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* AwardBaitSong: ''Voices Of A Distant Star'' and ''The Place Promised In Our Early Days'' apply these songs in their endings to great effect.
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* DepthOfField: His CreatorThumbprint is to closely emulate real camera tricks such as depth of field so he can create a sense of intimacy and nostalgia. It also makes his animes' visuals feel more grounded.
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* FalseCameraEffects: As part of his CreatorThumbprint, his works tend to realistically simulate camera effects, including depth of field, LensFlare and paying very close attention to lighting.
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* CanonWelding: The films ''Anime/TheGardenOfWords'', ''Anime/YourName'', and ''Anime/WeatheringWithYou'' all exist in the same timeline. [[Anime/TheGardenOfWords Yukari Yukino]] shows up as the English teacher at Itomori High School in ''Anime/YourName'' while Taki, Mitsuha , Saya, Teshi, and Yotsuha have cameos in ''Anime/WeatheringWithYou''.
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* CanonWelding: The films ''Anime/TheGardenOfWords'', ''Anime/YourName'', and ''Anime/WeatheringWithYou'' all exist in the same timeline. [[Anime/TheGardenOfWords Yukari Yukino]] shows up as the English teacher at Itomori High School in ''Anime/YourName'' while Taki, Mitsuha , Mitsuha, Saya, Teshi, and Yotsuha have cameos in ''Anime/WeatheringWithYou''.
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* JackOfAllTrades: Shinkai himself is a real jack-of-all trades filmmaker. For ''Five Centimeters Per Second'', he was responsible for writing, directing, storyboarding, directing the sound, animating, supervising and drawing the backgrounds, cinematographer, and editing. He also wrote the lyrics to the [[AwardBaitSong theme song]] to ''The Place Promised in Our Early Days'', and as mentioned previously, did everything in the creation of ''Voices Of A Distant Star'' aside from voicing the female lead during the initial run, which was done by his wife.
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* JackOfAllTrades: Shinkai himself is a real jack-of-all trades filmmaker. For ''Five Centimeters Per Second'', he was responsible for writing, directing, storyboarding, directing the sound, animating, supervising and drawing the backgrounds, cinematographer, and editing. He also wrote the lyrics to the [[AwardBaitSong theme song]] to ''The Place Promised in Our Early Days'', and as mentioned previously, did everything in the creation of ''Voices Of A Distant Star'' aside from voicing the female lead during the initial run, which was done by his then-future wife.
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* JackOfAllTrades: Shinkai himself is a real jack-of-all trades filmmaker. For ''Five Centimeters Per Second'', he was responsible for writing, directing, storyboarding, directing the sound, animating, supervising and drawing the backgrounds, cinematographer, and editing. He also wrote the lyrics to the [[AwardBaitSong theme song]] to ''The Place Promised in Our Early Days'', and as mentioned previously, did everything in the creation of ''Voices Of A Distant Star'' aside from voice the female lead during the initial run, which was provided by his wife.
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* JackOfAllTrades: Shinkai himself is a real jack-of-all trades filmmaker. For ''Five Centimeters Per Second'', he was responsible for writing, directing, storyboarding, directing the sound, animating, supervising and drawing the backgrounds, cinematographer, and editing. He also wrote the lyrics to the [[AwardBaitSong theme song]] to ''The Place Promised in Our Early Days'', and as mentioned previously, did everything in the creation of ''Voices Of A Distant Star'' aside from voice voicing the female lead during the initial run, which was provided done by his wife.
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*** Shinkai himself felt he had done almost everything with romantic themes in his previous films and his previous films and decided to downplay it by making the girl's companion a chair. Before settling on making a chair the companion, he toyed with idea of having a companion who turned into a monster or an inanimate object such as a milk carton.
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*** Shinkai himself felt he had done almost everything with romantic themes in his previous films and his previous films and decided to downplay it by making the girl's companion a chair. Before settling on making a chair the companion, he toyed with idea of having a companion who turned into a monster or an inanimate object such as a milk carton.
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*** According to Shinkai, ''Suzume no Tojimari'' was initially pitched as a road trip centered around two women. However his producer, [[ExecutiveMeddling shot this down]] and forced persuaded him to retool the film into a romance in line with his precious films, citing that it was "too early" for there to be a theatrical anime film centered around what could have been seen as a sapphic romance in the Japanese market.
