Feb 20, 2019
When, in his little town hidden in the mountains, Mitsuha dreams of a life more hectic than that imposed by the family culture, Taki, then the heart of Tokyo, dreams of a calmer life ... but one day Taki wake up in the body of Mitsuha and vice versa.
With a huge success on Japanese soil Your Name allows Makoto Shinkai to stage a dream story that will gradually see the daily life of two characters jostled. He tackles many themes through different genres (science fiction, fantasy, humor, drama ...), but knowing how to lead and master his story, managing to bring out the emotion and
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the richness of the protagonists and stakes. It is also a dive into the Japanese lifestyle that he proposes, highlighting a modern Japan facing the more traditional one (several sequences are also memorable, like the manufacture of Sake), with a face bruised by recent disasters resonating regularly.
Defying time, Your Name turns out to be a beautiful fable where we take pleasure to follow the protagonists and hiding themes sometimes more complex than they seem. A sweet melancholy is slowly settling and the atmosphere is all along taking even haunting, the story is beautiful as the idea of sharing bodies that are never met while Makoto Shinkai takes his time to develop well characters and issues, allowing you to focus on the protagonists and immerse yourself in the heart of the story.
We can still blame the work a last part a little less well managed, too slow and not highlighting the emotion that there should be. It's a shame because the work was really well mastered until then, but it does not become harmful either as the melancholy fragrance floating on Your Name remains addictive. Makoto Shinkai also shows a particular attention to details, here exciting, and offers many plans (and sequences, including humorous) memorable and beautiful while the work has a certain aesthetic and graphic quality, and sometimes sublime.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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