Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Mushure mekukunda mubairo mukuru, Shinkai akatanga kufunga nezvekutevera-kumusoro paakaramba achishanda kuFalcom. Muna June 2000, Shinkai akafuridzirwa kuti atange Voices of a Distant Star nokudhirowa mufananidzo womusikana ari mukombi achibata runhare. Nguva yakati gare gare, akafonerwa neManga Zoo (nhasi iri smartphone app), iyo yakapa kuti ishande naye, ichimupa mari yekushandura pfungwa yake kuita anime yavaigona kutengesa. Muna May 2001, akasiya basa rake paFalcom ndokutanga kushanda paVoices. Mune imwe hurukuro, Shinkai akataura kuti kugadzirwa kwakatora mwedzi minomwe ye "basa chairo". Voices of a Distant Star yakateverwa nemaminetsi makumi mapfumbamwe Nzvimbo Yakapikirwa Mumazuva Edu Ekutanga, iyo yakaburitswa munyika yese muJapan munaNovember 20, 2004. Yakafarirwa navatsoropodzi, ichikunda kukudzwa kwakawanda. Chinangwa chinotevera chaShinkai chaiva 5 Centimeters per Second uye chakatanga kuratidzwa musi wa 3 Kurume 2007. Iine mafirimu mapfupi matatu: Cherry Blossom, Cosmonaut, uye 5 Centimeters per Second. Nguva yose yokumhanya inenge iri maminiti 63. MunaGunyana 2007 pepanhau rinotungamira reNagano, Shinano Mainichi Shinbun, rakaburitsa kushambadzira kweTV kwakaratidzwa naShinkai.  Mubvunzo: Chii chakafuridzira Shinkai kutanga kutaura inzwi reNyeredzi Iri Kure?
kudhirowa mufananidzo womusikana ari muimba yokutandarira akabata runhare