Makoto Shinkai, Sunao Katabuchi, Naoko Yamada

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Shinkai
>Premiere screening in AX garnered a standing ovation
>Kimi no Na wa becomes a blockbuster hit
>Actually a well paced movie
>Technically impressive in visuals and huge upgrade from his past films
>Satisfying end and memorable protaginists
>Gets screened in many theaters worldwide.
>Blockbuster hit in Hong Kong
>Blockbuster hit in Korea
>9/10 rating from audience
>Becomes the contender for Oscar Nomination

Katabuchi
>Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni gets no hype
>Almost screening time and nobody gave a shit
>film releases in few theaters but gets good sales
>Increases theater screening to 100 and gets even more sales
>About to surpass Koe no Katachi's ticket sales
>Director wins awards

Yamada
>Pre-screening event in Japan got vocal KyoAni twitter fanbase say good things
>Upon proper screening it was just so-so
>Koe no Katachi gets the scraps of Kimi no Na wa audience
>Gets few more screens but fails to get anything and falls off into obscurity
>8.3/10 rating from the audience
>Lost all the meaning because of unrealistic and unnecessary drama
>Lots of disatisfied manga readers
>Pretentious ending
>Overdone faux-cinematography to make it seem "technical" when in fact it barely added anything to the movies narrative
>Said "cinematography" is actually nothing special and could be done easily in a properly budgeted TV anime
>Gets forgotten by people a few weeks after
>Director doesn't get any awards

So now that the dust has setttled. Are you happy with the result?

I sure am. I hope Yamada makes another movie so she could trip and get shit on again.