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◎Behind-the-scenes production

is the latest masterpiece "The Garden of Words" by Makoto Shinkai, a cutting-edge Japanese animation director who has directed "The Other Side of the Cloud, The Promised Place", "5 Centimeters Per Second" and "Children Chasing the Stars" after two years. Public teaser trailer. Unlike the previous focus on depicting the delicate emotions of adolescents, Makoto Shinkai will try to tell a pure love story for the first time in the new work.

The title of the work "The Garden of Words" is literally translated as "The Garden of Words". Supervisor Shinkai Makoto explained:

The story comes from the Chinese character "Lonely Sadness" in "Manyoshu" to express love. The seiyuu of the male and female protagonists are Irino freedom and Hanazawa coriander. Irino Yuri once dubbed Hakuryu in Hayao Miyazaki's animation masterpiece "Spirited Away", and later appeared in "April 1st Paranormal Event Book", "Akid of the Fall of the Country", "We Still Don't Know Where That Day Was". "The Name of the Flower I See" and many other animations and theatrical versions, this is also his second collaboration with Director Shinkai after "Children Chasing the Stars", and the heroine's voice actress Hanazawa Coriander is "The Story". , "Blue Exorcist" and famous in the seiyuu world. The theme song invited the all-round singer-songwriter Qin Jibo to re-interpret the famous song "Rain" by Dajiang Qianli.

It is worth mentioning that the soundtrack of "The Garden of Words" is not Tianmen, who has cooperated with it since its debut "Voice of the Stars", but the musician Bai Daisuke. In this regard, Makoto Shinkai revealed that the work "The Garden of Words" was born precisely because he listened to Daisuke Bai's music album during the production. Daisuke Bai's piano performance is very consistent with the scenery in the rain depicted by Makoto Shinkai, and some of the movie storyboards are also drawn along with Daisuke Bai's music, so they are the best choice for this soundtrack. At the end of this trailer, you can feel the raindrops and the piano keys in perfect harmony.

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The Garden of Words quotes

  • Takao Akizuki: I realize now, I was learning how to walk as well. I haven't mastered the steps, I fall too. But I'm on my path, MY path, and one day that path, will take me to her.

  • Takao Akizuki: To me she represents nothing less than the very secrets of the world.