Image source: Press release — via Anime News Network
Crunchyroll began streaming a video message from Makoto Shinkai for his Indian fans on December 6. In the video, Shinkai had stated that he is working on a new work. Shinkai added thatby the time the work is completed and "opens," he hopes to visit India again.
Crunchyroll added several Makoto Shinkai films in India in December 2025. It added the following films with Hindi dubs as well as with Japanese audio and English subtitles:
The service also added (without Hindi dubs):
Shinkai's Suzume (Suzume no Tojimari) film opened in Japan at #1 in November 2022 and sold 1.33 million tickets to earn 1.88 billion yen (about US$13.49 million) in its first three days. The film opened in Indian theaters in Hindi and in Japanese with English subtitles inApril 21, 2023. PVR Inox hosted early preview screenings of the film in Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida, and Bangalore on April 9, 2023. It hosted a second round of early fanscreenings for the film in Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, and Kolkata on April 16, 2023.
PVR Inox hosted a meet and greet with Makoto Shinkai in Mumbai preceding the film's premiere. The company gave away signed copies of the film's novel to select attendees at the event. Shinkai also attended the premiere event itself and participated in a Q&A session with attendees on April 20, 2023.
The film also screened in over 100 locationsas part of the Makoto Shinkai Film Festival. The film crossed ₹10,00,00,000 (approximately US$1,210,393) at the Indian box office before its February 2024 rerelease.
Weathering With You was the first anime film to commercially release in theaters across India.
The Japan Foundation's Japanese Film Festival India (JFF) event has screened The Garden of Words, 5 Centimeters Per Second, your name., The Place Promised in OurEarly Days, and Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below in the past.
5Centimeters Per Second got a live-action film adaptation that opened in Japan on October10.