biography

Makoto Shinkai (新海 誠 Shinkai Makoto, born Makoto Niitsu (新津 誠 Niitsu Makoto); February 9, 1973) is a Japanese animator, filmmaker, and manga artist best known for directing Your Name, the highest-grossing anime film of all time at the time of release, and was listed by Variety as one of 10 animators to watch in 2016. Asteroid 55222 Makotoshinkai is named after him.

Life

A native of Nagano Prefecture, Shinkai studied Japanese literature at Chuo University, where he was a member of the juvenile literature club and drew picture books. He traces his passion for creation to the manga, anime and Novels he was exposed to in middle school. His favorite anime is Castle in the Sky by Hayao Miyazaki. Shinkai has been called "The New Miyazaki" in several reviews, including those by Anime Advocates and ActiveAnime—comparisons he calls an "overestimation".
He is married to retired actress and producer Chieko Misaka, star of films including Versus by Ryuhei Kitamura; they have a daughter, child actress Chise Niitsu (born 2010).

Career

After graduating from Chuo University in 1994, he got a job at Falcom, a video game company where he worked for 5 years making video clips for games and graphic design including web content. During this time he met musician Tenmon, who later scored many of his movies.

In 1999, Shinkai released She and Her Cat, a five-minute short piece done in monochrome. It won several awards, including the grand prize at the 12th DoGA CG Animation contest (2000). DoGA is an independent nonprofit company set up to encourage entry-level animators with software and advice.The short details the life of a cat, entirely from the cat's perspective, as it passes time with its owner, a young woman. 

After winning the grand prize, Shinkai began thinking about a follow-up while he continued working for Falcom. In June 2000, Shinkai was inspired to begin Voices of a Distant Star by drawing a picture of a girl in a cockpit grasping a cell phone. Some time later, he was contacted by Manga Zoo (today a smartphone app), which offered to work with him, giving him a grant to turn his idea into an anime they could sell. In May 2001, he quit his job at Falcom and began to work on Voices. In an interview, Shinkai noted that production took around seven months of "real work".
 
Voices of a Distant Star was followed by the 90-minute The Place Promised in Our Early Days, which was released nationwide in Japan on November 20, 2004. It was critically acclaimed, winning many honors.Shinkai's next project was 5 Centimeters per Second and premiered 3 March 2007. It consists of three short films: Cherry Blossom, Cosmonaut, and 5 Centimeters per Second.The total run time is about 63 minutes. In September 2007 Nagano's leading newspaper, Shinano Mainichi Shinbun, released a TV commercial animated by Shinkai. 

Shinkai spent 2008 in London, resting since the completion of 5 Centimeters per Second. He returned to Japan in 2009 to start work on his next project. He released two concept drawings for this film in December 2009. Shinkai noted that it would be his longest animation film to date and described the story as a "lively" animated film with adventure, action, and romance centered on a cheerful and spirited girl on a journey to say "farewell". In November 2010, he revealed that his next work would be titled Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below. A teaser trailer was released on November 9, and the film was released on May 7, 2011.
 
His next feature, The Garden of Words, was released on May 31, 2013.
In August 26, 2016, Shinkai released  Your Name. The film received critical acclaim, was praised for its animation and emotional impact, and was also a commercial success, becoming the Fourth-highest-grossing film of all time in Japan and, as of January 16, 2017, the Highest-grossing anime film of all time, overtaking Miyazaki's Spirited Away. In 2017, it was announced that he was working on a new project. It was then revealed to be a new film called Weathering with You and it released on July 19, 2019, in Japan.

 

persian cat

Persian cat

Persian Cat Classification

Kingdom: Animalia 

Phylum: Chordata 

Class: Mammals 

Order: Carnivore 

Family: Felidae 

Genus: Felis

Species: F. Investigation 

Upspesies: Catus (cat)

Characteristic of a persian cat

Characteristics of Persian Cat Heads 

The head of a persian cat is a distinctive sign that is easy to remember. Persian cat heads are usually round with a flat face. The head diameter is bigger compared to other types of cats coupled with a wide set of eyes and a sweet expression. Her cheeks are quite plump and round, if in our terms it is chubby. The nose is more unique because the Persian cat has a flat nose between the rounded head, then the ear is quite small, thin, slightly rounded and tends to move forward.