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*** According to Shinkai, ''Suzume no Tojimari'' was initially pitched as a road trip centered around two women. However his producer, [[ExecutiveMeddling shot this down]] and forced persuaded him to retool the film into a romance in line with his precious films, citing that it was "too early" for there to be a theatrical anime film centered around what could have been seen as a sapphic romance in the Japanese market.
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* CanonWelding: The films''Anime/TheGardenOfWords'', ''Anime/YourName'', and ''Anime/WeatheringWithYou'' all exist in the same timeline. [[Anime/TheGardenOfWords Yukari Yukino]] shows up as the English teacher at Itomori High School in ''Anime/YourName'' while Taki, Mitsuha , Saya, Teshi, and Yotsuha have cameos in ''Anime/WeatheringWithYou''.
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* ''Dareka no Manazashi'' (2013, Short Film, lit: ''Someone's Gaze'')
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* {{Minimalism}}: The style of his early works (before ''Children Who Chase Lost Voices'') is very minimalist, focusing heavily on the environment and the associated emotions instead of the plot, as if he is translating a prose into a visual form. These ones also often feature a MinimalistCast with almost zero side characters.
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* {{Minimalism}}: The style of his early works (before ''Children Who Chase Lost Voices'') is very minimalist, focusing heavily on the environment and the associated emotions instead of the plot, as if he is translating a stream of consciousness prose into a visual form. These ones also often feature a MinimalistCast with almost zero side characters.
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* LongTitle: Most of the productions have rather long titles. In particular, ''Five Centimeters Per Second'''s proper title is ''5 Centimeters Per Second: A Chain Of Short Stories About Their Distance''. And ''Children Who Chase Lost Voices'' is only part of the GratuitousEnglish subtitle of ''Hoshi o Ou Kodomo: Children Who Chase Lost Voices From Deep Below'' [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment (the first part means "Children Who Chase Stars")]].
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* ProductionPosse: Sort of. The English dubs for almost all of his works were directed by Steven Foster at ADV Films. ''5 Centimeters Per Second'' got a second dub from Bang Zoom directed by Alex von David. Recently, ''your name.'' and ''Weathering With You'' went to NYAV Post, with Michael Sinterniklaas and Stephanie Sheh co-directing.
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* ProductionPosse: Sort of. The English dubs for almost all of his works were directed by For years, Steven Foster at ADV Films. was the go-to ADR director for the English dubs of all of his works, including ''Voices of a Distant Star'', ''The Place Promised in Our Early Days'', ''5 Centimeters Per Second'' got a second dub from Bang Zoom directed (original dub), ''Children Who Chase Lost Voices'', and ''Garden of Words''. In addition, all of these were recorded by Alex von David. Recently, either ADV or Sentai. Even after this, ''your name.'' and ''Weathering With You'' went to were both co-directed by Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas and Creator/StephanieSheh for NYAV Post, with Michael Sinterniklaas Post. The only Shinkai dubs to use different ADR directors are the redub of ''5CpS'' and Stephanie Sheh co-directing. ''Suzume'', directed by Alex Von David and Bill Millsap respectively for Bang Zoom.
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* BittersweetEnding: These are prevalent in all of his works, [[spoiler: with the exception of the novelizations, where the dénouement is explored in greater detail, and with ''Anime/YourName''.]]
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* AWizardDidIt: Most of the time the supernatural elements in his movies are largely unexplained, often not at all, relying on the audiences suspending their disbelief.
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** most of his movies feature some supernatural element that is only vaguely explained, if explained at all, instead relying on audiences to suspend their disbelief and accept the premise without thinking about it too much.
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* CanonWelding: The films''Anime/TheGardenOfWords'', ''Anime/YourName'', and ''Anime/WeatheringWithYou'' all exist in the same timeline. [[Anime/TheGardenOfWords Yukari Yukino]] shows up as the English teacher at Itomori High School in ''Anime/YourName'' while Taki, Mitsuha , Saya, Teshi, and Yotsuha have cameos in ''Anime/WeatheringWithYou''.
