“your name.” won the award for Best Feature Length Film (Anima’t) at the 2016 Sitges – 49th International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia in Spain.

Plese see 2016 Sitges Film Festival Official Site for more details.

“your name.” won the 1st Prize at Newtype Anime Award 2015-2016 in the animated movies category.
This film won the following prizes in four different categories.
■1st Prize for Best Film
■2nd Prize for Theme song(“Zenzenzense”by RADWIMPS)
■2nd Prize for Music
■3rd Prize for Best Director

Please see Web Newtype Official Site for more details.(Japanese only)

“Makoto Shinkai Works / Makoto Shinkai official portal site” is now OPEN in Chinese!
http://cn.shinkaiworks.com/
*able to choose the language with the upper right buttons.

Shinkai became the first Japanese person to be selected for Variety magazine’s “10 Animators to Watch” award.

The Director’s Comment
I am honored to be selected for the “10 Animators to Watch” award for Variety, a magazine that has over a century of history behind it. My abilities as a creator are very modest, and though we live in an age that is sometimes touted as the downfall of Japanese entertainment, I intend to look into the distance and far above with my staff to create works that we can be proud of both in Japan and overseas. Thank you so much for this wonderful award.

>Variety Official Site

To fans in the US – Shinkai-related prodcuts are now available on RightStuf!
In addition to the US edition DVD and Blu-rays, exclusive merchandise from Japan will also be on sale in May and is available for pre-order! Order now or reserve by clicking on the banner at the bottom of the homepage, or go here:
>http://www.rightstufanime.com/search?keywords=makoto%20shinkai
*Shipping outside of the US is currently unavailable.