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Director Makoto Shinkai Gets Career Exhibit at Academy Museum

Since 1998, Makoto Shinkai has grown to become one of Japan’s most celebrated creators in the animation space thanks to works like Weathering With You, Your Name, and 2022’s Suzume …

‘Suzume’ Success Builds on Growing Impact of Japanese Animation

by Kwame Phillips

A TIFFCOM seminar on Thursday demonstrated both a sense of incredulity that Japanese animation “Suzume” could have enjoyed such wide international success and conveyed the depth of passionate behind-the-scenes strategizing …