Shinkai - Not Separation, But Connection
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2019
- Makoto Shinkai is one of the most interesting directors working in animation today, but it wasn't until 2016 where he truly grabbed the attention of the world with his record-breaking feature Your Name. In this video I explore how his emotionally-driven films are bringing anime to new fans around the world, how his shortcomings are as integral to his work as his successes, and how his portfolio is bringing us all together.
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Honest question, why do you use dubs?
When it comes to watching anime I watch in Japanese, but I use dubs when making videos because they are less distracting. I find it disconcerting in video essays when the narrator is talking to you in English and then suddenly you have to read subtitles - if I can help it I like to keep things in one language for the sake of flow. If the dubs are truly awful - or there simply aren't any - I'll use the original Japanese.
Pinning because I get this question a lot! :P
I wondered the same, but the answer makes sense.
Dubs are better than subs unless the voice acting is poor.
@@BeyondGhibli I was actually assuming something along those lines. I just wanted to be clear, thanks a lot for the reply!
i have a better question, why does it matter?
Rain, Train,
Me: Pain
..... Feet
Me: Wait hol’ up
dan scheider
_"Wait, yo, hol' up"_ 😂
Hol' up a minute!
Same. I was like "w-wait... wut?"
Man of culture I see
This was my late friends last favorite film. It's a shame he's missing out on the rest of Makoto's work. A couple months before he died I did get to lend him the garden of words, he loved it. Guess I'll just have to watch the rest of them for him.
Thanks for the great video.
sad to hear that mate
RIP to your friend. We'll be sure to watch shinkai's film for him, even if we don't know him but we sure are connected through shinkai's works
@Anonymous Anonymous shut up and let people enjoy something meaningful to them, youre entitled to an opinion but this is just insensitive jesus christ
RIP
@Anonymous Anonymous as much as i disliked "your name" or his work on "weathering with you" as well, his work has brought a lot of anime fans together to discover such a amazing creator/author that connects all of us some how, and For sure will bring us amazing works in the future as well. Its truly insensitive to say such bad things whens someone friend passed away and they truly enjoyed this specific film . Anime is something that brings everyone together one way or another, perfectly fine to enjoy one anime and not enjoy the other, we all have our own different taste. One of my best friends loves "your name" as much as i dislike it, im glad he enjoys one of my all time fave anime films creators makoto shinkai and has discovered his others works as well and enjoyed them also. I don't mind you saying its bad film when it comes to actually discussing why that is, but when someone shares a personal situation of someone passing or something personal that has truly happen to them, it truly is insensitive. We all come together to enjoy anime one way or another, and there is a time and place to discuss one anothers disagreements, but this isn't a time and place for one of them. Especially when it comes to someones personals friends passing away and them this enjoying specific anime film.
"Makoto Shinkai is a masterfully flawed director."
That line is so beautiful that it literally sent chills down my spine, and this is coming from a huge Shinkai fan.
I think Your Name (heck, even most of Shinkai's works) should be watched without a critical mindset for the full emotional roller coaster, at least on the first watch. Your Name's flaws are very apparent, but let them slide until after the movie, don't think about it, relax and enjoy the popcorn. Let yourself dive deep into the goosebumps the soundtrack gives you and enjoy what's on screen.
What is the flaw?
@@L16htW4rr10r plot holes and pacing mostly imo. The montage that showed Taki and Mitsuha switching could have been expanded upon, which they did in the Your Name Another: Earthbound Light Novel. One example of a plot hole is the dates, why don't they just check what year it is?
@@NHDOreBros Good point.
Sorry, I never watch this movie before. I don't know why, but lately I got like weird anxiety everytime I want to watch animated movies from Japan. Maybe I'm afraid to obsess over Japan all over again. Maybe I'm afraid of my reaction when i watch the movie. It doesn't mean I hate Japan stuff, but its just not something I want to invest time in nowadays. Now I have a bit regret for avoiding watching Your Name.
L16htW4rr10r honestly, your name is a movie everybody should watch at some point. It’s fine if u don’t want to watch it, but there’s no reason to be scared of it. Whether you will enjoy the movie or not doesn’t matter, because I think everyone can say that it’s a movie they didn’t regret watching. It’s not a waste of your time, in fact it really impacted my view on life. Your name is an experience everybody should get to see before they die.
@@L16htW4rr10r wow, I'm exactly in the same situation. I'm somehow scared to watch anime, even though I know I'd like it. Is this some kind of phobia? lmao, I'm like this for at least 2 years now and I regret not watching all the new releases, but I'm not able to start.
