“Makoto Shinkai Exhibit –You are Half of This World– ”Ooka Makoto Kotoba Museum

Venue: Ooka Makoto Kotoba Museum
Dates: June 28, 2014 ~ October 19

Featured Shinkai’s four works that are centered on daily life, including The Garden of Words, 5 Centimeters Per Second, She and Her Cat and Crossroads. Display included storyboards and animation keyframes from the four works as well as a stereoscopic display showing the layers making up a scene from the film and a short movie showing the making of the exhibit’s original poster art. A sculptural “word” exhibit of actual phrases used in the works and the lyrics of Crossroads was also held, effectively utilizing the venue’s space.