Makoto Shinkai
This trend has continued since the 2000s, Makoto Shinkai, produced personally "Voices of a Distant Star", said, "I watched "Macross Plus" and "" by frame and referred to the mechanical action." Moreover, as a fan of Itano, , an animator, showed similar works in "Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi"(ep. 3), "Gurren Lagann"(ep. 14), and "Space Dandy"(ep. 23).