HAPIVERI Magazine

Makoto Shinkai's Visual Aesthetics: Emotional Landscapes in Light and Shadow

Makoto Shinkai's Visual Aesthetics: Emotional L...

Director Makoto Shinkai is known for breathtakingly beautiful landscapes and meticulously detailed background art. In his films, natural elements such as light, shadow, water, and sky sensitively express the story's...

Makoto Shinkai's Visual Aesthetics: Emotional L...

Director Makoto Shinkai is known for breathtakingly beautiful landscapes and meticulously detailed background art. In his films, natural elements such as light, shadow, water, and sky sensitively express the story's...

Lessons from Your Name: Bringing Time and Emotion into Animated Video Production

Lessons from Your Name: Bringing Time and Emoti...

Released in 2016, Your Name is one of director Makoto Shinkai's defining works and a huge hit that left its mark on Japanese animation history. It tells the love story...

Lessons from Your Name: Bringing Time and Emoti...

Released in 2016, Your Name is one of director Makoto Shinkai's defining works and a huge hit that left its mark on Japanese animation history. It tells the love story...

The Journey of Seijun Suzuki, Japanese Cinema's Maverick

The Journey of Seijun Suzuki, Japanese Cinema's...

Born in Nihonbashi, Tokyo in 1923, the 12th year of the Taisho era, Seijun Suzuki showed artistic talent from childhood. His family ran a toy wholesale business, and he grew...

The Journey of Seijun Suzuki, Japanese Cinema's...

Born in Nihonbashi, Tokyo in 1923, the 12th year of the Taisho era, Seijun Suzuki showed artistic talent from childhood. His family ran a toy wholesale business, and he grew...

The Fusion of Originality and Precision: Exploring Juzo Itami's Directing Techniques

The Fusion of Originality and Precision: Explor...

The defining feature of Juzo Itami's directing style is meticulous depiction based on thorough research. From the process of making ramen in Tampopo to tax-investigation procedures in A Taxing Woman...

The Fusion of Originality and Precision: Explor...

The defining feature of Juzo Itami's directing style is meticulous depiction based on thorough research. From the process of making ramen in Tampopo to tax-investigation procedures in A Taxing Woman...

Learning from Miwa Nishikawa’s The Long Excuse: Applying Loss and Renewal to Video Production

Learning from Miwa Nishikawa’s The Long Excuse:...

Released in 2016, The Long Excuse is a film directed by Miwa Nishikawa and adapted from her own novel. It tells a moving story of human loss and the renewal...

Learning from Miwa Nishikawa’s The Long Excuse:...

Released in 2016, The Long Excuse is a film directed by Miwa Nishikawa and adapted from her own novel. It tells a moving story of human loss and the renewal...

Miwa Nishikawa: Stories and Visual Aesthetics That Explore Human Nature

Miwa Nishikawa: Stories and Visual Aesthetics T...

Miwa Nishikawa is a director and screenwriter known in contemporary Japanese cinema for her sharp eye and deep understanding of people. Born in Hiroshima Prefecture in 1974, she entered the...

Miwa Nishikawa: Stories and Visual Aesthetics T...

Miwa Nishikawa is a director and screenwriter known in contemporary Japanese cinema for her sharp eye and deep understanding of people. Born in Hiroshima Prefecture in 1974, she entered the...