5 Centimeters per Second

Makoto Shinkai x Tenmon 10th Anniversary Orchestral Album

Been a while since I last posted anything about Makoto Shinkai. Thanks to Daike-san, who has been too busy with work lately to update his fansite, for letting me know about this upcoming orchestral CD.
To commemorate Anime director Makoto Shinkai and musician Tenmon’s collaboration for the past ten years, an orchestral image album featuring [...]

5 Centimeters per Second Gets A Reference in TVB’s Sakura Memories

I was just watching the Chinese Channel this evening when episode one of a holiday programme about Japan named 樱红醉了 came on. I think the Chinese name “ying hung zeoi liu” is a pun for “The Drunken Hero” but the English name is “Sakura Memories“.
Anyway, the narrator and actress Niki Chow was suddenly talking about [...]

Global Shinkai Day Comes to An End

And so, Global Shinkai Day has come to an end. I literally stayed up overnight until Saturday morning at six for the first session, slept for the second then stayed for the others. The number of attendees started off pretty well. It mostly floated between the 10 to 15 people mark for the day but [...]

Makoto Shinkai on the BFI 5cm Screening

It’s been a month since Makoto Shinkai appeared at the London, BFI “5 Centimetres per Second” screening. He’s now posted the following entry on his website about his well-being and the event itself.
Looks like they caught me on camera when they were taking pictures of the queue for the autograph session.

It’s been quite a while [...]

Meeting Makoto Shinkai at London BFI

It’s been quite a busy week so it took some time to finish this write up about the 5 Centimetres per Second screening that took place in London last Friday, one that featured a live interview with Makoto Shinkai himself.
When we arrived, we had a bit of trouble locating the BFI Southbank building but eventually [...]