"And of course feet"
Ah i see makoto shinkai is a man of culture
fun fact: yamada naoko (director of K-On and A Silent Voice) is known to have a fetish for feet in her work also!
And let's not forget Tarantino
@@stratoge Woman of culture!
;)
*everyone disliked that*
The SECOND your voice starts up i swear tears appear in my eyes.
Every time.
YOU TOO, I KEEP SAYING THAT IN ALL HIS VIDEOS.....he is a TEARBENDER i SWEAR.
Same here and I am not ashamed to admit it
What a coincidence...I was "feeling" the exact same thing.
Yes
You sir, made my night. I watched "Your Name" while in the throws of depression after my father died in late 2017. It was the first time that I ever watched an anime on my own. I'd seen DBZ and Spirited Away in the past because others made me, and I wasn't a fan at all. "Your Name" in no uncertain terms saved my life, and by extension so did Makoto Shinkai. I will always be grateful for what he did for me.
@@tambwetombo781 Apologies in advance for the length.
Like I had indicated, my father passed away in November 2017, and I fell into an incredibly deep depression. I am normally a pretty emotional person, but my wife noticed that I had become a bit of a shell of who I was. I was unfeeling and uncaring, and had very little hope. I even had thoughts of suicide. Thankfully, my wife confronted me about it, and when she told me I seemed emotionally dead, I tried to do something about it.
I watched comedies, movies that used to make me emotional... Nothing worked. I had taken to searching the internet for "movies that will make you cry"... and stumbled on "Your Name". The premise seemed weird, but I liked the trailer I saw and it looked good. I found it online, and watched it. Then the scene at the festival where they were all looking up at the comet happened... I got goosebumps, and I choked up a bit. Then the scene at the high school after, Taki in disbelief of what his phone was doing... I gasped, and felt tears start to well up. Then I basically lost it from the scenes leading up to "Katawaredoki", all the way to the end.
I had not cried so hard in my life. Everything I was holding back opened up, and I felt something melt off of me. I felt like I gained some clarity, but I decided that I needed to watch it again. I did, and cried almost the entire way through. My life that was turned upside down, was finally starting to right itself again. I've been a fan of Shinkai's, and anime overall, ever since.
I hope that helps?
Wow that is an amazing story. Its strange how outsiders like us have "found" anime. I wish you well in the future.
The ending of 5 cm per second has to the most depressing ending I've ever seen. I know it sends a REALLY strong message about moving on and not looking back but still.
so far the shinkai movies have shown me that:
5 Centimeters per second- Moving on/ Acceptance
Garden of Words- Love is patience
Your Name- Love could conquer all obstacles
Weathering with you- In love one could be selfish
Richard, for me,
5 centimeters per second - Sometimes, you just have to let go.
Garden of Words - This why you have to ask the person who she is.
Your name - this is why you ask their name before anything else.
Weathering with you - Don't runaway from home kids.
Stop spoiling Tenki no Ko, you both bastards! 😤
Spoilers: in the end of garden of words they meet again after 5 years.
Afreen Alam hahaha on the book? yep they did😂(being an optimist I think they ended up together, since as a shoe maker Takao's greatest profession of love is the shoe made for Yukari)😂🖒
Afreen Alam how do you know they meet again? I need to know!
Honestly, you are the most professional TH-camr I know! Almost too good to be true!!!
Fly High yes I am. When you click on the persons icon it only shows you a couple of their subscriptions. Why were u checking anyway!! 🤣
If anyone was wondering, someone called Fly High said “Lol ur not even subscribed.” but have recently deleted their comment!!!!
@@Nathan-fp9ho a bit late but lmao what prick
"Rain, Trains... and Feet." WTF? WTF??
...Anyway: Your Name was really good, but improve-worthy.
I started with 5 Centimeters per Second and I only watched it because it was suggested and I had no other show to watch at the time. And then, it became my favorite anime movie because of how painful and how real it could be.
Then I watched Voices of A Distant Star which I thought wasn't that great visually. But as the story progressed, I was heavily invested emotionally. Then there was his most recent works.
I have watched Weathering With You and it may not be as awesome as Your Name, it was still a Makoto Shinkai film and he also made progress especially with the moving cameras which is extremely hard to fix the perspective when animating.
To understand his films better, those should be watched with full attention and not while texting someone or scrolling on social media. I find that an insult to all the people who poured out all their time and effort to create every single frame in the film. The things I want to tell them, you mentioned here.
So thank you for this video essay. You have just gained a new subscriber.
