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Your Name (2016)

Your Name poster
Original title
君の名は。
Directed by
Makoto Shinkai
Genre
fantasy film, romance film, coming-of-age film, time-travel film, Drama, Romance
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 47m
Rated
PG
Rating
8.5 of 10 from 12,696 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Two high school students, Taki and Mitsuha, start swapping bodies without warning. They must figure out how to navigate each other's lives and find a way to meet.

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What happens

Your Name (Japanese: 君の名は。, Hepburn: Kimi no Na wa; lit. 'Your Name is...') is a 2016 Japanese animated romantic fantasy film written and directed by Makoto Shinkai, produced by CoMix Wave Films, and distributed by Toho. The first installment of what critics deem Shinkai's "disaster trilogy"—followed by Weathering with You (2019) and Suzume (2022)—whose three entries share themes inspired by the frequency of natural disasters in Japan, it depicts the story of high school students Taki Tachibana and Mitsuha Miyamizu, who suddenly begin to swap bodies despite never having met, unleashing chaos onto each other's lives. The film features the voices of Ryunosuke Kamiki and Mone Kamishiraishi as Taki and Mitsuha respectively, with animation direction by Masashi Ando, character design by Masayoshi Tanaka, and its orchestral score and soundtrack composed by the rock band Radwimps. A light novel of the same name, also written by Shinkai, was published a month prior to its release. Your Name premièred at the 2016 Anime Expo in Los Angeles on July 3, 2016, and was theatrically released in Japan on August 26, 2016; it was released internationally by several distributors in 2017. The film received widespread critical acclaim for its story, animation, music, visuals, and emotional weight. Until it was surpassed by Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train in 2020, Your Name was the highest-grossing Japanese film of all time, grossing US$400 million worldwide following re-release, breaking numerous box office records and dethroning Spirited Away. It received several accolades, including Best Animated Feature at the 2016 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, the 49th Sitges Film Festival, and the 71st Mainichi Film Awards; it was also nominated for the Japan Academy Film Prize for Animation of the Year. A live-action remake is in development by Paramount Pictures and Bad Robot. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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