Crunchyroll is bringing five major Makoto Shinkai works to its Indonesian streaming catalog beginning September 22, 2026. The lineup includes The Garden of Words, Children Who Chase Lost Voices, 5 Centimeters per Second, The Place Promised in Our Early Days and Voices of a Distant Star.
All five will be available with Indonesian subtitles. Together, the selection spans Shinkai's work from 2002 through 2013, years before films including Your Name., Weathering with You and Suzume expanded his global profile.
Quick Summary
- Announcement: five Makoto Shinkai films are joining Crunchyroll Indonesia
- Announcement date: September 21, 2026
- Available from: September 22, 2026
- Announced territory: Indonesia
- Platform: Crunchyroll
- Status: exclusive to Crunchyroll Indonesia according to the press release
- Subtitles: Indonesian
- Number of films: 5
- Director: Makoto Shinkai
- Film: The Garden of Words
- Year: 2013
- Film: Children Who Chase Lost Voices
- Year: 2011
- Film: 5 Centimeters per Second
- Year: 2007
- Film: The Place Promised in Our Early Days
- Year: 2004
- Film: Voices of a Distant Star
- Year: 2002
- Work span: 2002–2013
- Theme highlighted by Crunchyroll: fate
- Theme: love
- Theme: connection
- Theme: time
- Collection focus: Shinkai's early and mid-career works
- Crunchyroll Indonesia catalog: more than 650 anime titles
- Titles with Indonesian subtitles: nearly 400
- Subscription price starts at: Rp39,000 per month
- Mega Fan: Rp49,000 per month
- Mega Fan: streaming on up to four devices
- Mega Fan: offline downloads
- Mega Fan: access to 80 exclusive Game Vault titles
- Collection end date: not stated in the press release
The Garden of Words Brings Takao and Yukino Together
The Garden of Words is the newest film in this five-title collection. The 2013 story follows Takao, a student who dreams of making shoes, and Yukino, an older woman he encounters in a Japanese garden on rainy mornings.
Their meetings develop without a formal promise but remain tied to rain and the same quiet garden. The film is one of the clearest examples of Shinkai using weather, environment, emotional distance and time as essential parts of a relationship.
Children Who Chase Lost Voices Opens the Road to Agartha
2011's Children Who Chase Lost Voices expands the scale into a larger fantasy adventure. It follows Asuna after a mysterious sound from her crystal radio leads to events connected with the underground world of Agartha.
Compared with some of Shinkai's more intimate dramas, the film combines adventure, fantasy, grief and a journey through an unfamiliar world. Yet separation and the desire to see someone again remain at the heart of the story.
5 Centimeters per Second Follows a Distance That Keeps Growing
Released in 2007, 5 Centimeters per Second follows Takaki Tono through several periods of his life. His bond with Akari Shinohara becomes the emotional center as relocation, time and everyday life gradually widen the distance between them.
The film is structured as three interconnected stories and remains one of Shinkai's works most closely associated with physical and emotional distance. Its title itself evokes the image of cherry blossoms falling at roughly five centimeters per second.
The Place Promised in Our Early Days Combines a Promise With Science Fiction
The Place Promised in Our Early Days is set in an alternate Japan divided after the war. Hiroki and Takuya become fascinated by a giant tower in Hokkaido and build an aircraft while promising Sayuri that they will one day reach it together.
When Sayuri disappears and is later revealed to be trapped in a mysterious condition, their youthful promise becomes connected to a much larger conflict. The 2004 film combines a deeply personal relationship with an alternate world, technology and the consequences of an unfulfilled promise.
Voices of a Distant Star Returns to Shinkai's Early Career
The earliest title in the collection is 2002's Voices of a Distant Star. It follows Mikako Nagamine and Noboru Terao as they try to maintain their connection after Mikako leaves Earth and travels progressively farther into space.
