Your Name.
君の名は。
2016JapanLanguage: jaDirected by Makoto Shinkai★ 8.5
Available in English: subtitled
High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.
Themes and style
Tone
melancholichopefulwhimsicalhauntingwarm
Pacing
escalatingdreamlikeslow build to explosion
Story
journeyreunionunravelingsurvival
Emotion
longingall-consuming loveloss of innocencefiguring out who you aregrief
Themes
family wounds passed downold ways vs. new worldfamily dutycaught between worlds
Feel
catharticemotionally wreckingrewatchablecrowd pleaserquietly haunting
Violence
mild