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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Just a few days after I published the contents of Makoto Shinkai’s reply to me regarding whether he will be giving out autographs this Friday at BFI’s 5cm screening, I receive the long awaited response from BFI that says the following.
Thank you for your email which our box office has recently passed to me for [...]

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Fellow Anime fan Diego spotted something interesting about the Japanese 5 Centimetres per Second LE DVD. It appears the bonus discs case has alternative covers! I’ve noticed the illustrations before whenever I took out the discs to watch but, never did thought of them being used this way.

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Well, just two weeks until 5cm goes onto the big screen in London, with BFI starting the screening off with a live interview with the producer Makoto Shinkai himself. As of now, most of the central seats appear to be filled with over 200 people booked in. Think I’ll just have to take a side [...]

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Finally got a hold of Makoto Shinkai’s first artbook, “Sora no Kioku” and it wasn’t easy considering how well the first batch has been selling. Don’t get this confused with the “Complete Book” that was released for “The Place Promised in Our Early Days” because that was more of a fanbook that contained everything related [...]

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A bit late on this one but, I wanted confirmation first before I posted.
It appears Makoto Shinkai will be appearing as a guest for the screening of his third movie “5 Centimetres per Second” at BFI Southbank London on 20th June. Ticket bookings won’t be open until this Friday May 9th.
As part of the Anime [...]

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Makoto Shinkai’s first artbook, which contains over 400 backgrounds from his movies, appears to be selling well. Daike-san tells me that it’s sold out in a good number of shops in Akiba and it’s even managed to make Amazon’s Top 10 list of Japanese books.
Can’t wait to get a hold of it myself!

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A new entry about how Makoto Shinkai’s been doing in London. Maybe those of you down there will recognise the picture he’s taken of his neighbourhood. I have the impression that he’s been getting a lot of visitors but doesn’t mind them since he’s been eating out and drinking with them. He writes:

April 22nd [...]

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I still haven’t managed to find a good place to order Makoto Shinkai’s first artbook yet. Reader Maltos managed to find HMV (it’s in English) but, £7 delivery is just a bit hefty to be honest when the book itself is already around £13 so I’m still keeping an eye out for alternatives. I suppose [...]

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