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** His movies almost always deal with a theme of loss, though going into detail would lead to spoilers.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Shows up frequently for his work
**''Anime/ThePlacePromisedInOurEarlyDays''
***[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYjLjxjdoJU One trailer]] suggested there would have been more exploration of the AlternateUniverse Sayuri finds herself in.
** ''Anime/FiveCentimetersPerSecond''
*** According to the preface to the novel, Shinkai wrote 10 draft short stories while in pre-production of this film and picked three for the final production. One of those rejected pieces, ''The Sky Outside the Window'', is included both in the limited edition DVD in Japan and the novel.
*** [[http://blog.lhyeung.net/?p=2316 He had briefly entertained the idea of giving Akari and Takaki a happy ending]], but ultimately didn't, mainly because it would have wrapped the story up nicely like a fairy tale.
** ''Anime/YourName''
*** [[http://www.scmp.com/culture/film-tv/article/2057414/please-dont-see-my-film-says-your-name-director-shinkai-i-dont-want Things had to be cut]] due to budget shortage, but details are scarce.
*** If the official music video for ''Sparkle'' is any indication, the ending could have instead been [[spoiler:present day 17/18 year old Taki reuniting with a 20/21 year old Mitsuha. [[labelnote:Age explanation]]Based off the ending of the MV, there might have been a minor TimeSkip of a few months between Taki's trip to ruined Itomori and their reunion, similar to the minor TimeSkip at the end of the movie.[[/labelnote]]]].
*** RADWIMPS has indicated in various interviews that there were various tweaks to the soundtrack and songs that were cut from it.
*** [[http://en.rocketnews24.com/2017/06/03/anime-film-your-names-director-reveals-that-one-character-was-very-different-in-initial-script/ According to this article]], Mitsuha rather than Taki was originally supposed to be the one with an unrequited crush.
*** [[http://en.rocketnews24.com/2017/07/17/your-name-director-reveals-initial-character-concept-sketches-title-thematic-goals-of-the-hit-anime/ Initial concept sketches tweeted by Shinkai]], also included in the special edition Blu-Rays, indicate that the original title was going to be ''Yume to Shiriseba'' or ''If I’d Known It Was a Dream''. While some elements like the braided cord, city-country divide, comet, FreakyFridayFlip and lake were always there, Taki and Mitsuha's prototypes looked quite different, and the muted palette and presence of what might be a gun in proto-Taki's hands suggests it was going to have a darker tone than what we eventually got.
*** Shinkai stated in [[https://twitter.com/shinkaimakoto/status/1332897195369009152 this tweet]] that Creator/GregEgan's ''The Safe-Deposit Box'' was an inspiration and the earliest plot would have had the heroine in different bodies every time she woke.
** ''Anime/WeatheringWithYou''
*** The exhibition first held at Matsuya Ginza in Tokyo from September 25 to October 7 2019, before traveling around Japan, revealed several ways in which the concept differed from what hit the big screen, and much of this information also made its way into the collector's edition materials:
*** The working title was going to be ''Tenki Yohou no Kimi'', which can be translated as ''Your Weathering Report''.
*** Suga was going to be bespectacled and also a weather forecasting AI researcher. He was also present in the concept key visual.
*** The weather girl was going to be called Hina''ta'' and have two sisters rather than the one brother.
*** As shown in the Making of feature, the skydive scene was originally set to "Is There Still Anything Love Can Do?"
** ''Anime/{{Suzume}}''
*** According to Shinkai, ''Suzume no Tojimari'' was initially pitched as a road trip centered around two women. However his producer, [[ExecutiveMeddling shot this down]] and forced persuaded him to retool the film into a romance in line with his precious films, citing that it was "too early" for there to be a theatrical anime film centered around what could havebecome been seen as a sapphic romance in the Japanese market. market.
*** Shinkai himself felt he had done almost everything with romantic themes in his previous films and his previous films and decided to downplay it by making the girl's companion a chair. Before settling on making a chair the companion, he toyed with idea of having a companion who turned into a monster or an inanimate object such as a milk carton.
**''Anime/ThePlacePromisedInOurEarlyDays''
***[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYjLjxjdoJU One trailer]] suggested there would have been more exploration of the AlternateUniverse Sayuri finds herself in.
