Your Name[b] (Japanese:君の名は。,Hepburn:Kimi no Na wa.;lit.'Your Name is...') is a 2016 Japaneseanimatedromantic fantasyfilm written and directed byMakoto Shinkai, produced byCoMix Wave Films, and distributed byToho. The first installment of what critics deem Shinkai's "disaster trilogy," whose three entries each share themes inspired by the frequency ofnatural disasters in Japan, it depicts the story of high school students Taki Tachibana and Mitsuha Miyamizu, who suddenly begin toswap bodies despite having never met, unleashing chaos onto each other's lives.
Mitsuha Miyamizu is a high school student in Itomori,[note 1] a rural town in theGifu prefecture ofcentral Japan. Having grown bored of her provincial life, she wishes to be reborn as a boy fromTokyo. Soon,[c] she begins to intermittentlyswitch bodies with Taki Tachibana, a high school student (and part-time waiter) from Tokyo's ward ofShinjuku. On certain days, Taki and Mitsuha wake up in each other's bodies and must live the entire day as the other, reverting to their own bodies when they sleep. The two set up ground rules for sharing their bodies, communicating via writing messages on paper, their phones, and their skin. Mitsuha (in Taki's body) sets Taki up on a date with his coworker, Miki Okudera, while Taki (in Mitsuha's body) helps Mitsuha become more popular at school. While in Mitsuha's body, Taki accompanies Mitsuha's grandmother Hitoha and younger sister Yotsuha to aShinto shrine in the Goshintai[note 2] crater near Itomori,[d] leaving an offering ofkuchikamizake fermented with Mitsuha's saliva. Hitoha explains thatGod issovereign over both time and the connections between humans. Mitsuha informs Taki[e] that the cometTiamat is expected to passnearest to Earth on the day of theautumn festival. The next day,[f] Taki goes on a date (at theNational Art Center inRoppongi) with Okudera in his own body; Okudera enjoys the date but says she can tell Taki is preoccupied with someone else, owing to his unusual behavior. Realizing he is falling for Mitsuha,[g] Taki attempts to dial her number, but cannot reach her. The body-switching stops as inexplicably as it started.
Taki, Okudera, and his classmate Tsukasa Fujii travel toHida to search for Mitsuha.[h] As Taki does not know the name of her village, he sketches its landscape from memory. A ramen-shop owner inTakayama recognizes the town as Itomori and offers to take the trio there. When they arrive, they find the town completely in ruins (with Mitsuha's messages simultaneously vanishing from his phone), having been almost entirely decimated byfragments that fell from Tiamat. Since the comet had passed three years earlier, Taki realizes that he and Mitsuha had been separated by three years, with her living in 2013 and him in 2016. AtHida City Library, the three discover that Mitsuha, her family members, and friends were among the five hundred victims killed by the comet's impact. Taki then begins to lose his memories of Mitsuha. Frantically, Taki leaves his inn accommodation[i] and rushes to the shrine at Goshintai to imbibe Mitsuha'skuchikamizake. Upon doing so, he faints, undergoing a vision chronicling much of her life, and realizes that she once came to Tokyo to find him.[j] Although he was unaware of who she was, she passed her crimsonkumihimo braid to him, which he has worn as a good-luck bracelet ever since. He then awakens in Mitsuha's body on the morning of the festival.[k] Hitoha undergoes an epiphany upon observing "Mitsuha's" uncharacteristic behavior; speaking directly to Taki, she reveals that the body-switching phenomenon has been in their family for centuries. Realizing he has a chance to save Mitsuha and the entire town, Taki convinces Mitsuha's friends, Sayaka and Tessie, to assist in broadcasting an emergency signal to evacuate Itomori before the meteor fragments strike. He then rushes to the shrine, where Mitsuha has just woken up in Taki's body. As twilight falls,[note 3] their timelines intersect, allowing them to finally meet in person. Taki returns Mitsuha's braid, and they attempt to write their names on each other's palms, but twilight ends before Mitsuha can write hers.
