PEOPLE / 1 WORK

Aidan McArdle

Movies 2008The DuchessSaul Dibb

Movies · 2008

The Duchess

PEOPLE / 1 WORK

Harley Bird

Movies 2013How I Live NowKevin Macdonald

Movies · 2013

How I Live Now

PEOPLE / 8 WORKS

Makoto Shinkai

Also credited as 新海誠

Movies 2022SuzumeMakoto Shinkai

anime · 2022

Suzume

Movies 2019Weathering With YouMakoto Shinkai

anime · 2019

Weathering With You

Movies 2016Your Name.Makoto Shinkai

anime · 2016

Your Name.

Movies 2013The Garden of WordsMakoto Shinkai

anime · 2013

The Garden of Words

Movies 2004The Place Promised in Our Early DaysMakoto Shinkai

I don't think this is Shinkai's best work but glad to watch it again. It certainly shows some themes of where he's going and there is some weird very very of it's era feeling of 2004 American military hardware which is uh, interesting? Anyway, I think the biggest strength of the film is the strong world building left completely unexplained. Also credit to film for scooping bae > bay by 15 years.

anime · 2004

The Place Promised in Our Early Days

Videos 2002Voices of a Distant StarMakoto Shinkai

Watching this for the first time in 20 years I still really like it. The animation and CGI were a bit rough even back then, but the background work is incredible, it totally stands up to his later films which have the best in the business. The story of using 2002-era cell phones to email across space (and time) was anachronistic in 2002 but with time it's become really nostalgic. I think the story holds up well and echoes some themes that become common in his feature-length works. The big "huh" about this is the setting and war, watching this again it's clear to me this is someone who grew up on Macross and Gundam and a clear influence from Gunbuster and Evangelion. And honestly I'd love to see him take another crack at this.

anime · 2002

Voices of a Distant Star

Videos 1999She and Her Cat: Their Standing PointsMakoto Shinkai

I believe I first saw this in the early 00s on the Voices of a Distant Star DVD as a bonus feature. Re-watching it now, 20 years later it's very sweet, and it's beautifully drawn despite the lack of animation. I think the clearest connection to Shinkai's other works is the hope at the end. I like this short a lot.

anime · 1999

She and Her Cat: Their Standing Points

Videos 1998Enclosed WorldMakoto Shinkai

anime · 1998

Enclosed World

PEOPLE / 4 WORKS

Mamoru Oshii

Also credited as 押井守 · Rei Maruwa (丸輪零)

Movies 2008Ghost in the Shell 2.0Masamune Shirow

anime · 2008

Ghost in the Shell 2.0

Movies 2004Ghost in the Shell 2: InnocenceMasamune Shirow

anime · 2004

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

Movies 1995Ghost in the ShellMasamune Shirow

anime · 1995

Ghost in the Shell

Videos 1985Angel's EggYoshitaka Amano

anime · 1985

Angel's Egg