A watan Yuni na 2000, Shinkai ya yi wahayi zuwa ga fara muryoyin wata tauraro mai nisa ta hanyar zana hoton wata yarinya a cikin matukin jirgi da ke riƙe da wayar salula. Bayan wani lokaci, Manga Zoo (a yau aikace-aikacen wayoyin hannu) ya tuntube shi, wanda ya ba shi damar yin aiki tare da shi, yana ba shi tallafi don juya ra'ayinsa zuwa anime da za su iya sayar da shi. A watan Mayu 2001, ya bar aikinsa a Falcom kuma ya fara aiki a kan Muryoyin. A cikin wata hira, Shinkai ya lura cewa samarwa ya ɗauki kimanin watanni bakwai na "ainihin aiki". Muryoyin Tauraruwar Tauraruwa ta biyo bayan minti 90 da aka yi alkawarinsa a farkon kwanakinmu, wanda aka saki a duk ƙasar Japan a ranar 20 ga Nuwamba, 2004. An yaba da shi sosai, ya ci nasara. Shinkai ya fara aikin 5 Centimeters a kowace tseren tseren tseren tseren tseren tseren tseren tseren tseren tseren tseren tseren tseren tseren tseren tseren tseren tseren tseren tseren tseren tseren tseren tseren tseren tseren ts
zana hoto na yarinya a cikin jirgin sama yana riƙe da wayar salula