Arata Kanoh

Kanoh has written numerous novels throughout his career, many of which are book adaptations of Shinkai movies^[1][2] such as:

• Your Name. Another Side:Earthbound (ISBN 978-4-0410-4659-3)
• The Garden of Words (ISBN 978-4-0473-4789-2)
• 5 Centimeters per Second: one more side (ISBN 978-4-0472-7307-8)
• The Place Promised in Our Early Days (ISBN 978-4-7577-2588-1)

He was also a screenplay assistant for the award-winning anime Your Name.^[3]