Fans flock to anime director Makoto Shinkai's Los Angeles artwork pop-up

A pop-up installation featuring materials from the complete works of Japanese animation filmmaker Makoto Shinkai drew fans to Los Angeles on Sunday.The event "Makoto Shinkai: A Journey from Voices of a Distant Star through Suzume" was the first exhibition featuring his films in the United States, according to Japanese anime company CoMix Wave Films Inc., one of the organizers.Over 300 pieces of artwork and materials from eight of Shinkai's films, spanning film proposal documents to storyboarding, were on display. Included was a panel with an illustration from the film Suzume, which visitors…READ FULL ARTICLE