Returning to Itomori on foot, Mitsuha observes that the evacuation plan had failed. She then successfully convinces the mayor and her estranged father, Toshiki, to order an evacuation drill. Beginning to forget Taki, she discovers that he had written "I love you" on her hand instead of his name.[note 4] Taki awakens in his own time with no memory of Mitsuha.[l]
Five years later, Taki, who has graduated from university, struggles to find a job: he is haunted by persistent feelings of longing and emptiness.[m] He has continuously fixated on the impact of Tiamat, from which the residents of Itomori were miraculously saved by a fortuitous evacuation drill, but is unable to determine why. Eventually, on April 8, 2022, he glimpses Mitsuha, who has moved to Tokyo, on a parallelmetro train, and they race to find each other. On the steps ofSuga Shrine [ja], Taki calls out to Mitsuha, and the two simultaneously ask for each other's names, declaiming the film's title (Your Name).
A seventeen-year-old student in his second year at Jingu High School[o][p] in theTokyo Metropolis; he was born on December 1, 1998 (exactly three years after Mitsuha). He is a talentedsketch-artist and aspiringarchitect, collecting numerous books on thesubject. Impulsive, straightforward, and belligerent (when Mitsuha first awakens in his body, his cheek is bandaged, owing to his penchant for quarreling), he is nevertheless well-meaning and considerate, and holds to a rigid system of moral principles. Taki often spends time with Miki Okudera and his best friends Takagi and Tsukasa; the four serve part-time as waiters atIl Giardino delle Parole,[q] anItalian restaurant in Shinjuku. Taki lives with his father,[r] who works inKasumigaseki; Shinkai stated that he thinks "his mother[s] divorced his father a few years ago."[9]
Arunning gag throughout the film has Taki awakening then realizing he has swapped bodies with Mitsuha that day. He immediately begins tofondle "his" breasts in amazement, only stopping once Yotsuha sees "her." Mitsuha herself condemns Taki's perversions upon their first physical acquaintance during the twilight hour.
By the end of the film, Taki, who has an architecture degree, searches for employment opportunities, specializing in disaster prevention.
Taki (as an architecture student) would later cameo in Shinkai's next filmWeathering with You alongside his paternal grandmother Fumi Tachibana (who does not appear inYour Name) during anObon rite for the soul of his paternal grandfather (Fumi's late husband).[t]
A seventeen-year-old student in her second year at Itomori High School; she was born on December 1, 1995. Chronologically, Mitsuha is exactly three years older than Taki. Interested in fashion, food, drink, "cute things" (such ashedgehogs), and the latest vogue, she feels inhibited by the rural town of Itomori in mountainousGifu, where she was born and has lived for all her life. Mitsuha customarily ties her hair in elaborate plaits with a crimsonkumihimo braid she wove (which symbolizes thered thread of fate).[v] When switching bodies with Taki, she forbids him from showering, looking at, or touching her body.
PracticingShintoism, Mitsuha and her sister Yotsuha (who is nine years younger than her) serve asmiko at MiyamizuShrine. Following the death of their mother Futaba (whom she greatly resembles), their father Toshiki, brutalized by the event, abandoned the shrine to pursue politics, eventually becoming the town's mayor. Owing to his temperament, the two sisters refused to live with him. Instead, they moved in with their maternal grandmother Hitoha.
Demure, affectionate, straightforward, idealistic, and sometimes stubborn, she yearns for a metropolitan life in Tokyo and to avoid inevitable encounters with Toshiki. Mitsuha resents her liturgical role in Miyamizu Shrine, which notably includes the ancient tradition of creatingkuchikamizake. Its production, which has one chew rice then expectorate it for fermentation, attracts much derision from both classmates and other residents. Her speech is notably marked with a lilting accent and a lighter form of theMino dialect[w] (as with much of her fellow Itomori residents); when possessing Taki's body, he insists she speakhyōjungo (Standard Japanese). When Taki possesses her body, he attempts to learn her native tongue.
Her birthday contradicts the film's setting that she is seventeen in the summer of her second year in high school;[x] Shinkai stated: "In their mind, they both kind of assumed that they were both born on December 1."[9]
Mitsuha would later cameo in Shinkai's next filmWeathering with You as ajewelry saleswoman at a shop inLUMINE, a mall in Shinjuku.[y]
Mitsuha's classmate, nicknamed "Tessie" ("Tesshi" in the English dub); as of 2013, he is seventeen (born January 18, 1996).[z] He is infatuated with Mitsuha. The son of the president of the localTeshigawara Construction company, Tessie is a frequent reader ofMu [ja], a monthly periodical devoted to the occult and paranormal. He is interested in mechanics and engineering.