I can't even imagine texting/scrolling media during movies, especially such as this one. I watched Your Name with my girlfriend for the first time yesterday. We were making some comments about the happening events at first but somewhere around the middle we just became silent and didn't say a word until the end. It felt like every sound from the outside world could destroy this feeling of magic
I think the comment that Shinkai's work (and Your Name specifically) is emotionally-driven deserves extra emphasis. Your Name has logical holes if you look for them (staring at the phones for as long as they do should've immediately clued Mitsuha and Taki in on the first big twist) but those holes don't really matter. It's an emotional journey first and foremost, which people butt up against because we've been conditioned too much to accept a single type of storytelling, where logical progression and sensible order are the main goals of a narrative. And I applaud that you look into these elements, when it is too easy on TH-cam to go full CinemaSins and logically nitpick a story to literal death.
@Anonymous Anonymous This dumbass doesn't understand the definition of opinion.
"Rain, Trains... and Feet." WTF? WTF??
...Anyway: Your Name was really good, but improve-worthy.
I mean, most of all: The Groping Scenes are cringey as fluff and kill the Rewatchability. So cringey it stands out like a sour Thumb.
Geez, these vids never fail to be touching and insightful. Shinkai is a growing voice, and I look forward to the roar he will become with more time and experience
"Rain, Trains... and Feet." WTF?
...Anyway: Your Name was really good, but improve-worthy.
I mean, most of all: The Groping Scenes are cringey as fluff and kill the Rewatchability. So cringey it stands out like a sour Thumb.
@@slevinchannel7589 i don’t know i thought it was pretty funny but that’s just me though
“...and of course... feet”
Me: so he’s Quentin Tarantino
And Kira?
"Do you know what they call noodles with cheese flavor in Japan? Ramen with cheese"
9:43 The song starts playing*
Me:Tearing up while remembering the movie
U r not alone... Me too
THIS
Me too man...
Tru man
Holy shit that intro amazing editing
"Rain, Trains... and Feet." WTF? WTF??
...Anyway: Your Name was really good, but improve-worthy. I mean, most of all: The Groping Scenes are cringey as fluff and kill the Rewatchability. So cringey it stands out like a sour Thumb.
Everytime Kimi no na wa soundtrack plays suddenly, I get goosebumps all over my body.....
Ahhh it's so good....
I still can't move on from Weathering With You...
It was a masterpiece. Can't wait for DVD/Online streaming release!
Cant wait for the international release
@@mrnx6511 it was released in my country earlier this month, and in my opinion it is as good or better than Your Name.
It will be released in US theathers early 2020, according to Gkids.
This means that the physical/digital releases won't happen until after US theatherical release.
The movie will be premiered during "Animation Is" film festival, though the tickets were already sold out.
Btw the release for my country contains subtitles for 3 languages. 😵
English is one of them.
Mosti Daniel sadly I live in holland :/ so i need to watch it digitally because i dont think it will release in theaters here
@@mrnx6511 Hmm, well then, I'm very sorry.
I'm also waiting for the digital release. XD
The mad man did it. He made a Your Name video. I can die in peace now.
Is it possible that you can make a video on "Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms" next? That movie really gave me intense emotional feelings at the end.
I agree. Convinced my friend to come see it with me in theaters for the US one day only, and its still my favorite animated movie
True. "Maquia" really is an emotionally impactful film. Even Makoto Shinkai praise this film. It will be great, if Mr. Joe make a video on "Maquia".
+1
sorry but that movie was the biggest trash ive ever seen
@@yuutalotl wut
I've watched his previous movies before Your Name, I thought he was just an aesthetic director who makes detailed movies, but now look at how far he's gone. Most of his movies he's talk about relationships, separation and resolution. I'd love to see him make another mech movie for but with relationships added in.
I had watched ‘Your Name’ when i was going through an awful time, i had watched and it had brung something out of me that i’ve never felt or encountered before. I had cried like never before, I had found a film that made me free emotion. This all sounds stupid but Your Name is a masterpiece that has been engraved onto my heart.
Garden of Words is Makoto’s masterpiece, short as it is. This film is far above his other works in depth, subtlety, beauty, and artistry.
I totally agree I really enjoyed Your Name and weathering with you. But still, Garden of Words for some reason is still my favorite. I just found out that Garden of words has a manga and they have an epilogue chapter 7.1 where they give hints about their relationship after the movie.
Between you and Isla McTear I've ended up teary-eyed from more TH-cam videos recently than anime.
This is the first time that I've started clapping after the end of a youtube video.
Every now and then I was smiling wide from the true beauty of your description to such an authentic piece of art, that which celebrates our humanity in its dualist nature.
Truly my brother, Bravo!
Man that transition in the mobile phone part, was sweet.
9:41 everytime I hear this music... the feels start again.
