Well, do I have anything to mention? All you need is just view the trailer.

http://5cm.yahoo.co.jp/

View Streaming Trailer:
Click "100k" "500k" "1.5M" link in the middle of the page.

Download HD Quality Trailer:
Right click on "8M�i1280�~720�j" link and save it. (24.3MB)

I recommend you to get HD version.
Its premiere is scheduled in early 2007. I'll post information about its story in the next time.

And, I translated his statement below.
(Source: http://5cm.yahoo.co.jp/director/index.html)

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"Byousoku 5 Centimeters (Speed of 5 Centimeters per Second)" is the serial short animations consisting of independent three works, which story is depicted with a boy at the core. Its story is set on Japan from the first half of the 1990s to now. Its place moves around Tokyo and some other countryside along with the boy's life.

The imaginary elements, like Sci-Fi or fantasy often shown in many other animations, do not appear in this work. Alternatively, we did thorough location hunting, and are trying to scoop this present real world up by the style of animation.

Our daily life rarely includes eventful dramas, dramatic treachery or sudden revelations. Nevertheless, after all the world is filled with flavor and beauty here and there, and it is worth to live.

We try to depict such an aspect of real life by this film, and to make your familiar landscapes more shining than usual after finished viewing. We aim to make such works which cuddles up to your daily life.

-Makoto Shinkai

Mr Shinkai updated his recent history on his website. I translated that roughly below.

Source (Japanese):
http://www2.odn.ne.jp/~ccs50140/colum.html

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As I notified on top page, the official site of my new works I'm working on will be opened on July 10. Although we still need more time to the film's release, I'm in a little relief now because I can show you batch of information. Together with the official site, we'll release a special preview, which will be the first trailer. I'm happy if you watch it. I'll notify the official site's URL on the opening day. We'll keep on doing our best in making the new works.

I've recently read an interesting book, Andrew Parker's "In the Blink of an Eye: How Vision Sparked the Big Bang of Evolution." The book is full of excitement, and it invites me to feel like making a colorful animation related to Cambrian period.

-Makoto Shinkai

I changed e-mail address to avoid getting huge number of spams.

http://daike.hp.infoseek.co.jp/E-Mail_to_Me.html

The new address is already working. My old address (daike @ anet.ne.jp)
will be closed very soon.

CoMix Wave says they will release new short anime Hoshizora Kiseki (Starlight Sky Miracle) directed by Mr Toshikazu Matsubara and Mr Akio Watanabe.

Official Website (Japanese):
http://www.cwfilms.jp/hoshizora/index.htm
Trailer:
http://www.cwfilms.jp/movie.htm#kiseki

You can view Special Preview and the completed film itself in Yahoo! Streaming by the following schedule.

Schedule:
Special Preview: From June 21 (Free)
Hoshizora Kiseki: From July 10 (Free: limited showing for 2 weeks)
URL: http://streaming.yahoo.co.jp/
Japanese DVD Release: August 3, 2006
(Note: Japan Standard Time is UTC+9:00)

Story:
Kozue is a member of astronomical club. She set off a solo travel for star watching in a summer vacation. She has felt a mysterious feeling that someone was calling her, and a piece of brilliant meteorite fragment was encouraging her to the journey.
She met a boy with lonely eyes at an star viewing house. She was attracted to him, but his "innate mission" completely separated them....

I uploaded overview of the latest episode of The Place Promised in Our Early Days manga version, which was released in July issue of Afternoon (May 25, 2006 release).

http://daike.hp.infoseek.co.jp/Kumo_Manga_Overview.html

Afternoon Official Website (Japanese):
http://www.afternoon.co.jp/top/

I uploaded overview of the latest episode of The Place Promised in Our Early Days manga version, which was released in June issue of Afternoon (April 25, 2006 release).
Sorry for my late update.

http://daike.hp.infoseek.co.jp/Kumo_Manga_Overview.html

Afternoon Official Website (Japanese):
http://www.afternoon.co.jp/top/

Mr. Shinkai updated his recent history in his website on May 19th. I translated that roughly below.

Source (Japanese):
http://www2.odn.ne.jp/~ccs50140/colum.html

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Sorry I ignored to update my recent report. I'm keeping on making new works as ever. Though I can't inform details of the works yet, I hope you wait it with patience. Making the works is kinda tough, but, for myself, it is the most enjoyable I ever did.

I went to location huntings in this season last year. I don't get out so often now. My way to relax, even it is very few, is watching movie at Kabukicho once in a while or impulse DVD buying. The recent "super-hit" among our staffs is an animation The World of GOLDEN EGGS. It is a gag animation made of toon-shaded 3DCG, each and every parts are funny and skillful. I guess many people already knows about it, but I say, watch it if you are interested in.
(Note: Kabukicho is name of popular amusement area in Shinjuku, Tokyo)

As usual, the picture is my cat Sayuri.
http://www2.odn.ne.jp/~ccs50140/images/sayuri0519b.jpg

She is a little overweight because of getting foods little by little when staffs are having meals.
http://www2.odn.ne.jp/~ccs50140/images/sayuri0519a.jpg

She needs diet.

-Makoto Shinkai

Sci-Fi-London says they scheduled screening of The Place Promised in Our Early Days in 'Anime All-nighter.' It is UK-premiere of the film.

Sci-Fi-London Official Website (English):
http://www.sci-fi-london.com/
http://www.sci-fi-london.com/2006web/movies/animeallnight.htm

And, Tokyopop will release Voices of a Distant Star manga vesrion on August 8th, 2006.

Information from Tokyopop in PDF (English):
http://www.perseusbookspromos.com/docs/Hoshi%20no%20Koe%20-The%20voice%20of%20a%20distant%20star.pdf
Another information:
http://www.rightstuf.com/1-800-338-6827/catalogmgr/U1NyZqa=NOFljYSF-C/browse/item/69699/4/0/0

(Thanks for info, Dom!)

I uploaded overview of the latest episode of The Place Promised in Our Early Days manga version, which was released in May issue of Afternoon (March 25, 2006 release).

http://daike.hp.infoseek.co.jp/Kumo_Manga_Overview.html

Afternoon Official Website (Japanese):
http://www.afternoon.co.jp/top/