Of course I’m happy when people mention his name and mine in the same breath. It’s like a dream. But I know they are overpraising ‘Your Name’ because I am absolutely not at Miyazaki’s level. Honestly, I really don’t want Miyazaki to see it because he will see all its flaws. Makoto Shinkai Read Quote
I think love isn’t doomed, of course, but in real life, love doesn’t always work out. Makoto Shinkai Read Quote
I do receive some offers for live-action, but I’m not really that interested. It’s not something you can just try out and give it a go. Makoto Shinkai Read Quote
I was working in a gaming company, but I really wanted to make animation. I didn’t really have anything special, no special tools at my disposal, so I used what I had on hand like Photoshop, and that’s really how I started. Makoto Shinkai Read Quote
I think that’s a universal theme, you know: we don’t know who we’re going to meet tomorrow. And that person might change your life entirely. There’s always that possibility, and while you’re not necessarily actively seeking it, you have that desire deep down. Makoto Shinkai Read Quote
You learn a lot more from stories about getting rejected than stories about becoming happy. Makoto Shinkai Read Quote
When you’re a teenager, there are more things you don’t know than you know, and more people that you haven’t met than you have met. I felt that way when I was a teenager, and I think maybe, with my films, I’m targeting grown-ups who remember that feeling. Makoto Shinkai Read Quote
When I was working at the game company, I wasn’t just doing graphic design, I was doing the entire product management, so I would do the graphic design, I would create the advertisements, even the catch copies. I would figure out what kind of packaging and design of the packaging, so I was basically doing total product management at that time. Makoto Shinkai Read Quote
I think it is one of the common themes for many Japanese people to choose where to live: Tokyo or their hometown. Makoto Shinkai Read Quote
I feel the best scripts are those that are originally written to be films: that is film in its purest sense. Makoto Shinkai Read Quote
