Makoto Shinkai is one of the best upcoming anime directors around he only has five films to his credit and he's already being called the next miyazaki which by the way is huge freaking shoes to fill and so instead of rating his films from worst to best I thought i'd rate them from great to Masterful because honestly all of his films are great so here we go.
Journey to Agartha aka Children Who Chase Lost Voices
I know that alot of people know this film as Children Who Chase Lost Voices but over here in the UK it was released as Journey to Agartha so that's what i'm calling it honestly the only real issue I had with this film is the fact that goes on for far far far to long but apart from that it's a great film to watch and one that I happily own on DVD.
The Garden Of Words
Now i'll admit that I was going to review this film before it turned into this post but while this film is indeed great there are a few issues I have with it 1) the story never gets resolved yeah the film just ends with no real conclusion and 2) nothing really interesting happens at all this might be way this film is only forty five minuets but nothing really interesting happens at all but still I would take all of that over having a film that feel boring.
Your Name
I bet alot of you right now are wondering why this film isn't at the top well that's because I think there's a film better then this one and that's not a knock about this film infact it's as close to perfect as a film can get but since I watched the film months after everyone else the hype for this film was so huge that no matter how good the film was it was always going to fail in my head because the fans made it out to be the next best thing in the history of the world.
5 Centimeters per Second
Yes this is the film that I honestly think is better then Your Name it's Shinakis second film and it relly is so good if your a shinkai fan then I highly recommend you check out this film because alot of the themes that are present in Your Name were in this film it has a great story that we can all relate to , fantastic animation and the dub is actually freaking great and like Journey To Agartha and Your Name I also own this film on DVD and I try to watch it at least once or twice a year.