Makoto Shinkai
At the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, "", directed by Mamoru Oshii, was in competition for the Palme d'Or and in 2006, at the 78th Academy Awards, "Howl's Moving Castle", another Studio Ghibli-produced film directed by Hayao Miyazaki, was nominated for Best Animated Feature. "5 Centimeters Per Second", directed by Makoto Shinkai, won the inaugural Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Animated Feature Film in 2007, and so far, anime films have been nominated for the award every year.