Characteristics of Persian Cat Feet

Persian cat legs are arguably quite short but strong because they are supported by a fairly large leg bone size. Forelegs and hind legs are straight and are accompanied by different leg feathers colors. You can also recognize the persistent kiro traits of the Himalayan type from their leg feathers, because this type has different leg feathers compared to other Persian types. 

Characteristics of Persian Cat Claws

If you want to identify whether the cat you want to buy is a Persian cat, you can check it on the Persian cat's claws. Persian cat claws are quite large, rather round and look sturdy. It is equipped with five fingers on the front legs and only four fingers on the back legs. The characteristics of the persian cat in this part of the claw you can note or simply save it in your memory before deciding to buy a persian cat.

Fur on Persian cats 

All cats have fur but the fur of a Persian cat is very charming. Persian cat hair is synonymous with the word long, thick and shiny. The fur becomes an elegant coat for Persian cats because it covers all parts of the body.

 Characteristics of Persian Cat Tails 

It might be a bit difficult to recognize the characteristics of a persian cat if we look at it from the tail but you can consider this if you are still unsure about choosing a cat. The tail of a Persian cat is indeed almost the same as other cats, but the tail is more straight and thick fur. For the length of the tail itself usually follows the proportion of body size, so maybe you will find a short tail in the puppies of Persian cats. Persian Cat Body Shape Persian cats have stocky builds with thick body hair. Most of the body parts are round so that it makes it like a doll. Most people are attracted to persian cats because of their almost complete form of feathers on sturdy body parts, persian cats will also like it if you pamper them by caring for their fur.

The color of a persian cat

Persian cat colors are divided into 8 types of colors, namely solid colors, silver and golds, shaded and smoke, tabbies, particolor, bicolor, and himalayan. 

1. Solid Colors

Persian cats with solid colors are cats that have one color for their body which are usually black, blue, red, white, beige, purple and brown. In this type of solid color cat there is no mixing of other colors, for example black, yes all black fur. But you can also find white Persian cats that have blue eyes, or copper or even one blue and the other copper eyes. 

2. Silvers and Golds 

You can also find silver and gold Persian cats in Chinchilla Persian cats, although many consider that Chinchillas are a separate cat breed, but there are some countries that consider this a special type of Persian cat. This type of cat has most of the silver and white color in the lower layer and black tipping evenly on the tail, body side and back, head and ears. Tipping is a term to indicate that only the tip of the fur is colored, or in a chinchilla cat one-eighth the length of the cat's fur is black on the outside. Golden Chinchillas are the rarest cats, with the characteristics of black tipping on the kream fur. The characteristics of Chinchilla persian cats can also be identified by their eyes that are different from other types of cats, eye color that can change green or blue-green with a black frame you can use to recognize this type of persian cat. 

3. Shaded & Smoke

In general, this type of cat's color is like a solid colored cat, but you will find something different when this cat has begun to move or the fur is separated because of the wind, you will see the other side that has a color like smoke / smoke, which is silvery white. Basically, almost 50 to 80% of these cat hairs are solid colors, namely blue, black, beige, red but the rest are silvery white. The characteristics of the type of Persian cat shaded & smoke can also be recognized by the color of his eyes, which is copper.

4. Tabbies 

The term tabby itself actually refers to the patterns / patterns that exist in Persian cat fur. Basically cat fur consists of white fur with dark spots, or with stripes, or with marble. So that three different persian cat signs appear as follows: a. Tabby Mackerel People usually consider this species to be similar to a tiger, where there are several lines whose orientation is 90 degrees on the spine and the whole body b. Tabby marble The pattern is wide lines curved over the body and different from the lines on the tabby mackerel which tend to be straight. c. Patched Tabby Maybe it's strange, the name, patched / patch in Persian cats is caused because there are spots on the cat's fur and it's evenly distributed throughout the body.

5. Himalayas 

The Himalayan persian cat is one of the most popular persian cats. This type of cat has a color called the color point. Cats that have this type of color point are usually a combination / interbreeding between Persian cats and Siamese cats. Color point itself is actually a condition in which certain parts of the body are black while others are white. The black color is usually on the tail, legs, ears and face.