Phones, Feet, Rain, Trains, & Airplanes.
📱👣🌧🚝✈
Me: hearing Your name music
Also me: put on headphones as soon as possible
Are you some sort of wizard of TEARS how you always get me to tear up in the climax of your videos, I don't know if is the editing, the narration the masterful selection of scenes and clips, or your voice, but someway, somehow not only you analyze amazingly these films, but also manage to capture the emotion and heart of the films themselves with your narration and editing masterclass of videos.....never got tired of. And yes amazing analysis of my favorite work of Makoto Shinkai, I love Your Name to death and I hardly can't wait for Weathering with You.
Dear Mr. O'Connell I thank you for this in-depth and emotionally charged review of Makoto Shinkai's works which are of other worldly beauty. The visuals and story are so compelling and engrossing. I find myself lost in them when ever a new project is brought out. I enjoyed your analysis of Makoto's journey of creations to this point, thank you. I eagerly await the next review you present. ^_^
Your video essays are amazing. Always
No pressure though :p
Thank you, Shinkai has always made some interesting amazing movies through his career, and you are absolutely right, Your Name is just a drop in his legacy that is already massive and gorgeous, in my opinion.
That intro with the music and the video playing in the video, well edited and genius.
Thank you so much for making this video ❤️👌🏻
Revisiting this after seeing Suzume in theatres tonight. I often rewatch your essays, many of which have become comfort videos for me that I return to again and again. Thanks for making great content, Joe.
awesome video, thank you for showing the history and previous works
Wonderful video as always
Thank you so much for making this video! You summed it up so well as usual!
Another amazing retrospective. Thanks dude.
I love to see your videos pop up, such in depth and incredible reviews are truly something to behold. The way you play the OST from the anime your reviewing into your review perfectly blends your review into the clip being shown and RADWIMPS perfect score in your name made this one of my favorite videos so far.
Keep up the great videos :)
Amazing video, can't wait for the NGE one coming up next!
wow - what an incredible video! this is so professional!!! thank you so much for doing what you do!
This is your best video essay yet, keep it up!
man this video, and this movie mean so much to me. thanks joe, keep it up!
Outstanding review, as always.
Thank you for taking the time to sharing your thoughts with us!
Just the first few notes take me back... God I love the music in his films
Thank you Sir! For this wonderful video!
Thank you for sharing your perspective on Shinkai and all the other features on your channel. Love watching these and then rewatching these films!
Thank you for these amazing videos, they are the best!!!
Each and every theme in the movie is painted sharply but however fades in its opposite forming a vague but perfect painting titled -- 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒊.
I rewatched the movie so many times, and every time it hooks me into the center of its stormy emotions, joy and tiredness ; connection and separation ; hope and despair of living one's life to the fullest, leaving me overwhelmed with how beautiful it could be and how beautiful it was, with the 'it' referring to everything.
What an amazing video! Your work is always incredibly polished and detailed. Always looking forward to seeing you put out a new video. I actually got goosebumbs at your ending line
Amazing video again, coming just at the time where i'm making my way through Shinkai's work! Glad I hit that notification bell
Beautiful video as always. I saw "Your Name" a year ago. A masterpiece of an anime to watch.
Can't wait for the next vid.
i just want to thank you, you make me remember why i love these movies.
I truly enjoy your insightful writing, emotionally narrated and well edited videos. You have introduced me to artists and work that I did not know. Thank you.
Another beautiful video essay. Your naration and script paired with the lovingly hand-picked video clips and musical accompaniment was truly stirring.
I haven’t seen all his work but I love everything I have seen. I bought garden of words to see it and now I want to bye it in Blu-ray
Your content indeed is beyond excellent!!
Jeez your videos are beautiful
Joe, bloody hell this was gorgeous. I loved this in every single way and you put into words what I have never been able to about Shinkai. Thank you
Always a pleasure to hear you. I watched "Your Name" 2 times, and after this video, i will probably see it again..
Thank you for those videos ! Content and form are absolutly amazing. Your voice is amazing and mixed with the ost it ease my soul.
ahhhh this voice man. always gets me into the right mood to watch your videos.
wonderful video, I'm glad I found your channel, it's becoming one of my favorites, if not the favorite one
Truly proud to support such fine productions. Can't wait for what's coming next, whatever the topic will be.
I found your channel after your Ghibli/Zelda video. Your voice is hypnotic and captivating, and your words read like poetry. Thanks for encapsulating everything I love about Shinkai in one video.
Tremendous! it's unreal how deep those songs and images are, tears came rolling as simple as that.
Funny to see that you had 86ks while your were doing this video.
Terrific work, love your videos!
