Editor's Note: This is a repost of Rafael Motamayor's 2019 TIFF review of the film, which is now available on Blu-ray & DVD from GKIDS and Shout! Factory, and will be released in a Collector's Edition this November. Though he’s been making acclaimed movies for years, it was not until Your Name. became the highest-grossing anime film ever in Japan and a global sensation that people started eagerly anticipating Makoto Shinkai’s next feature, Weathering With You. The result is a beautifully animated film about love, growing up, and human’s emotional connection to …

Shinkai's newest film once again showcases the turbulence of youth in a beautiful setting.

Weathering with You, the newest release from Your Name director Makoto Shinkai and producer Genki Kawamura, held its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, where Rafael Motamayor called it "a beautiful film with breathtaking animation, a story and soundtrack that will make you cry oceans, and a cast of wonderful and charming characters" in his review. Now, you can get a glimpse at the acclaimed film courtesy of the first clip from the English-language release, courtesy of GKIDS. It offers the perfect tease that showcases exactly what Rafael highlighted in his praise for the film. Check …

Your Name writer-director Makoto Shinkai and producer Genki Kawamura are hoping that lightning strikes twice. The worldwide sensation that was their 2016 anime feature quickly rose up the ranks of the Best Films Ever Made even as it climbed the box office charts. Now, their follow-up feature and Japan's top-grossing film of the year, Weathering with You, is headed to Western shores in early 2020. A new trailer from GKIDS is here to celebrate that. Weathering with You is a love story between an isolated village boy who ran away to Tokyo in hopes of a …

Though he’s been making acclaimed movies for years, it was not until Your Name. became the highest-grossing anime film ever in Japan and a global sensation that people started eagerly anticipating Makoto Shinkai’s next feature, Weathering With You. The result is a beautifully animated film about love, growing up, and human’s emotional connection to the weather, but also a film that uses climate change as a mere plot device while ignoring the very real threat of the climate crisis that feels somewhat wrong to do in 2019 - especially when the teen target audience takes the subject …