Tessie isdeeply ambivalent to Itomori. In themanga, he says: "It makes me want to destroy it all, leaving only beautiful memories." From his own perspective, he initiates concrete measures to improve the town's situation,[aa] earning him Taki (in Mitsuha's body)'s sympathy.
In the epilogue, Tessie and Sayaka tease each other over their upcoming marriage. Tessie is namesaked from Teshigawara, a character in the seventh episode of Shinkai's 2014 novelization ofThe Garden of Words.[9][10]
Along with Sayaka, he has a cameo inWeathering with You.
Mitsuha's classmate and best friend; as of 2013, she is seventeen (born February 1, 1996).[z] Her personality is calm yet volatile; she harbors a crush on Tessie. Sayaka is part of the school'sradio broadcasting club: later in the film, she is tasked by Taki (in Mitsuha's body) and Tessie with broadcasting the false emergency evacuation alert. Her elder sister, who works at the town hall, makes a brief appearance in the film.
Like Tessie, Sayaka is named after a character in the seventh episode of Shinkai's 2014 novelization ofThe Garden of Words.[9][10]
Along with Tessie, she has a cameo inWeathering with You.
Taki's classmate and best friend of both him and Takagi; as of 2016, he is seventeen (born October 1, 1999). Loyal and phlegmatic in personality, he is, like them, interested in architecture. With Taki and Takagi, he also serves part-time atIl Giardino delle Parole. Tsukasa worries about Taki whenever Mitsuha inhabits his body.
In his last appearance toward the end of the film, he is seen wearing a ring on his left hand. Upon inquiry, Shinkai commented: "It's just a backstory, but I believe Tsukasa is engaged to Okudera."
He would later confirm that Tsukasa and Okudera married by the epilogue; the two have an age gap of seven years.[9][ab]
Taki and Tsukasa's classmate and best friend; as of 2016, he is seventeen (born 1998 or 1999). Crisp and optimistic, he has a well-built figure with an athletic appearance. Like his dear friends, he is an aspiring architect. Along with them, he likewise has a part-time job atIl Giardino delle Parole. He is the most extroverted of the trio.
A student at theUniversity of Tokyo and a close friend and coworker (atIl Giardino delle Parole) of Taki's. As of 2016, she is twenty-four (born January 22, 1992). Before body-switching with Mitsuha, Taki originally had a crush on Okudera. Fashionable, extroverted, and admired for her appearance, she is popular with male waiters. She develops closer feelings for Taki when Mitsuha inhabits his body. Okudera is a smoker: Tsukasa discovers this as they spend a night together while accompanying Taki on his search for Mitsuha. She is commonly referred to asOkudera-senpai ("Miss Okudera" in the English dub) by her colleagues.
Upon her long-awaited reunion with Taki in 2021, she is seen wearing an engagement ring, and informs him of her upcoming wedding. According to Shinkai: "It's just a backstory, but I believe that Tsukasa is engaged to Okudera."[9] In the light novel, Okudera works (as of that point) at theChiba branch of an apparel manufacturer.
He would later confirm that Tsukasa and Okudera married by the epilogue; the two have an age gap of seven years.
The abbess and matriarch of Miyamizu Shrine and maternal grandmother to Mitsuha and Yotsuha; as of 2013, she is 82 (born March 4, 1931).[z] Her principal family tradition iskumihimo (thread-weaving). She educates her grandchildren in the history, theology, and traditions of the shrine and the Shinto faith.
Hitoha is still alive as of 2021, according to themanga.
Mitsuha's confident and ebullient younger sister; as of 2013, she is nine (born July 2, 2004) and in fourth grade.[z] Yotsuha assists her grandmother and sister in preserving family tradition at Miyamizu Shrine. She regards Mitsuha with suspicion and deems her erratic, yet nevertheless supports her and loves her unconditionally; the two participate in producing bothkumihimo andkuchikamizake. At the end of the film, Yotsuha is seen attending high school.
