Alexander KobzarWill Takao and Yukino Cross Paths Once More?— “The Garden of Words”In its time, the noteworthy film “The Garden of Words” by Makoto Shinkai raised many questions among fans who do not speak Japanese. I…Jan 25
InAniTAY-OfficialbyDoctorKevMakoto Shinkai Retrospective: 5 Centimeters per SecondI’ve been dreading writing about this one, because when I first watched it twelve years ago, I went into it completely blind and hated it…Apr 8, 20231
InAniTAY-OfficialbyDoctorKevMakoto Shinkai’s Suzume Review: Messy and Unfocused Yet Compelling and BeautifulFor the past couple of months, I’ve been writing a retrospective series of articles respectively focusing on each of the previous short…Apr 16, 2023Apr 16, 2023
DoctorKevYearning Teens, Frustrated Romance, Pretty skies — Is There Anything Else to Makoto Shinkai?My latest article for Anime News Network has just been published here. It’s the culmination of a series of articles I wrote earlier this…Oct 25, 2023Oct 25, 2023
Alexander KobzarWill Takao and Yukino Cross Paths Once More?— “The Garden of Words”In its time, the noteworthy film “The Garden of Words” by Makoto Shinkai raised many questions among fans who do not speak Japanese. I…Jan 25
InAniTAY-OfficialbyDoctorKevMakoto Shinkai Retrospective: 5 Centimeters per SecondI’ve been dreading writing about this one, because when I first watched it twelve years ago, I went into it completely blind and hated it…Apr 8, 20231
InAniTAY-OfficialbyDoctorKevMakoto Shinkai’s Suzume Review: Messy and Unfocused Yet Compelling and BeautifulFor the past couple of months, I’ve been writing a retrospective series of articles respectively focusing on each of the previous short…Apr 16, 2023
DoctorKevYearning Teens, Frustrated Romance, Pretty skies — Is There Anything Else to Makoto Shinkai?My latest article for Anime News Network has just been published here. It’s the culmination of a series of articles I wrote earlier this…Oct 25, 2023
InAniTAY-OfficialbyDoctorKevMakoto Shinkai Retrospective: Children Who Chase Lost VoicesMakoto Shinkai’s follow-up to 2007’s divisive 5 Centimeters per Second was perhaps his most deliberately mainstream movie yet…Apr 11, 2023
Alizee Ali KhanWill Suzume Cross Your Name?A Journey of Music, Emotion, and Resonance in the World of Japanese AnimationJul 29, 2023
RyuHow to create Anime food: “Weathering With You” Potato Chips Fried RiceI finally watched Makoto Shinkai’s second film, “Weathering With You”. In it, there’s this original Japanese? dish by Hina that caught my…May 3
