Accidently stumbled upon this movie (Your Name), now it's my favourite anime movie

Submitted by SociallyAnxiousGuy23 t3_z8pf68 in movies

So i came across this movie due to its theme song (https://youtu.be/a2GujJZfXpg) so i decided to watch the movie, as the story unfolded with the stunning visuals, i realised that i missed out on this gem & many others for soo many years. I thought of sharing this with you guys who haven't watched it yet. The story was quite interesting and heartbreaking at the same time. Even when i think about it, i am overwhelmed knowing what an impact it has made on me.

I'll suggest you to watch this movie when you want to reward yourself after a long week or when you feel like you have lost hope. There's more depth to this than we can imagine.

Some of the movie stills that i liked - https://imgur.com/a/FCHQtTz

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[deleted] t1_iycm28h wrote

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Evil_Morty_C131 t1_iycsuwd wrote

Isn’t it the highest grossing movie of all time (in Japan)?

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WhyWorryAboutThat t1_iyd1lsl wrote

It is fifth after Demon Slayer: Mugen Train, Spirited Away, Titanic, and Frozen.

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dasmann12 t1_iydrv0w wrote

A sadistic voice in me wants to see Abrams version of this masterpiece. It's like the Avatar movie, that in the end just makes me laugh every time I see it.

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SociallyAnxiousGuy23 OP t1_iycm9go wrote

Ohh damn, that's amazing. I wonder what it would be like to go in Japan and actually talk with people about it.

I think movies like these should be kept as it is and not remade in live action.

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Alastor3 t1_iyd8wyz wrote

>A live action American adaptation by J.J. Abrams has been in pre-production hell since 2017.

Same thing for the movie Akira from Taïka Watiti

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[deleted] t1_iyd0ybk wrote

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Kingjoe97034 t1_iyckfng wrote

I stumbled upon it at Anime Boston a few years ago and ended up watching the whole thing instead of just taking a few minutes to rest my feet. Sweet movie.

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SociallyAnxiousGuy23 OP t1_iyckv06 wrote

Anime Boston ?

That sounds fun

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Kingjoe97034 t1_iycl12h wrote

In the before times (pre-Covid), it was in April. It might still be.

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SociallyAnxiousGuy23 OP t1_iycldx5 wrote

That sounds fun. We don't have stuff like this here. Comic-con is somehow becoming a good event, but that too it's not what i want it to be

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Zoradesu t1_iycnnjm wrote

I loved Your Name when it first came out. Can't believe it came out 6 years ago already! It's definitely my favorite from the director as well (Makoto Shinkai). None of his other movies have really touched me quite like Your Name.

If you want another great anime film, you should check out the amazing psychological thriller/horror Perfect Blue. It's my favorite anime film of all time (tied with The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya), and its director Satoshi Kon has a much more consistent and interesting catalogue as opposed to Makoto Shinkai.

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arcosapphire t1_iyeoxjg wrote

> its director Satoshi Kon has a much more consistent and interesting catalogue as opposed to Makoto Shinkai.

Okay, I'll take the more interesting comment as a debatable opinion, but more consistent?

If I have a criticism about Shinkai, it's that he always makes the same movie. A boy and a girl have something that makes communication between them difficult. They struggle with this but mostly they are sad. They accept that struggle is part of growing up.

That's...every movie he's done. And the visuals are always beautiful, top-notch, and probably feature clouds. There's a very good chance something from space is involved.

He's like the most consistent director I could imagine.

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Zoradesu t1_iyexc6p wrote

I guess what I mean by consistent in this context is his writing, at least in my opinion. A lot of his films do feature pretty similar writing beats, but some his stories feel like they take a backseat for the sake of the visuals. You get a lot of "wallpaper" moments, but they often don't really mean anything other than looking pretty. Your Name feels like his best project to me because it has the best balance of breathtaking visuals and an engaging enough story. Something like Weathering For You or Children Who Chase Lost Voices was disappointing for me because the stories were underwhelming or they didn't really go anywhere.

