Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Bayan ya lashe babban kyautar, Shinkai ya fara tunanin abin da zai biyo baya yayin da yake ci gaba da aiki ga Falcom. A watan Yunin 2000, Shinkai ya sami wahayi don fara Muryoyin Tauraruwa mai Nisa ta hanyar zana hoton yarinya a cikin matukin jirgi tana riƙe da wayar hannu. Wani lokaci daga baya, 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 siyarwa. 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 Tauraruwa Mai Nisa ya biyo bayan minti 90 Wurin da Aka Yi Alkawari a Zamaninmu na Farko, wanda aka saki a duk ƙasar Japan a ranar 20 ga Nuwamba, 2004. An yaba da shi sosai, ya lashe kyaututtuka da yawa. Aikin na gaba na Shinkai shine 5 Centimeters a kowane dakika kuma an fara shi a ranar 3 ga Maris, 2007. Ya ƙunshi gajerun fina-finai guda uku: Cherry Blossom, Cosmonaut, da 5 Centimeters a kowace Na biyu. Jimlar lokacin gudu shine kimanin minti 63. A watan Satumbar 2007 babbar jaridar Nagano, Shinano Mainichi Shinbun, ta fitar da tallan TV wanda Shinkai ya shirya.  Tambaya: Me ya sa Shinkai ya fara yin magana da Tauraruwa mai nisa?
zana hoto na yarinya a cikin jirgin sama yana riƙe da wayar salula