君の名は。- your name.

[Shradow]

[spoiler=Trailer text/dialogue translated]Boy: On that day... That day when stars fell from the sky... It was almost like...
Girl: It was almost like a dream.
Both: It was beautiful.
Text: Japan prepares for the arrival of a meteor once in a thousand years.
Text: A high school boy who lives in the heart of the city - Taki
Taki: After school? Sorry, I have my part-time job after this.
Text: A girl who dreams of Tokyo - Mitsuha
Mitsuha: I am so sick of the boonies. I am so sick of this kind of life. Please make me a hot boy from Tokyo in my next life!
Taki: Where am I?
Mitsuha: Come to think of it, it kind of feels like I was having a weird dream this whole time. A dream of someone else's life...?
Text on Arm: Don't get a big head!
Text: The meeting of two people who will never meet
Mitsuha: Ah!
Taki: Wha-!?
Mitsuha: This is... Is this...!?
Taki: Are we switching places...
Both: Inside our dreams!?
Text: A miraculous story has begun to move
Mitsuha: There is one certain thing: We'll know as soon as we see each other.
Text in notebook: Who are you?
Text on hand: I found...
Taki: I had been thinking to tell you that wherever you are in the world, I'm going to go and see you no matter what!
Mitsuha: Who... are you?
Taki: Just who... are you?
Both: What's your name?

 

 

The "story of miracles and love" revolves around Mitsuha and Taki. Mitsuha is a female high school student who lives in a rural town nestled deep in the mountains. Her father is the mayor and isn't at home much, and she lives with her elementary school-aged little sister and her grandmother. Mitsuha has an honest personality, but she doesn't like the customs of her family's Shinto shrine, nor does she like her father participating in an election campaign. She laments that she lives in a confined rural town, and yearns for the wonderful lifestyle of living in Tokyo. Taki is a male high school student who lives in central Tokyo. He spends time with his friends, works part-time at an Italian restaurant, and is interested in architecture and fine arts. One day, Mitsuha has a dream where she is a young man. Taki also has a dream where he is a female high school student in a town in the mountains that he has never been to. What is the secret to their dreams of personal experience?

 

From director Shinkai Makoto (The Garden of Words, Children Who Chase Lost Voices, The Place Promised in Our Early Days) comes a new film this August. I've never seen any of his movies before but I definitely want to see this one, and I'll have to check out what else he's done as well.

[Cosmo.]

After seeing the Garden of Words, i must see this one. I loved that movie so much, it's so poetic and beautiful

[Fusion X. Denver]

Makoto Shinkai's movies are the most beautiful-looking films in anime. Hell, in cinema. They're also very poignant and serene experiences unlike other directors I've encountered.

His other films are worth checking out for the eye candy and emotional resonance. And I suspect this will also earn its place alongside his other works.