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arcosapphire t1_iyeznkx wrote

What's surprising about Your Name is that the plot did actually go somewhere. Otherwise, his movies are pretty much entirely character studies. You hear a lot about what the characters are thinking. Mostly their doubts.

So again, extremely consistent. Like what actually happens in Voices? Some people essentially talk to themselves. What happens in Beyond the Clouds? Same thing. What happens in 5cm? Same thing. What happens in Your Name? Same thing except this time they also save a town. See, that's the aberration. But it was just in addition to the things that are always there. And it nearly ended like the other Shinkai films, where the two characters drift apart, but swerved at the last second.

I'm fine with movies that aren't plot-driven, so I still love what Shinkai makes. But back to the point, even if you don't like that sort of thing, I can't see how you could call him anything but consistent.

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Zoradesu t1_iyf1pvw wrote

For me it's just how he writes some of his characters. In Voices, the characters were just bland to me and I couldn't really connect with them. I feel the same way about Garden of Words. But then you have Your Name and 5cm to where you could emotionally connect with those characters. That and the actually stories for some of his films is where the inconsistencies were for me. Like I said, I agree his films do have similar beats, but the quality of the writing is inconsistent from movie to movie for me.

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SandyBoxEggo t1_iyf97k2 wrote

I also thought Weathering With You looked pretty bad. Especially the fireworks scene.

Very few projects have figured out how to CGI well in anime styles (Promare, Chainsaw Man), but Weathering With You is definitely not one of them.

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serialragequitter t1_iydhekm wrote

Perfect Blue should be mandatory viewing for any young girl who aspires to be a pop/idol singer.

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TheMadLurker17 t1_iye5x33 wrote

All of Kon's films are first-rate, shame he died so young. Tokyo Godfathers is probably my favorite of his films, but I love them all (and Paranoia Agent too).

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Warp-n-weft t1_iyebonk wrote

Tokyo Godfathers is the only “Christmas” movie I will watch for the season.

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blitzbom t1_iyev63o wrote

Perfect Blue is a great mind fuck.

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msw1984 t1_iyfb1vh wrote

Yep. I've watched it sober and tripping on shrooms. It gets kicked up to another notch on shrooms.

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SociallyAnxiousGuy23 OP t1_iycptug wrote

Woah, those are some good suggestions. I'll watch them.

Thanks for sharing.

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surijori t1_iycrw3q wrote

I'm gonna be *that* person and provide a fun (?) fact that it is widely regarded by many films + anime lovers that Nolan took a lot of "inspirations" from Satoshi Kon's Perfect Blue and Paprika for his films (most notably Inception).

No hate for Nolan, no slander intended. Just want to add 1 more notch to how actually influential Japanese filmmaking/animation really is to Hollywood.

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Zoradesu t1_iycsk0u wrote

Darren Aronofsky is also another notable director who's taken heavy inspiration from Kon's films (mostly Perfect Blue).

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SociallyAnxiousGuy23 OP t1_iyd1flm wrote

You mean the hallway scene ?

And i don't mind, Nolan is amazing, Interstellar & Tenet is my favourite movie

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tragicjohnson84 t1_iyevgg7 wrote

I watch the Haruhi movie every Christmas, it's my favorite anime movie of all time as well.

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Zoradesu t1_iyexjgn wrote

Same! Already planning to rewatch it this week

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Twigling t1_iycp4o2 wrote

If you're in the mood for some more anime movies I'd also very highly recommend the movie A Silent Voice - it's darker in tone than Your Name (different writer/director too) and deals with disability, bullying, abuse and suicide. It's not all doom and gloom though, it's often uplifting too.

If you're in the US it's available on Netflix and various other services in other countries:

https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/a-silent-voice

Another highly regarded movie by the same writer/director as Your Name is The Garden of Words.

Also check out movies by Hayao Miyazaki such as Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Howl's Moving Castle and others - in most countries they are available on Netflix but in the US are to be found on HBO Max instead.

I could recommend many more from different writers and directors ......

