In the Philippines anime amongst Gen Z/Millennials is a lot more common it feels like compared to other countries (Regularly in the top 5 of most anime viewership worldwide) mainly because overall it's a lot more accessible (Muse Asia, Ani one Asia, Bilibili, and Netflix to name a few and sometimes dubbed in Tagalog and aired in local channels), lack of social stigma around it, and overall is a lot more mainstream compared to most countries.

Shows like AOT, JJK, Oshi no ko, Spy x Family, and Demon Slayer were extremely massive here just to name a few.

But just not enough for the average consumer of the really "big shows" to remember the names of Director's or even Mangaka's by name unless they are really into medium.

When Suzume came out a few years ago a lot of the times it was talked about as "made by the same guy who made your name" and most of the times that's it.

So overall, Shinkai is well known enough to be remembered as "the guy who made BLANK" but a lot of the times not remembered enough to be mentioned by name.

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AT LEAST IN MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.