She has a cameo in the filmWeathering with You.
Toshiki Miyamizu (né Mizoguchi) (宮水 俊樹,Miyamizu Toshiki)[ae]
The estranged father of the sisters Miyamizu andwidower of Futaba; as of 2013, he is 53 and campaigning for re-election. A retiredfolklorist andanthropologist who originally came to Itomori for research (having abated his career and prearranged engagement in order to marry Futaba), he carries a jaded, draconic personality owing to the loss of his wife. Toshiki renounced the priesthood following her death, horrified by how the town's residents regarded her as a meremiko, and capitalized on the prestige of the Miyamizu clan to be elected as its mayor two years later.
He was born inNara in 1959, and formerly lived and worked inKyoto.
Mitsuha and Yotsuha's mother, Toshiki's wife, and only child of Hitoha; she was a priestess at Miyamizu Shrine. She appears in a scene where Taki undergoes a vision of much of Mitsuha's life. Prior to the events of the film, Futaba succumbed to severe illness, aged thirty-six.
She was born in Itomori in 1971 and died there in 2007.
An introspective teacher ofClassical Japanese at Itomori High School specializing inliterature andpoetry; as of 2013, she is 27 (born February 27, 1986). She teaches the class about the word "kataware-doki."[note 5] Yukari was a character in Shinkai's previous filmThe Garden of Words.[ah]
In September 2013, Yukari actually lived in Tokyo (as seen inThe Garden of Words) and taught in a high school there; she would later continue teaching while moving back to her hometown,Imabari,Ehime.[13] It is, according to Shinkai, "up to the viewer's imagination" as to why she was seen in Itomori.[14]
Makoto Shinkai conceived the film's plot following his July 2011 visit to the fishing village of Yuriage inNatori following the2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Reflecting on the devastation, he thought: "this could have been my town." He subsequently conceived an idea for a film in which the positions of the residents of Yuriage would be swapped with the viewers. During his visit, Shinkai produced various sketches, some of which have been displayed in exhibitions.[15]
Shinkai delivered his initial film proposal toToho on September 14, 2014, with the original title ofYume to Shiriseba (夢と知りせば,If I Knew It Were a Dream), derived from a line in awaka attributed toOno no Komachi.[16] Its title was later changed toKimi no Musubime (きみの結びめ,Your Connection) andKimi wa Kono Sekai no Hanbun (きみはこの世界のはんぶん,You Are Half of This World) before being finalized asKimi no Na wa (lit.'Your Name is...').[17] On December 31, 2014, Shinkai announced that he had been writing the film'sstoryboard.[18]
While the town of Itomori, one of the film's settings, is fictional, the film drew inspirations from real-life locations that provided a backdrop for the town. These include the city ofHida and its library.[21]
Thescore ofYour Name was composed byYojiro Noda, the lead vocalist of the Japanese rock bandRadwimps. Shinkai requested him to conceive its incidental music "in a way that the music will (supplement) the dialogue or monologue of the characters."[22] Aside from various instrumental tracks,Your Name features four songs performed by the Radwimps:
The film's soundtrack was well-received by critics and audiences alike and is acknowledged as one of the factors behind the film's commercial success.[22] It was runner-up in the "Best Soundtrack" category at the 2016Newtype Anime Awards, withZenzenzense being the runner-up in the "Best Theme Song" category.[24]
World map showing countries and regions whereYour Name was released theatrically (green)
Your Name premièred at the 2016Anime Expo convention inLos Angeles on July 3, 2016, and later was released theatrically in Japan on August 26, 2016. The film was released in 92 countries.[25][26][27] In order to qualify for theAcademy Awards, the film was released for one week (December 2–8, 2016) in Los Angeles.