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SociallyAnxiousGuy23 OP t1_iycpzs6 wrote

Damn, haven't watched that many dark movie(s) before

I think you should maintain a list and share the link as you keep updating it. Your suggestions will really help us all

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Twigling t1_iycq81s wrote

The Hayao Miyazaki movies I suggested aren't overly dark.

A list? Just ask on the /r/anime subreddit for recommended anime movies. :)

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SociallyAnxiousGuy23 OP t1_iycqy16 wrote

I'll give it a try.

I know that's an option, i was just saying to keep your list so instead of asking there we can just refer to yours which will be present in one of these comments

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ZarK-eh t1_iyd8flt wrote

Wut, he made a loli hentai! Hardest fap Evah, Grave of the Fireflies

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Kakashi168 t1_iyckh5f wrote

It's my favorite anime movie as well and probably in my top 5 favorite movies of all time.💚

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SociallyAnxiousGuy23 OP t1_iyckwk3 wrote

Care to share the other 4 movies in your top 5 list ?

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Kakashi168 t1_iyclr5b wrote

I never made an official list because it's too hard, but some of my other all time favorite movies are Interstellar, WALLE, The Incredibles, HTTYD, Klaus and some of the Ghibli Movies.

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SociallyAnxiousGuy23 OP t1_iycm5ff wrote

Damn, that's quite the list.

I think these are the top 5 animated movies list.

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dizorkmage t1_iydnjmi wrote

Check out "A silent voice" and "Weathering with you" both are made by the same director and are pretty fucking awesome especially a silent voice, hope you don't mind full on ugly crying.

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blitzbom t1_iyevgf8 wrote

Another good anime movie that I haven't seen mentioned is "I Want to Eat your Pancreas."

The title is.. absurd, but the movie is really good. And probably not at all what you think of when you hear the title.

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dasmann12 t1_iyds99v wrote

I could talk hours of the things I love about this movie, but one of the biggest thing is the 60 Wallpapers a Second the movie runs on. I had a time where I would change my desktop every month with a random still of the movie and I loved everyone of them.

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Arkeband t1_iycxn31 wrote

It’s a great movie but I can never shake the issue I have with the plot revolving around a nearby town getting wiped out by a comet and no one remembering it.

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mxcn3 t1_iydvddb wrote

The plot has a lot of that "don't think about it too much" energy. Like why do they forget some things and not others, when do they forget things, how does phone information get erased, etc etc. Of course part of the answer is "it's literally magic, you don't have to understand it," and all things considered it doesn't really matter, but it still raises questions when you really start thinking about it.

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blitzbom t1_iyew1u3 wrote

People did remember it, only Taki forgot the bulk of what was going on due to magic fuckery. His friends knew exactly what happened when they heard the name.

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ImportantPainting t1_iyele5z wrote

I liked it until I saw his other movies like Weathering With You and his older work like Voices of a Distant Star/5 Cm per Second, and then I realized that he's just been making the same movie over and over for decades

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Twigling t1_iyf0of7 wrote

Not quite, The Garden of Words (his best movie as far as I'm concerned) was released in 2013 and is very different to his main movies.

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ImportantPainting t1_iyf33sd wrote

The Garden of Words was very good, I concur. The animation in that film blows my mind. Honestly my favorite is Children who Chase Lost Voices

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anthonyg1500 t1_iyd0mq3 wrote

The whole movie is so good but man that scene/edit with the pen where she disappears is soo so good

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JohnnyJayce t1_iyd5ewc wrote

Your Name was my all time favorite anime movie until I saw Josee, the tiger and the fish. Fantastic movie.

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Calm_Memories t1_iydc2oj wrote

I don't like the sudden high stakes. I enjoyed the first half more but it's still a good movie. I guess that's why I'm partial to 5cm Per Second. Weathering with You was decent too.

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Yabanjin t1_iyd468v wrote

This movie was a huge sensation here in Japan and was in the theatre for a really long time. Makoto Shinkai (director) was already a big deal here, but this movie did amazingly well. It’s a great movie, and I also recommend anyone to watch it. Check out the other movies by Shinkai, as well.

