https://www.cbr.com/weathering-with-you-creator-climate-change/
"Makoto Shinkai, the director of acclaimed anime movies
Your Name and
Weathering With You has penned a new essay where he discusses the themes of
his movies, climate change and the importance of giving young people a choice
in choosing what type of world they want to live in.
After beginning his career at video game developer Falcom (
Ys,
Trails in the
Sky) Shinkai made his directorial debut with the self-produced short
She and
Her Cat in 1999, which was followed up with the critically acclaimed
Voices
of a Distant Star in 2002. Shinkai's first feature length production,
The
Place Promised In Our Early Days, was released in 2004 to widespread praise.
Shinkai's breakout hit arrived in 2016 with the runaway success of the romantic
comedy
Your Name, which was the first non-Studio Ghibli anime film to earn
over $100 million at the Japanese box office.
Your Name was nominated for
multiple awards, including an Annie and a Saturn Award, and won Best Film at
the 2016 Crunchyroll Anime Awards. An American live-action remake of
Your
Name is currently in production at Paramount Pictures, and was scheduled to be
directed by
Minari director Lee Isaac Chung before the director had to exit
the project due to scheduling issues. Shinkai followed up that hit with
Weathering With You in 2019.
Weathering With You was recently re-released
to theaters in North America for a one-night limited engagement, and to
commemorate the re-release, its director released an essay to Collider that
discussed the movie's themes, Shinkai's thoughts on that state of the world,
and his hopes for the younger generations that will grow up watching the film."
I have seen and recommend his films. Via Robert Sanscartier.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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