Disaster trilogy

Directed by: Makoto Shinkai
Country: Japan

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Three separate stories follow young people in Japan who get caught up in supernatural events tied to natural disasters. Each film centers on a romance and a coming-of-age journey as the characters confront loss, make sacrifices, and find personal growth.

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What happens

The Disaster Trilogy (known as Makoto Shinkai's Disaster Trilogy) is a film trilogy consisting of three coming-of-age fantasy anime films, which are thematically-related to natural disasters set primarily in Japan, written and directed by Makoto Shinkai and produced with CoMix Wave Films: Your Name (Japanese: 君の名は。, Hepburn: Kimi no Na wa; lit. 'Your Name is...') (2016) Weathering with You (Japanese: 天気の子, Hepburn: Tenki no Ko; lit. 'Child of Weather') (2019) Suzume (Japanese: すずめの戸締まり, Hepburn: Suzume no Tojimari; lit. 'Suzume's Locking Up') (2022) Their central themes drew inspiration from the frequency of natural disasters in Japan, dealing with certain elements of love, personal growth, sacrifice, and the passage of time. Despite being referred to as a trilogy, due to the similar theme, director, and style, the characters in each film are different (with the exception of cameos), and Your Name and Weathering with You are set in the same universe, while Suzume is set differently. Furthermore, the first two of the trilogy were directly connected by Shinkai's 2013 opposite mid-length film The Garden of Words (言の葉の庭, Kotonoha no Niwa), which served as a precursor to the trilogy, via cameos of previous characters. The first film in the trilogy premiered at the 2016 Anime Expo in Los Angeles on 3 July 2016, and eventually released in Japan on 26 August 2016; the last two were theatrically released in Japan on 19 July 2019 and 7–11 November 2022, respectively. The Disaster Trilogy received widespread critical acclaim from critics and audiences, with particular praise for its story, animation, music, visuals, and emotional weight. The trilogy was a massive commercial success, with each film in it being among the fifteen highest-grossing Japanese animated feature films, and Your Name becoming the third highest-grossing film on the list. It also received numerous accolades, including two Crunchyroll Anime Awards for Film of the Year to Your Name and Suzume, and six Japan Academy Film Prizes, in addition of nominations to thirteen Annie Awards and one Golden Globe Award. All of the films were adapted to novel and manga. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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