YOUR NAME

Mitsuha and Taki are total strangers living completely different lives. But when Mitsuha makes a wish to leave her mountain town for the bustling city of Tokyo, they become connected in a bizarre way. She dreams she is a boy living in Tokyo while Taki dreams he is a girl from a rural town he’s never visited.

What does their newfound connection mean? And how will it bring them together? Find out in this highly acclaimed film by auteur director Makoto Shinkai.

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Body Swaps – Anime Style

In the rural mountain village of Itomori, a young girl named Mitsuha keeps having a strange dream where she wakes up as a teenage boy in Tokyo. Her friends and family have been noticing that she’s acting strangely, but she puts it all down to stress caused by her upcoming Miko ritual at the family shrine.

In Tokyo, a teenage boy named Taki keeps having a strange dream where he wakes up as a young girl in a mountain village. His friends and co-workers have been noticing that he’s acting strangely. Before long, Taki and Mitsuha realise that they have been swapping bodies.

Using a system of notes to fill each other in on what happened each day, Taki and Mitsuha gradually acclimatise to their new dual-lives, and start to learn more about each other. Mitsuha teaches Taki the etiquette of life as a girl in a traditional family, while Taki gives Mitsuha tips on how to wait tables at his work. But one mystery evades them – how and why is this happening to them?

And all the while, there are reports of a comet set to light up the sky…

Your Name is a story about love and connection, and the destinies that can tie people together despite their differences. It’s a sci-fi concept with a mind-bending second act twist, but it’s also a transcendent romance that is guaranteed to bring the tears when it reaches its perfect, heart-racing finale. And it’s one of the best anime films ever to be released outside of Studio Ghibli.