The film was also screened inSoutheast Asian countries.Purple Plan streamed an English- and Chinese-subtitled trailer for the film, premièring the film inSingapore on November 3[28] and inMalaysia on November 8, with daily screenings onwards.[29] InIndia,PVR Cinemas releasedYour Name as the opening film of the "Makoto Shinkai Film Festival" on May 19, 2023.[30]M Pictures released the film on November 10 inThailand,[31] earning฿22,996,714 (approximatelyUS$649,056) in four days. InIndonesia, the film distributorEncore Films and cinema chainCGV Blitz announced that they would screen the film, with the former hosting its première on December 7.[32]Pioneer Films [tl] screened the film in thePhilippines on December 14 and it immediately became the country's highest-grossing animated movie of 2016.[33] InHong Kong, the film opened on November 11, and earnedHK$6,149,917 (approximatelyUS$792,806) in three days. The film premièred inTaiwan on October 21 earningNT$64 million (approximatelyUS$2 million) in its first week while staying in the first position in the box office earnings ranking. By October 31, 2016, the film earned NT$52,909,581 (approximatelyUS$1.666 million) inTaipei alone.[34] The film was released inChinese theatres byHuaxia Film Distribution on December 2, 2016.[35]
The film was released inAustralian cinemas on limited release on November 24, 2016, byMadman Entertainment in both Japanese and English.[36] Madman also released the film inNew Zealand on December 1, 2016.[37] The film was screened inFrance on December 28.[38] The film, distributed byAnime Limited, was also released in theUnited Kingdom on November 18, 2016.[39] The film, distributed byFunimation, was released inNorth American theaters on April 7, 2017.[40] InGermany, the film was screened in over 150 cinemas in January 2018, being completely sold out on the first day.[41] It ranked as one of the top ten movies of that weekend.[42] Due to high demand, additional screening days were arranged.[43][44]
Your Name was released in4K UHD Blu-ray,Blu-ray, andDVD on July 26, 2017 in Japan byToho Pictures. The release was offered in Regular, Special, and Collector's editions.[45]Funimation announced on July 1 atAnime Expo 2017 that the film would be released on Blu-ray and DVD by the end of 2017, but did not specify a date.[46] AtOtakon 2017, Funimation announced they were releasing the film in both Standard and Limited Edition Blu-Ray and DVD Combo Packs on November 7.[47][48] In the first week after release, the Blu-ray standard edition sold 202,370 units, the collector's edition sold 125,982 units and the special edition sold 94,079 units.[49] The DVD Standard Edition placed first, selling 215,963.[50]Your Name is the first anime to place three Blu-ray Disc releases in the top 10 ofOricon's overall Blu-ray Disc chart for 2 consecutive weeks.[51] In 2017, the film generated¥6,532,421,094 (US$58,238,797) in media revenue from physicalhome video, soundtrack and book sales in Japan.[52]
Your Name was broadcast onJapanese television for the first time on November 4, 2017, transmitted by the satellite television broadcasterWowow. In addition, the channel aired a special program dedicated to Shinkai and his previous works.[56] The film furthermore received a Japanese terrestrial television première on January 3, 2018 viaTV Asahi, with its initial broadcast received a 17.4% audience rating.[57]
On February 18, 2018,Your Name premièred onPhilippine television through the free-to-air broadcasterABS-CBN andits HD television service. However, it was shown in a truncated form (lasting 75 minutes), having been for commercial breaks.[58] According toKantar Media Philippines statistics, the first free-to-air broadcast of the film received an audience rating of 9.2%, while according to the AGB Nielsen NUTAM statistics, it received a 3.1% audience rating.[59][60] On April 9, 2020, as part of itsHoly Week presentation, the film was aired again (with minor cuts for content) and a longer runtime of 102 minutes (excluding commercials in its 2-hour timeslot), immediately becoming a trending topic through social media platforms. Shinkai conveyed his gratitude to the those who watched the latter broadcast through a post on hisTwitter account.[61]
The film's greatest success came in its native Japan,[62] where it grossed¥25.17 billion, 10% of the nation's entire box office revenue for that year.[63] It achieved the second-largest gross for a domestic film in the country, behindSpirited Away, and the fourth-largest ever, behindTitanic andFrozen.[64] It is the first anime film not directed byHayao Miyazaki to earn more thanUS$100 million (~¥10 billion) at the Japanese box office.[26] The film topped the Japanese box office for a record-breaking twelve non-consecutive weekends, holding the number-one position for nine consecutive weekends before being overtaken byDeath Note: Light Up the New World in the last weekend of October. It returned to the top for another three weeks before being overtaken once again byFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.[26][65][66]
