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Anime Director Yamakan Says He Envies Makoto Shinkai's your name. Film

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Here we go—the biggest landmine title is out. Whatever people have to say about it, they all seem to be saying it's a mess. I went to see it. First of all, it was a work that made me envious for the first time in a long time. A work that made me think 'Ah, I want to try this!!' And, at least now, I don't have the self confidence to create even one cut from this film. That made me unhappy and angry. I'm being a sore loser. When I was watching Shinkai's Voices of a Distant Star for the first time (at that time I was still an up-and-coming director), I was thinking 'Wah, an amazing person did this! I wonder if I'll catch up?' as I watched it drooling with my mouth open. It's been about 15 years since then and rather than the difference between us shrinking, it has largely separated. It cannot be helped. The difference between ability. I have no choice but to make work within my own means. That is what I've decided; that is how it is now, too.

Yamakan founded animation studio Ordet. He worked as a director on the second season of Wake Up, Girls!.

your name. premiered on August 26 in Japan and announced in July that it received the rights to release the film in North America.

Shinkai published the original novel that inspired the film on June 18, ahead of the film's opening. The film stars topped music charts.

Source: Yutaka Yamamoto's Blog via Otakomu