Comix Wave Films

6.5 - Five Centimeters per Second (2007)
6.5 - Your Name (2016)

All of Comix Wave Films’ works listed are directed by Makoto Shinkai.

Five Centimeters per Second (2007) is an important landmark in Makoto Shinkai’s career, where he successfully created a cliche and nuanced attempt at existential depression, is but a subtlety rather than a forefront; where each character struggles with understanding the future, which coinciding with: separation (practical example) for the first girl, and relational detachment between our main character and the second (girl). Maximum pathos is generated by the audio-neurosis in the ending, creating a memorable (and recent) result.

Your Name. (2016) conveys conventional sit-com-esque styles and interactions, yet creates a full-fledged drama worthy in quality to that of Ghibli (no more no less). Small samples in each style - psychology, art-house animation, time travel mechanics - while inconsistent, creates a variety of appreciation for any audience.