Mar 7, 2019
When someone described Your Name to me as ‘sort of like Freaky Friday,’ telling you I was skeptical is an understatement. I hadn’t heard anything about it, and I briefly confused it with Koe no Katachi (A Silent Voice), which was being discussed a lot at the time for some reason. After that I decided F It I'm watching this thing and now I'm gonna review it!!!!
SO YOU'RE HERE!!!! I'M HERE!!!! LETS DO THIS!!!!!
The movie is centered around two high school students, Mitsuha and Taki. Mitsuha is from a rural town in the mountains, where she, her younger sister, and their grandmother take
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care of the shrine. Taki, however, lives in Tokyo with his father and works part-time a restaurant. Mitsuha has become bored of the lackluster country life in her town, and her wish for something more exciting is granted when she wakes up one day in Taki’s body.
What follows is a hysterical few weeks when, after missing memories and their friends filling them in on the days they can’t remember, they finally discover what’s happening: the two have somehow been switching bodies.
They first figure out a way to communicate, typically through notes on their cell phones or writing on the other person’s hands or arms. They bicker constantly, and sometimes meddle in each other’s lives, like when Mitsuha gets Taki a date with his coworker/crush Miki Okudera.
I’ll leave you to see the rest for yourself. It’s brilliant, heartbreaking, and honestly, one of the best movies I’ve ever seen. Unsurprisingly, it was the highest-grossing movie in Japan in 2016, and the highest-grossing anime movie worldwide. Ever.
Your Name is poetic in its own way, witty, and beyond stunning in its artwork. Truthfully, I couldn’t see how many of the scenes would have the same impact if they were rendered in anything other than animation. Not to mention, the English dub is actually not that bad (Though I prefer the Japanese dub)
Something to be thankful for with this film is the lack of some messy explanation as to why the body-switching started. The audience is brought in right after Taki first wakes up in Mitsuha’s body, and I never found myself wanting more info on that phenomenon. I was way more enthralled by the happenings later in the movie, which I believe was the intention. Something else is the way in which the movie touches upon the aspect of cross-gender body-swapping. It’s hilarious and curious without being crude or cliche.
If I had to pick at anything at all, it would be the the minimal character development and the rushed montages. The sped-up scenes plow through the beginnings of their romance, and while still powerful in the end, the strength of Taki and Mitsuha’s bond isn’t felt as much until later. We see a slight change in Taki, who becomes less hotheaded, but as for Mitsuha, her character has less time to grow as she’s missing for a good chunk of the last half of the movie.
Verdict: Kimi No Na Wa (Your Name) is one of the if not the greatest anime movies ever made. It has one of the best and most unique stories ever, Great characters, A fantastic director, Awesome Animations and Heartwarming Music and it was a absolutely shame that the movie wasn't even nominated for the Oscars.
And also Makoto Shinkai...... You Beauty!
Ratings: 10/10
Requested By: OtakuMan on Discord.
Original Article: https://www.wattpad.com/702263811-anime-movie-reviews-kimi-no-na-wa-your-name-review
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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