#Weathering with you and your name movie#

In both films a country boy moves to the big city and meets a mystery girl with special powers. The premise of Makoto Shinkai's captivating new anime, Weathering With You, plays out just a whisker away from the storyline of his 2017 smash hit Your Name, about a teenage boy and girl who switch bodies, time and place. It is my favourite animated film of the year so far.In writer/director Makoto Shinkai's latest animated feature, Hodaka (voiced by Kotaro Daigo, L) meets Hina (voiced by Nana Mori, R), a girl who can stop the rain. Still, I found Weathering With You to be another great Shinkai film, and is one I would highly suggest watching in theaters so you can see the gorgeous animation on the big screen. This did not ruin the experience but it was pretty noticeable by the film’s third act and ending. I remember sitting in the theater and thinking, this is just like Your Name! Speaking of Your Name, though, this is where I have a problem with Weathering With You because it follows a lot of the same story beats as Shinkai’s previous film. There are even appear a few Your Name cameos for fans of that film as well. The music is also great with the song “Grand Escape”, which played in the trailer, being particularly special. The implied nature of Suga’s arc in the third act made his role in the story work perfectly. The side characters of the film are also likeable and you understand where a lot of them are coming from.įor example, a man that Hodaka meets upon arriving in Tokyo, named Keisuke Suga (Shun Oguri), had an interesting motivation by the film’s third act that, while never outright stated, was heavily implied, making his involvement more interesting.

#Weathering with you and your name movie#

The movie is also pretty funny as well, with probably my favourite gag being the cat Rain’s constant judgmental looks. The animation of Weathering With You is fantastic and needs to be seen in theaters.Īs for the story itself, the romance of Hodaka and Hina being wrapped up in this supernatural plot provides numerous interesting and moral questions about climate change that I found to be quite compelling. The way the rain and sun look in this anime is just gorgeous, which serves to bring the audience into the story a lot more.

Shinkai is an absolute artist when it comes to animating his films and Weathering With You is no exception, having numerous jaw dropping shots of animation. The first thing I have to praise about Weathering With You is, of course, its incredible animation.

What follows is a moving romance between the pair as they work together to bring sunshine to the people of Tokyo. It is there that he meets Hina Amano (Nana Mori), a girl with the power to make the sun come out through prayer. The story follows Hodaka Morishima (Kotara Daigo), a high school student who runs away to live in Tokyo, which is experiencing an unusually long sequence of rainfall and storms. Mokoto Shinkai has done it again, delivering another great anime film with Weathering With You. While I did not feel as emotionally involved as I did when watching Your Name, I still cannot deny that Weathering With You is a mesmerizing film with amazing animation, relatable characters, and an intriguing story. After seeing Makoto Shinkai’s fantastic Your Name, I immediately bought a ticket to his next film Weathering With You, which I had the pleasure of watching last night.Īnd, yes, I said pleasure because Weathering With You is another great film from Shinkai.