I think "Weathering With You" surpassed "Your Name" with 1.6 billion in its first week. It is negative that Makoto Shinkai can replace Hayao Miyazaki.

If "Weathering With You" can maintain such a strong gold-mining ability throughout the entire release cycle, then I think it will surpass "Spirited Away" in the foreseeable future

This is a matter of course - 250.3 times 1.3 equals a box office of 32.539 billion.

Then the question is, can Makoto really take over the mantle of "No. 1 in Japanese comics" that Mr. Hayao Miyazaki has always carried?

In fact, this issue has become a hot topic among many anime fans in the past many years, including Mamoru Hosoda, Satoshi Kon, and Masaaki Yuasa, all of whom have been brought up for comparison. Pass.

With the record-breaking box office performance of "Your Name" in 2016, it even surpassed Hayao Miyazaki in the global box office (now including the Chinese box office, "Spirited Away"

Second the number one spot again), Brother Cheng’s voice is getting louder and louder.

Can Makoto Shinkai really compare to Hayao Miyazaki?

In my opinion, the answer to this question is absolutely no!

It’s not that Cheng’s animations aren’t good enough, nor that his animations aren’t refreshing or memorable enough.

Xin Haicheng can bring us a perfect presentation of the above series of features.

But unfortunately, it is not enough to rely solely on the above criteria to determine whether a work can become a god and whether it can be immortalized in film history for thousands of years.

We must give the work a broader universal value and a deeper humanistic concern---to put it bluntly, Makoto Shinkai, who focuses closely on the young love between men and women and the protagonist's pursuit of dreams, is It is unlikely to surpass Hayao Miyazaki.

After all, even though "Kiki's Delivery Service" is a seemingly relaxed and everyday animation,

Miyazaki Hayao also put a story in the growth experience of the heroine Kiki that is enough to be called "Kiki's Delivery Service". A world-view system that people are amazed by - a value system based on "modern market transactions", a view on friendship, and a view on life.

Is this something others can learn from? Sorry, at least I couldn't see it in Mamoru Hosoda, Masaaki Yuasa, or Makoto Shinkai.

So in the end it’s the old saying: Although Xin Haicheng is good, your uncle will always be your uncle!