PEOPLE / 1 WORK

Kazuko Nakayama

Also credited as 中山和子

TV 2020Smile Down the RunwayTouko Machida

anime · 2020

Smile Down the Runway

Dropped

PEOPLE / 1 WORK

Mariah Wilson

TV 2024X-Men '97Chase Conley

other · 2024

X-Men '97

Caught up

PEOPLE / 1 WORK

Sumi Mutou

Also credited as 武藤寿美

Videos 2002Voices of a Distant StarMakoto Shinkai

Watching this for the first time in 20 years I still really like it. The animation and CGI were a bit rough even back then, but the background work is incredible, it totally stands up to his later films which have the best in the business. The story of using 2002-era cell phones to email across space (and time) was anachronistic in 2002 but with time it's become really nostalgic. I think the story holds up well and echoes some themes that become common in his feature-length works. The big "huh" about this is the setting and war, watching this again it's clear to me this is someone who grew up on Macross and Gundam and a clear influence from Gunbuster and Evangelion. And honestly I'd love to see him take another crack at this.

anime · 2002

Voices of a Distant Star