Makoto Shinkai was never the same filmmaker after the 2011 earthquake struck Japan.When the tsunami and quake ravaged the Tōhoku region of northern Japan and prompted a nuclear meltdown, Shinkai, a now 50-year-old director and animator of some of the most popular anime features in the world, could feel his sense of storytelling crumbling.
Source: The anime hit ‘Suzume’ and Shinkai’s cinema of cataclysm | AP News