The creative process is pretty darn unpredictable. That being said, if it’s your career, you’re often expected to put out content with some regularity. You have some filmmakers who can put out a movie a year and others who put out one every few years. It really depends on the medium, the process, and how deeply involved the filmmakers are in each step of the process.

In the world of animation, there are few who have attained auteur-like status, but one such person is Makoto Shinkai. The filmmaker made their start with handcrafted films with out-there premises such as Voices of a Distant Star. In the nearly two decades since, he’s managed to improve his storytelling craft and release Your Name and the more recent Weathering With You. 

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But when can we expect his next movie?

One Redditor was at a screening of the film in Paris, and one of the questions revolved around that very thing. Here’s what the Redditor said.

“I was at the premiere of Tenki no ko (Weathering With You) yesterday in Paris. Makoto Shinkai answered some questions and he said it felt like a deja-vu since he came to Paris in the same theatre 3 years ago for Your Name. He then said he should be there 3 years later as well since his next project should be around that time again. He’s actually planning to make a movie each 3 years.”

So, what does this mean? Does Shinkai actually know what he’s working on? Is he already working on it? Or does he have his creative process down to a science to the point that he already knows about how long it’ll take?

Regardless, we’re excited, as some of us here at the site are big fans of his work. In fact, if all goes well, we’ll have an interesting interview in the future that some of you anime fans will enjoy in regards to Weathering With You.

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SOURCE: Reddit