Makoto Shinkai and His Cat (a micro-essay)

A one-minute video essay on the theme “Beginnings,” created as part of the Video Essay Library Discord community collab. This piece focuses on She and Her Cat, one of celebrated anime director Makoto Shinkai’s earliest films as director.

The full compilation can be viewed here. And the playlist with each creator’s individual videos can be found here.

Higher quality version on Vimeo.