The success of the film also extended beyond Japan, becoming the highest-grossing Japanese film in China on December 17, 2016.[67] Having grossedUS$81.3 million in China, it is the highest-grossing traditionally animated film in the country.[68] The film was screened in over 7,000 theaters, earning an estimatedUS$10.9 million on its opening day from 66,000 screenings and attracting over 2.77 million viewers, becoming the biggest traditionally animated film opening in China.[69][70] It also held the record for the highest-grossing non-Hollywood foreign film in China until it was surpassed by two Indian films,Dangal andSecret Superstar, in May 2017 and February 2018, respectively.[71][72] On July 19, 2024,Your Name was re-released in China, earning over US$5.3 million on its opening day alone.[citation needed]
The film reachednumber one on its opening five days in South Korea, with 1.18 million admissions and a gross ofUS$8.2 million,[73] becoming the first Japanese film sinceHowl's Moving Castle to reach number one in the country.[74] The film eventually drew a total 3.81 million admissions in South Korea[75] and grossedUS$23.6 million,[76] making it the highest-grossing anime film in South Korea until it was surpassed in 2023 byThe First Slam Dunk andSuzume (which was also directed by Shinkai, and is the third installment of his "disaster trilogy").[75][77]
In Thailand,Your Name grossed฿44.1 million (US$1.23 million).[25] By December 26, 2016, the film grossedUS$771,945 in Australia[78] andUS$95,278 in New Zealand.[79] On December 20, Australian distributorMadman Entertainment stated that the film made overA$1 million in the Australian box office before closing its limited release run.[80]
In the United States and Canada, the film grossed a totalUS$5,017,246.[81] In the United Kingdom, it grossed£500,000 (US$675,000) in 2016, making it the year's fifth highest-grossingnon-English and non-Hindi film in the country.[82]
Your Name was met with widespread critical acclaim. Based on 119 reviews,review aggregator websiteRotten Tomatoes reported that 98% of critics gave the film a positive review, with an average rating of 8.2/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "As beautifully animated as it is emotionally satisfying,Your Name adds another outstanding chapter to writer-director Makoto Shinkai's filmography."[83] OnMetacritic, the film has a score of 81 out of 100 based on 26 critics, indicating "universal acclaim."[84]
Mark Schilling ofThe Japan Times gave the film a rating of 4 out of 5 and praised the film's animation for its "blend of gorgeous, realistic detail and emotionally grounded fantasy."[11] He also described the film's "over-deliver[y]" of "the comedy of adolescent embarrassment and awkwardness" and its ending for being "To the surprise of no one who has ever seen a Japaneseseishun eiga (youth drama)."[11] Reception outside of Japan was also highly positive.[62][85]Mark Kermode called the film his ninth favorite film to be released in the United Kingdom in 2016.[86] American reviews were generally positive: inThe New York Times,Manohla Dargis described it as "a wistfully lovely Japanese tale,"[87] while David Sims ofThe Atlantic said it was "a dazzling new work of anime."[88] Furthermore,The Boston Globe had a positive opinion of the film, saying that it was "pretty but too complicated."[89] Mike Toole fromAnime News Network listed it as the third-best anime film of all time.[90]John Musker andRon Clements, directors of theDisney animated filmsThe Great Mouse Detective,The Little Mermaid,Aladdin,Hercules,Treasure Planet,The Princess and the Frog, andMoana, praised the film for its beauty and originality.[91]
Despite the praise he received, Shinkai insisted that the film was not as good as it could have been: "There are things we could not do, [the director of animation]Masashi Ando wanted to keep working [on] but had to stop us for lack of money ... For me, it's incomplete, unbalanced. The plot is fine but the film is not at all perfect. Two years was not enough."[92]
The protagonists ofYour Name, Taki Tachibana and Mitsuha Miyamizu, appeared in Makoto Shinkai's succeeding filmWeathering with You (2016; also the second of his "disaster trilogy"), as well as in its light novelization.
