Animated Movie: YOUR NAME(REVIEW)

 

Today I'm going to review an anime movie instead of a series. This movie is close to me, I have seen this movie several times and each time I watch, it creates the same impact. "YOUR NAME(KIMI NO NA WA)" is a 2016 Japanese animated romantic fantasy film written and directed by Makoto Shinkai, and produced by CoMix Wave Films. This movie has made several new records worldwide.

 The two main characters of the story are Taki Tachibana & Mitsuha Miyamizu.

Taki Tachiban

Taki a  high school boy in Tokyo. He is a 17-year-old sophomore attending Tokyo Metropolitan High School in the class next to Class C of the second year and is three years younger than Mitsuha when they start switching bodies. He is a talented sketch artist and has aspirations to be an architect. He is short-tempered but well-meaning and kind. He spends time with Miki Okudera, working in a part-time job as a waiter at the Italian restaurant.

Mitsuha Miyamizu

Mitsuha high school girl dissatisfied with her life in Itomori, a mountainous and rural town of Gifu Prefecture. She is a 17-year-old student in her second year at Itomori High School, who is three years older than Taki when they started switching bodies. Mitsuha has usually seen with her hair tied up with a dark red braided ribbon that she made by hand herself. She and her sister are maidens of the family shrine. After her mother died, her father abandoned the shrine to pursue politics. She lives with her maternal grandmother, Hitoha, and her younger sister, Yotsuha, who is in elementary school. 

Taki and Mitsuha start to switch body with each other, the two initially believe these experiences to be vivid dreams, but eventually realize they can communicate with each other by leaving messages on paper, phones and sometimes on each other's skin.  One day, Taki (in Mitsuha's body) accompanies Mitsuha's grandmother Hitoha and her sister Yotsuha to leave the ritual alcohol kuchikamizake, made by the sisters, as an offering at the Shinto shrine located on a mountaintop outside the town. It is believed to represent the body of the village guardian god ruling over human connections and time. Taki reads a note from Mitsuha about the comet Tiamat, expected to pass nearest to Earth on the day of the autumn festival. Taki attempts to call Mitsuha on the phone, but cannot reach her and finds the body-switching has ended. Now the movie takes a dramatical twist which can not be disclosed, to know about it you have to watch it.

 

This movie is enjoyable but with the complex plot, in my opinion, every single scene carries its importance. Location shown in this movie are all breathtaking, they all became popular after the release of this Movie.

While watching this movie please make sure not to skip scenes because all of them will connect at the end of the story during The Golden Hour. Its background music is truly amazing.

This is recommended for everyone because it has drama, a slight touch comedy, fantasy and romance. 

(Do check my previous blog) 

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-By Anuj Kumar