiful...

Makoto Shinkai

But the thing about getting rejected is that you reflect and think and analyze about why you got turned down. You learn a lot more from stories about getting rejected than stories about becoming happy.

Makoto Shinkai

If I had been born 10 years earlier, I don't think I would be an animator.

Makoto Shinkai

I consider my anime as if they were children who, once grown up, are free to take their own path and personally I do not want to intrude in their lives. No father should snoop in the affairs of their children.

Makoto Shinkai

I think that science fiction can, by creating extreme situations and settings, draw out the essence of human relationships.

Makoto Shinkai