Nekotofu, creator of themanga seriesOnimai: I'm Now Your Sister!, citedYour Name as an influence, stating that the popularity of the film motivated the creation of the series.[93][94] According toCrunchyroll, the success ofYour Name helped push non-Ghibli anime films into a more mainstream place in Japan, and changed trends in not merely in the production of anime films but also in their promotion.[95]
In 2025, it was one of the films voted for the "Readers' Choice" edition ofThe New York Times' list of "The 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century," finishing in 168th place.[97]
The film was adapted as alight novel by Shinkai himself. It was published in Japan byKadokawa on June 18, 2016, a month prior to the film's première, and is 262 pages long.[117]
By September 2016, it had sold approximately 1,029,000 copies. An official visual guide was also released.[118] The novel has sold over 1.3million copies, while the novel and visual guide have sold over 2.5million copies combined.[119]
A followup to the light novel was released on August 1, 2016, under the titleYour Name. Another Side: Earthbound. It is set during the events ofYour Name through the perspective of Mitsuha's friends and family. The light novel was written by Makoto Shinkai and Arata Kanoh, with illustrations by Masayoshi Tanaka and Hiyori Asakawa.
Both light novels, which were also adapted asmanga by Shinkai himself, were published in English byYen Press. An audiobook was released by their subdivisionYen Audio in July 2024.[120]
On September 27, 2017,J. J. Abrams andEric Heisserer announced that they were developing a live-action remake ofYour Name to be released byParamount Pictures andBad Robot in cooperation with Toho, who produced the original film. The latter is to handle the film's distribution in Japan.[121] Abrams and Heisserer were to be the film's producer and screenwriter, respectively. Heisserer stated that the Japanese right holders desired for it to be made from a Western point of view,[122] with a transposition of the film's settings: aNative American woman living in a rural area and a young man fromChicago discovering they are magically and intermittently swapping bodies.[123]
Marc Webb signed on to direct the remake in February 2019. By September 2020,Deadline Hollywood reported thatLee Isaac Chung had taken over as both writer and director, working off a draft penned byEmily V. Gordon, with Abrams andGenki Kawamura as co-producers.[124] Citing scheduling issues, Chung departed from the project in July 2021.[125]
On October 31, 2022,Carlos López Estrada was announced to be writing and directing the remake, replacing Webb and Chung.[126]
^Referred to in the film as "magic hour" or "kataware-doki," neologized from "kawatare-doki," an old Japanese word meaning "twilight;" a similar archaic or poetic word in English iscrepuscule. "Kawatare" (彼は誰) literally means "Who is he/she?"; "kataware" is homophonic with a word meaning "one part of a couple; fragment" (片割れ). Old Japanese superstition says all manners of supernatural occurrences are possible at twilight.
^Taki wrote this phrase due to the precedent of Mitsuha's text messages being erased. If he did indeed write his name, Musubi (the fictionalkami of Miyamizu Shrine) would otherwise erase his name; however, since he wrote a confession, he preserved his sentiment in her mind. Makoto Shinkai once said that Mitsuha intended to write "I love you" on Taki's palm for the same reason. In Shintoism,mystical love cannot be erased, being prevented by the lunar deityTsukuyomi-no-Mikoto.
^Neologized from "kawatare-doki," an old Japanese word meaning "twilight'" a similar archaic or poetic word in English iscrepuscule. "Kawatare" (彼は誰) literally means "Who is he/she?"; "kataware" is homophonic with a word meaning "one part of a couple; fragment" (片割れ). Old Japanese superstition says all manners of supernatural occurrence are possible at twilight.
^For this translation,dynamic equivalence is used, as the title of this song is in theMino dialect, which is comparable to Southern dialects in the United States.
^The film had a production budget of¥450 million (≈US$4.5 million). Advertisement costs brought the total budget to¥750 million[2][3][4]
^On October 4, 2013 in the original timeline (October 3, 2016 in Taki's).
^October 3, 2016; Mitsuha set the date the day prior.
^In the film, minutes before this, Mitsuha was seen crying upon realizing that she was falling for Taki.
^On October 21, 2016. In the meantime, Taki and Tsukasa's friend, Shinta Takagi, substitutes for the former's shift atIl Giardino delle Parole, where all three are employed.
^On October 4, 2021 (exactly five years following the preceding awakening).
^Thekanji for "Taki" combines the characters for "water and "dragon." The surname "Tachibana" means "standing flower."
