Though I knew that Makoto Shinkai had directed the openings of the ef games by minori, but I had thought that he didn't work on the Ef: A Tale of Memories anime series at all.

Turns out, my research for the last post had me stumbling on IMDB crediting Shinkai for directing the openings of the series, and has him listed under "Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director". Is this actually true? The style is very different from his usual work, though I do think it fits better with the series than what I tend to think of as his "signature" style.

I've watched the series and thought it was worth watching. One day, I need to put up a post (or posts) with my thoughts on the anime I've watched this past season.

UPDATE: Looks like this isn't true, as of hashi's check on several sources (including the credits from the series itself) in the comments. I'm currently submitting updates to IMDB to get Shinkai's name removed from the credits1.

Thank you, hashi!

UPDATE - October 28, 2008: I had put in change requests to IMDB after hashi confirmed that Shinkai wasn't mentioned anywhere in the credits for the show. IMDB had since removed Shinkai's name from the credits of this series.

1. 1. And how annoying this process is, since Shinkai's name was credited on IMDB for each individual episode instead of the series as a whole, so I have to put a separate request for each episode. And each request consists of going to the episode, pressing an update button, selecting Second Unit Directors or Assistant Directors, selecting "Delete" from the drop down next to Shinkai's name, entering the explanation, finishing it, and confirming the submission. Each step is a separate page with "Continue" or "Finish" button that you have to press to move to the next step...