Communication becomes increasingly difficult as interstellar distance causes messages to take longer to arrive. In compact form, the work already contains ideas that would continue throughout Shinkai's filmography: distance, technology, time, longing and two people trying to remain connected.
Five Films Trace Shinkai Before the Your Name. Era
The five titles span more than a decade, beginning with Voices of a Distant Star in 2002 and ending with The Garden of Words in 2013.
There is a clear evolution in scale and storytelling. Voices of a Distant Star uses science fiction to magnify human distance, The Place Promised in Our Early Days expands into an alternate world, while 5 Centimeters per Second returns to something much closer to ordinary life.
Children Who Chase Lost Voices moves into fantasy adventure before The Garden of Words narrows its setting around a relationship that develops in one garden during the rainy season.
Despite those differences, Crunchyroll highlights fate, love, connection and time as recurring themes across the selection.
Crunchyroll Expands Its Indonesian-Subtitled Anime Catalog
Alongside the five-film announcement, Crunchyroll says its Indonesian service currently offers more than 650 anime titles.
Nearly 400 titles have Indonesian subtitles, making the Shinkai collection part of a wider effort to make its catalog more accessible to Indonesian viewers.
The September 21 press release lists subscription pricing from Rp39,000 per month. The Mega Fan plan at Rp49,000 per month includes streaming on up to four devices, offline downloads and access to 80 exclusive Game Vault titles.
Why This Matters
1) The lineup covers more than a decade of Makoto Shinkai's development
The collection begins with a 2002 work and ends with a 2013 film, creating a straightforward route through an important period in his creative development.
2) Every film is being offered with Indonesian subtitles
Local accessibility is central to the announcement, especially for viewers who previously had limited ways to watch these titles with Indonesian localization.
3) The selection goes beyond Shinkai's most mainstream hits
Rather than focusing on Your Name., Weathering with You or Suzume, the collection highlights earlier works that helped establish his filmmaking identity.
4) Familiar Shinkai themes are already visible from the beginning
Distance, communication, time, loss and the desire to remain connected are present even in Voices of a Distant Star.
Streaming and Film Information
For now, the additional important information currently known includes:
- all five films become available on September 22, 2026
- the announcement specifically applies to viewers in Indonesia
- all five include Indonesian subtitles
- the press release describes the collection as exclusive to Crunchyroll
- no end date for availability is stated
- no rotation or removal schedule has been announced
- The Garden of Words is a 2013 film
- Children Who Chase Lost Voices is a 2011 film
- 5 Centimeters per Second is a 2007 work
- The Place Promised in Our Early Days is a 2004 film
- Voices of a Distant Star dates to 2002
- all five were directed by Makoto Shinkai
- the selection spans romance, coming-of-age, fantasy and science fiction
- Crunchyroll highlights fate, love, connection and time across the films
- Crunchyroll Indonesia has more than 650 anime titles according to the press release
- nearly 400 have Indonesian subtitles
- subscription pricing is listed from Rp39,000 per month
- Mega Fan is listed at Rp49,000 per month
- Mega Fan supports up to four devices
- Mega Fan includes offline downloads
- Mega Fan also gives access to 80 exclusive Game Vault titles
- those prices and benefits reflect the September 21, 2026 press release and may change later
- the main streaming service is available through Crunchyroll Indonesia
- the official video is available through The Garden of Words Official Trailer
- the official video is available through Children Who Chase Lost Voices Official Trailer
- the official video is available through 5 Centimeters per Second Official Trailer
- the official video is available through The Place Promised in Our Early Days Official Trailer
- the official video is available through Voices of a Distant Star Official Trailer
Closing
The September 22 rollout gives Indonesian viewers a collection stretching from Shinkai's early work in 2002 through The Garden of Words in 2013. Indonesian subtitles are also a central part of the release.
Crunchyroll has not stated an end date for the collection in the press release. For now, all five works are announced as part of Crunchyroll Indonesia's exclusive catalog beginning September 22, 2026.