^The institution is fictional, but is based on the Motomachi High School in Tokyo.
^Taki and Mitsuha's cases are comparable with that of the protagonist ofSuzume (2022): Suzume Iwato (岩戸 鈴芽;Iwato Suzume) is likewise seventeen and lives in a provincial town; she also attends high school.
^The Italian title of Shinkai's 2013 filmThe Garden of Words. It is based off theCafé La Bohème, which occupies its address in the real world. Thiseaster egg was implemented by one of the film's environmental artists.
^The character's name is unknown. They live together in room 608 on the sixth floor of an apartment building in Shinjuku.
^Taki's mother does not appear in the film; neither is she mentioned at any point during the film or its light novelizations.
^It is implied in theWeathering with Youlight novel (and subsequently confirmed by Makoto Shinkai) that Taki and Mitsuha married by 2024: that is to say, before the epilogue ofWeathering with You.
^The name "Mitsuha" literally translates to "three leaves." She was named as such by her parents (in the film, her mother; in the light novel, her father) in line with the nomenclaturial tradition of her grandmother and mother. From Hitoha onward, the Miyamizus are named via "leaves," with which a number (in thekun reading) denotes the ordinality of their geniture: "Hitoha" = one leaf; "Futaba" = two leaves; "Mitsuha" = three leaves; "Yotsuha" = four leaves. The surname "Miyamizu" translates to "shrine-water."
^As Mitsuha would later pass on this braid to Taki, Taki wears the same braid as a bracelet on his right arm, being his good-luck charm for most of the film. Since Taki does not know how to arrange her trademark plait, he instead ties a simpleponytail when possessing her body.
^This dialect is nevertheless reasonably mutually intelligible with Standard Japanese.
^Taki and Mitsuha's cases are comparable with that of the protagonist ofSuzume (2022): Suzume Iwato (岩戸 鈴芽;Iwato Suzume) is likewise seventeen and lives in a provincial town; she also attends high school.
^It was implied in theWeathering with Youlight novel (and subsequently confirmed by Makoto Shinkai) that Taki and Mitsuha married by 2024: that is to say, before the epilogue ofWeathering with You. She would later present herkumihimo braid to Taki's grandmother Fumi upon their wedding.
^abcdFrom the list of Tiamat comet victims in Itomori in the middle of the film.
^For example, upon hearing Mitsuha and Sayaka bemoan the lack of a café in Itomori, Tessie (with Taki, in Mitsuha's body) began to build one for them.
^Upon his graduation from high school (with high marks), Tsukasa began work as aflorist.
^Listed in the credits and named in the novelization as "Yuki-chanSensei."
^In the English dub ofThe Garden of Words, Yukino is voiced byMaggie Flecknoe. Kana Hanazawa reprises this role from the original Japanese version of the film.
^The protagonist of the same film, Takao Akizuki (秋月 孝雄,Akizuki Takao) also features inYour Name as a silentcameo appearance, albeit for a few frames.
^"映画『君の名は。』新海誠監督インタビュー！".animatetimes (in Japanese). August 30, 2016.Archived from the original on October 15, 2016. RetrievedSeptember 2, 2016.
^新海誠 (April 14, 2014)."「小説 言の葉の庭」発売記念・作中の年表公開" (in Japanese). Other voices-遠い声-.Archived from the original on September 24, 2016. RetrievedApril 5, 2023.
^株式会社東宝ステラ, ed. (August 26, 2016).新海誠監督作品 君の名は。（パンフレット） (in Japanese). 東宝株式会社映像事業部.
^"「君の名は。」WOWOWでテレビ初放送、新海誠の過去作や特別番組も" ["Your Name" will have its first broadcast on WOWOW, along with Makoto Shinkai's past works and special programs] (in Japanese). Movie Natalie. September 16, 2017.Archived from the original on July 19, 2021. RetrievedApril 5, 2023.
^"君の名は。：総合視聴率26.3％獲得 「映画」ジャンル過去最高更新" [Your Name: Acquired 26.3% overall audience rating, a record high for "Movie" genre] (in Japanese). Mantan Web. January 12, 2018.Archived from the original on June 6, 2019. RetrievedMarch 10, 2022.
