Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With 2016’s “Your Name,” Shinkai’s body-swapping anime breakthrough, he tapped into a special teen rite of passage/romance ...

This week’s Oscar nominations boosted contenders “1917” (Universal) and “Parasite” (Neon) to further box-office gains. Other nominees saw little impact, from “Bombshell” (Lionsgate) to the second week ...

Shinkai was treated like a rock star at last weekend's Animation Is Film Festival. He discussed his climate change romantic fantasy, which he compares to "Joker." With 2016’s “Your Name,” Shinkai’s ...