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SociallyAnxiousGuy23 OP t1_iyd7fdf wrote

Nice to meet you. You must enjoy living in Japan.

I will check it out, thanks for the suggestion!

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GoodElk7766 t1_iyd8v9b wrote

Its my fav anime movie as well. If you are looking for similar films check out A silent voice, josee the tiger and the fish (2020).

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SociallyAnxiousGuy23 OP t1_iydm05b wrote

I will

Someone also recommended the same movie as you did, the jodee the tiger and the fish

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RK_Bob t1_iydtet5 wrote

Mine too, awesome anime. Check out weathering with you by the same director.

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allthestruggle t1_iyepgaw wrote

I highly recommend all his movies and am anxiously awaiting his new one which hopefully reaches the us in January... honestly he is a fantastic director and has a pretty broad body of work. I really wish that the live action jj Abrams movie would go away. I see no way in which that ends up working well.

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arcosapphire t1_iyeqtgh wrote

There's a lot of mention of some other recent related films, but only one person mentioned Shinkai's first movie, Voices of a Distant Star. It has many of the same themes (because all his movies do).

What's amazing about it is that he did pretty much the whole thing himself. The writing, the art--even the acting originally, but he did get professionals to redo it for the public release. Despite being pretty much a one-man project, it was still one of the most beautiful films when it came out (and still holds up). It's just incredible to think of how much he personally did for that movie. It's only like 30 minutes long, but still. After seeing that, I was certain Shinkai would be untouchable as an anime director, and I think that holds up. He's delivered the same quality consistently.

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turbo_mc_turbo t1_iyfczln wrote

Be sure to enjoy it both with the english dub and japanese dub, with their unique soundtracks and voice acting. I saw it twice in theatre for that reason.

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killa_car3 t1_iyd92bk wrote

My fave anime movie (and top 3 all time)! You should also check out his other big movie, Weathering With You. It's beautifully animated with a motivating story. Makoto Shinkai also just came out with a new movie, Suzume no Tojimari, so keep a look out for its US release!

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SociallyAnxiousGuy23 OP t1_iydm3mk wrote

I am actually going to watch weathering with you the next. And yeah, i plan to watch his other movies as well

Hey i am waiting for suzume no tojimari as well

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bhare418 t1_iydf0if wrote

It's decent. I prefer The End of Evangelion if we're talking about anime movies, but that obviously relies on you having seen the series. I don't even think Your Name cracks my top 10 anime movies, but I'm not a huge fan of the medium.

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Charuru t1_iyedw7o wrote

That you even have a top 10 of anime movies probably makes you more of a fan than most people tbh lol

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bhare418 t1_iyehd96 wrote

I think I’ve literally seen ten lol

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arcosapphire t1_iyepxdc wrote

You've seen ten, and you don't think Your Name even cracks the top ten of those ten? You must really hate it!

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bhare418 t1_iyeqjc8 wrote

Dude, you know what I mean. It’s just not my favorite. I really only like older, very psychological anime like Eva, Serial Experiments Lain, GiTS, etc. I don’t like the way new anime looks, so CG heavy.

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SociallyAnxiousGuy23 OP t1_iydmelu wrote

I'll take a look at it.

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bhare418 t1_iydmqj8 wrote

You need to watch the 26 episode series beforehand. It's extremely dark and R rated, keep in mind.

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tickle_mittens t1_iydx6vx wrote

I saw Steamboy cold in the theaters. I think I saw Sin City, Millions, and Steamboy in the span of like 2 weeks. Saw both Millions and Steamboy stone cold not having seen a commercial or synopsis of them. Just a tremendous experience. Nothing beats seeing something great without the burden of any preconceptions with people you love. Those moments are frozen in forever.

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Darth_Rutsula t1_iyf7ww1 wrote

I have a strong dislike for the movie because the characters are dumb and don't pay attention to anything around them. Particularly on the mountain top. That whole scene just drove me crazy.

Cool visuals though.

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trykes t1_iyfaarh wrote

A+ film

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