 If you liked
Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo
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 ...then you might like
Kimi no Na wa.
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Instead of being reminded of Shinkai's other FAR more melancholic/sappy offerings, watching Your Name reminded me very much of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time in tone and direction.
They begin as something akin to 'supernatural sit-coms' where a supernatural element is inserted into the daily lives of high school kids and fun silliness ensues. They do later switch their emphasis to drama but there's never an overwhelming sense of despair.
There's also a spoilerific aspect that links Your Name with TGWLTT... but, yeah: SPOILERS.
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Recommended by AironicallyHuman
Characters make the most of strange phenomenon to prevent tragedy, funny interactions and heartbreaking and heartwarming moments. ensue, all to backdrops of beautifully animated scenery.
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Recommended by Fortress_Maximus
Both movies have plot developments that are similar to each other in its sci-fi/mystical elements, to which I will not say more about in fear of spoiling the story. Due to the nature of short length of the movie, both works chose to focus more on the atmosphere and characters rather than making a seamless story.
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Recommended by bunny1ov3r
Kimi no Na wa and Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo are both beautifully animated films, with lovable characters, interesting and fun stories, and both are thoroughly enjoyable. Both deal with themes of time and have sci-fi undertones, but are heavily centered around day-to-day life, youth, and of course, romance. Tears will be shed, laughter will be heard, and smiles will be seen during the course of watching both of these films, so please, if you have a spare couple of hours, I definitely recommend you to watch both of these films.
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Recommended by M0k0cch1_13
Won't say much in fear of spoiling either story so all you need to know is that they are quite similar, sweet yet funny romantic films that will tug on your heart strings and leave you contemplating life for months after you watch them.
Enjoy watching them for you'll never be able to watch them for the first time again.
Characters gain supernatural powers and struggle to use it's capabilities to achieve a greater good. The structure and pacing of both stories are very similar, but The Girl Who Leapt Through Time is not a romance, it is a coming of age story.
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Recommended by FatherNick
Very similiar themes and romantic stories. Both movies evoke similiar feelings and have similiar characters. While watching Your Name I felt like watching a sequel to A Girl Who Leapt Through Time
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Recommended by Borsuk3344
Has a similar feeling of at first having a comedic, slice of life type tone with a wacky supernatural power changing the lives of our protagonists as they make use of it and adjust, but then later develops a sadder and more desperate tone. There is a beautiful but bittersweet romance, and a similar twist that occur in the later part of both movie. The directing style feels a bit similar too.
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Recommended by SadSceneryBoi
Slice Of Life. Really gives you the feels
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Recommended by Dusseldorphin
There are some time travels in both movies, but also there are funny interactions and heartbreaking and heartwarming moments. Both movies evoke similiar feelings and have similiar characters.
Both are about time paradox/time leap (going back in time)
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Recommended by Dead_Exposure
Both movies have similar characters, and both mc deal with supernatural events.
The power of beyond. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and Your Name both follow regular students having their lives changed forever with this new ability that had suddenly fallen upon them.
TokiKake has Makoto gain time travel powers, Your Name follows Mitsuha and Taki's odd connection via body switches.
Both are great movies with a colourful atmosphere being shown off, also sharing the same genre of romance too.
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Recommended by NextUniverse
Both have themes regarding changing an event through the use of a form of time travel.
Main difference is that in The Girl who Leapt Through Time, she can control when she jumps through time whereas Your Name is completely on a set time frame for when they switch bodies.
Your Name has better visuals but The Girl who Leapt Through Time is worthwhile to watch.
Both animes are about time skip or something like that, they have funny moments, tense momets and sad moments. The vibe is similar.
very beatiful music, amazing backgrounds and animation, same theme and atmosphere, shocking plot-twists, romance
Very similar in terms of tone and style. They both involve the MC gaining some kind of supernatural power, which affects how they view relationships, especially who they love. There's a bit of romance, and a bit of sadness, but nothing too intense. At the end, you might be left with a certain longing. If you watch both, you'll notice other similarities, which I won't spoil here.