** ''Anime/FiveCentimetersPerSecond''
*** According to the preface to the novel, Shinkai wrote 10 draft short stories while in pre-production of this film and picked three for the final production. One of those rejected pieces, ''The Sky Outside the Window'', is included both in the limited edition DVD in Japan and the novel.
*** [[http://blog.lhyeung.net/?p=2316 He had briefly entertained the idea of giving Akari and Takaki a happy ending]], but ultimately didn't, mainly because it would have wrapped the story up nicely like a fairy tale.
** ''Anime/YourName''
*** [[http://www.scmp.com/culture/film-tv/article/2057414/please-dont-see-my-film-says-your-name-director-shinkai-i-dont-want Things had to be cut]] due to budget shortage, but details are scarce.
*** If the official music video for ''Sparkle'' is any indication, the ending could have instead been [[spoiler:present day 17/18 year old Taki reuniting with a 20/21 year old Mitsuha. [[labelnote:Age explanation]]Based off the ending of the MV, there might have been a minor TimeSkip of a few months between Taki's trip to ruined Itomori and their reunion, similar to the minor TimeSkip at the end of the movie.[[/labelnote]]]].
*** RADWIMPS has indicated in various interviews that there were various tweaks to the soundtrack and songs that were cut from it.
*** [[http://en.rocketnews24.com/2017/06/03/anime-film-your-names-director-reveals-that-one-character-was-very-different-in-initial-script/ According to this article]], Mitsuha rather than Taki was originally supposed to be the one with an unrequited crush.
*** [[http://en.rocketnews24.com/2017/07/17/your-name-director-reveals-initial-character-concept-sketches-title-thematic-goals-of-the-hit-anime/ Initial concept sketches tweeted by Shinkai]], also included in the special edition Blu-Rays, indicate that the original title was going to be ''Yume to Shiriseba'' or ''If I’d Known It Was a Dream''. While some elements like the braided cord, city-country divide, comet, FreakyFridayFlip and lake were always there, Taki and Mitsuha's prototypes looked quite different, and the muted palette and presence of what might be a gun in proto-Taki's hands suggests it was going to have a darker tone than what we eventually got.
*** Shinkai stated in [[https://twitter.com/shinkaimakoto/status/1332897195369009152 this tweet]] that Creator/GregEgan's ''The Safe-Deposit Box'' was an inspiration and the earliest plot would have had the heroine in different bodies every time she woke.
** ''Anime/WeatheringWithYou''
*** The exhibition first held at Matsuya Ginza in Tokyo from September 25 to October 7 2019, before traveling around Japan, revealed several ways in which the concept differed from what hit the big screen, and much of this information also made its way into the collector's edition materials:
*** The working title was going to be ''Tenki Yohou no Kimi'', which can be translated as ''Your Weathering Report''.
*** Suga was going to be bespectacled and also a weather forecasting AI researcher. He was also present in the concept key visual.
*** The weather girl was going to be called Hina''ta'' and have two sisters rather than the one brother.
*** As shown in the Making of feature, the skydive scene was originally set to "Is There Still Anything Love Can Do?"
** ''Anime/{{Suzume}}''
*** According to Shinkai, ''Suzume no Tojimari'' was initially pitched as a road trip centered around two women. However his producer, [[ExecutiveMeddling shot this down]] and forced persuaded him to retool the film into a romance in line with his precious films, citing that it was "too early" for there to be a theatrical anime film centered around what could have
*** Shinkai himself felt he had done almost everything with romantic themes in his previous films and his previous films and decided to downplay it by making the girl's companion a chair. Before settling on making a chair the companion, he toyed with idea of having a companion who turned into a monster or an inanimate object such as a milk carton.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to [[https://twitter.com/ao8l22/status/1513116464210919425?s=61&t=wFHlAnYYXA8-siTve8yfWA Shinkai]], ''Suzume no Tojimari'' was initially pitched as a love story centered around [[YuriGenre two women]], which could've likely been a massive step forward for LGBT+ representation in Japanese media. Unfortunately, the executives [[ExecutiveMeddling shot this down]] and forced him to retool the film to be a straight romance, citing that it was "too early" for there to be a theatrical anime film centered around a sapphic romance in the Japanese market.
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