Yes, that's right. Today is Global Shinkai Day 2009!! We celebrate this day to honour the highly acclaimed director of ほしのこえ (Voices of a Distant Star), 雲のむこう、約束の場所 (The Place Promised in Our Early Days), and 秒速5センチメートル (5 Centimeters Per Second). He's also credited as the director of trailers for minori (ef, wind).

This guy's a genius! I've got all his major animated works (the big three up there), and I suggest that you check them out! If you haven't yet, Crunchyrollis joining in the festivities and is showing the three movies all day tomorrow, so you can catch them there.

Anyways, Happy Shinkai day to all!