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This review will be bit personal one for me.

There was screening of this movie on April 7th last year. I decided that i would go and see the movie, since anime movies are a expection in my country. When that day finally came i learned about a terrorist attack had occured in my town with people injured and dead. This also meant that public transportation was shutdown for fears of other attacks. After work ended i walked the long way to that little cinema with determination to not bend myself for terrorists that create chaos and live my everyday life as always. I came ... just in the last minute to find out that the movie would be screened.It showed that people who operated the cinema did not either bend to fear.

With all this that had happened around me i felt more connected how Suzu, a japanese woman living and having hardships during the Second World War. I came to both laugh and cry when things happend for Suzu and her family and friends. The story is a linear tale of she lives her everyday life with the presence of the war coming in closer and closer.

The Art is both simple in character design and beautiful of the world with some scenes really taking the breath away from you with almost living paintings in some scenes.

With Sound it was great with how music was both solemn and happy apprioated for the scenes in the movie. The voice actors had all rather unique way of talking and using local dialects. The theme song made by Aoi Teshima did really stay with me after the movie ended with it´s soothing and sad tunes.

Suzu and other characters felt really lifelike with their how they walked through the everyday troubles and giving humor to smaller things from working and helping around. I came to learn and appreciate how relationships between Chise and others developed, especially between Suzu and Shusaku.

The overall enjoyment of this movie was rather memorable to me with giving a insight how people suffered in such dire times and still somehow continued to live and work. I will always remember this movie for that event that happened on April 7th. But life itself will always go on as it does for Suzu.

Just came back from viewing Kimi no Na wa at the local movie festival in my town.
Makoto Shinkai has really come far with this movie. The story has some semblance from other anime stories about body swapping their minds and bodies, but something more greater lies beneath this story.

As for art is Shinkai as always great at making it visually great for the eyes.
Characters from the movie are made me both laugh and cry at their various problems they faced.
The soundtrack is one of the great gems of the year from the RADWIMPS with ending song "Nandemonaiya" filled with emotion, but other tracks are ... well suited for the various scenes in the movie. I really did enjoy watching this movie at my local theater and i hope to watch once more.

Overall:
The movie did tug at my heartstrings, but Shinkai did reach new heights with Kimi no Na wa.