I've come to appreciate how you take your time with your videos.-You never seem to be out of breath. Like trying to cram an hours analysis into a twelve min. video, you keep a nice pace. And OMG that animation at the start... had to double back just catch it I really like you did that. Thank you Mr. Joe O'Connell
Words escape me now, but I think this was your best video yet. I love Shinkai's work and the way you tell about it, just makes me love it even more. Flaws and everything. Part of my knowledge of Shinkai's work comes from your video, and I just want to thank you for the amazing work you do.
Always a pleasure to find a channel like yours. I really like this kind of analytical stuff and you are one of those few which just do it right.
*Beautifully arranged and narrated.*
I swear I can’t watch one of your videos without getting teary eyed... you’re just such a beautiful wordsmith
Thank you for making this. This is so beautifully done. That last sentence was so powerful.
Ever since I first saw this movie I couldn’t stop thinking about it. It’s always in the back of my head. Everything is so compelling about it from the stunning visuals to the cultural nuances to the heartbreaking emotion. It’s a movie like no other. It makes you feel empty, and sad, but somehow you channel the determination of the characters and feel inspired to move forward with a new look on life.
I've been waiting for this video
finally more content from this *great* channel!
Loved every second of your beautiful writing, and of course, narration. Keep it up!
Red Thread Of Fate... Kimi No Na Wa, was the first movie to mess around with my feeling.. I fricking cried SO MANY TIMES!
First time seeing your video but damn, your voice... is so relaxing to hear along with those amazing songs in background. Keep it up.
Greeting from Japan🇯🇵
Really love this channel man
Your subs and views deserves to be a million. What a great narration and in depth reviews
Good stuff man! Can’t wait for weathering with you and you just helped my hype train!
i meant to listen to this while drawing and editing some stuff, but i ended up watching the full 15 minutes the moment i started hearing the music. the way you edited the video, the way the visuals, the narration, the writing, and the music all weave into each other, is beautiful. halfway i found myself crying and i didn't even realize that i was. beautiful video!
Love u for making this video....wat a gem of a reflection on shinkai.... obsessed with the guy!
You really upped the gears on this editing this time round! Those masking shots for the mobile phone swipes is just so good. I really appreciate that you talked about Shinkai’s flaws which is why was I unable to appreciate his earlier works; they were stunningly beautiful but lacked something that really touched my heart. ( Despite that Garden of Words is my favourite) The evolution throughout his flims really reflects him and I’m sure his storytelling can only improve from now on.
Man! This was brilliant! I’m not an expert on films, but this was a great storytelling and commentary. How you arrange the sequence of the scenes from different films according to the message that you wish to deliver on that moment was really beautiful. You’re amazing! Keep up the good work, I wish to see your development until the final form of your potential.
No shit I cried watching this analysis. My god, I love how you put your script in timing with the video playing. That cut when Taki didn't get Mitsuha's name. I love it!! More power on you and your buttery, magical voice!
Man I have been waiting for this video ever since I saw the first one
And it was worth the wait thank you joe 😊
Your reviews and in-depth analysis of animated works are always a delight.
One of the reasons I love animation is because of the unique sense of nostalgia they leave me with.
Your reviews, also leave a sense of nostalgia that I often can't find with other anime reviewers.
Thank you for your time in publishing the videos!
Your video was great, again!
Although it's a famous and easy movie, for myself I almost never go so in-depth thinking about a movie so I really appreciate that you've done this video!
Even if I had known all these things already, you analysis and interpretation is amazing and from a different or more in-depth perspective!
Keep going!
Thank you for your beautiful videos
TH-cam thank you for recommending me this. This is a beautifully constructed video, and though I may be late to the party, I want to become this professional and passionate in my videos. The editing is on point, so thank you.
Hopefully within a few years from now maybe I'll get there, but my love for shinkai's work and anime as a whole is keeping me grounded during my journey.
You are provably the best person in the world to host this series. I am always falling into each episode.
Thank you. Your words are my exact feeling on how I feel about watching Makoto Shinkai's films.
This video is a piece of art
I will always thank you for delivering this beautiful videos. You always give me the possibility to think and live again the emotions I felt watching my favorite movies and anime. Thanks you ❤️
'Your name' is truly a masterpiece, even if I already know the end it still fills me with so many emotions and wonder, and I'm really looking forward to Shinkai's new project!
Thank you for this beautiful video :)
Ayo the first 15 seconds of this is pure gold. Immediate nostalgia trip for anyone familiar with shinkai, coupled with the ambiant music fading into full fidelity. I applaud you good sir, now ima watch the whole thing.
Thank you for making this documentary💞
Love your work!
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