AAA Review - Your Name 君の名は

After writing a review for Weathering With You, I thought I would continue to write about its predecessor, Your Name (君の名は).

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Quick Summary

High school student Taki and Mitsuha are complete strangers living in different parts of Japan, suddenly finds themselves waking up at each other's body. This occurs randomly and causes major nuisance to their everyday lives. Both wanting to find out the identity of the other, by leaving notes on their phones and messages to communicate.

Mitsuha finally had the courage to travel from her hometown to Tokyo, in search for the boy who posses her body every now and then. When she finally meets him by chance, Taki did not recognise her at all.

The body switching soon comes to an end when Mitsuha sends a final note to Taki, informing him of a comet that will pass over her home town. Taki decides to go in search for Mitsuha but could not find the town. Instead, he discovers of a horror disaster that struck 3 years ago at the location of Mitsuha's home town. The entire population was wiped out and Mitsuha was one of the victim.

Puzzled by the discovery and wondering who was the girl who had possessed his body all this while, Taki went to search for answers at the shrine in the mountain.

Watch the movie and finds out what happens next!

Review

Your Name is a stunningly wonderfully anime film that is guaranteed to thrill. Superb scriptwriting coupled with amazing acting (or directing, since it is an animation) not seen since the retirement of Hayao Miyazaki. Director Makoto Shinkai plays with multiple elements, to bring out this romantic time travel anime.

First half of the movie is more comedy as we see how the duo deals with their new body in everyday activities. Towards the second half, the movie moves to a sorrow mood as we follow Taki in his discovery of the truth. Then its followed by a fast paced action by Mitsuha as she raced to avert the disaster. The movie finally ended with sadness, but with a twist.

As with most time travel movie, some parts of the show can be confusing when watching for the first time. But its not too hard to get it, even for those who doesn't watch science fiction.

Soundtrack by Radwimps is perfect for the movie too. One of the best scene of the movie was right before the below, when the duo finally meets and about to write his name on her hand, the music and song abruptly went silence, along with Taki's disappearance. Excellent directing!

Unlike most of Miyazaki's work, Your Name is set in modern Japan but still deals with the supernatural. The contrasting backgrounds of Taki's urbanised Tokyo and Mistuha's rural traditional town is a joy to watch. This is appealing to overseas viewers especially those who seldom watch anime. Indeed, Your Name went on to become a worldwide blockbuster, become the second highest grossing anime movie of all time.

Your Name is not another typical body switching comedy. It is not even funny, except for probably the first ten minutes. Be prepared for a romantic masterpiece that will soon be the golden standard for anime movies in years to come.

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※ 리뷰 하단에 다음 두가지 항목 포함 필수 (미포함 시 차후 자체사이트에 반영 안됨)

Movie URL: https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/372058-kimi-no-na-wa

Critic: AAA

영화 URL: https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/372058-kimi-no-na-wa

별점: AAA