 If you liked
Sennen Joyuu
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 ...then you might like
Kimi no Na wa.
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Both had similar aspects of finding their true love with a twist by using Time as their primary obstacle.
Both are Impacting and gave a very deep meaning.
The feels chart do not over shadow each other, they're equally beautiful.
I don't know why people didn't thought about Millennium Actress when people watched Kimi no na wa, that's practically a more modernized version of it.
Chance encounter. search, red string of fate, time-skipping, a character named Tachibana time-skipping, fading memory....
Incidentally takes part of it's plot from the very popular post-war 1953 'Kimi no na wa' movies, which it directly references visually at key points
Explore the theme of love across space and time, fading memories, many scenes of a girl running, all with great character animation courtesy of Mashashi Ando and many other Production IG/Madhouse/Ghibli animators - which is actually unique (at this level) for Shinkai, where Character Animation is not at the same standard as his backgrounds.
As pointed out elsewhere likely have some common origins in the popular 'Kimi no na wa' series of movies from the 1950's where 2 people meet and are then separated by catastrophic events without knowing each others names...these movies are referenced in 'Millennium Actress' both visually and in plot, and obviously via
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