Your Name Director Announces Weathering With You, Due Out in Japan in July 2019

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At a press conference in Tokyo on Thursday, the director of phenomenally successful anime hit Your Name revealed not only the title of his new anime movie, but also an outline of its story, the lead voice cast members, and even the release date.

Shinkai was also asked if Radwimps, the Japanese rock band that produced Your Name's instantly recognizable and insanely catchy soundtrack, will be involved. "I can't comment on who's doing the music," the director said, but he did give an even more desired piece of information: Weathering with You's theatrical release date in Japan, which is July 19, 2019.

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Your Name is one of my favorite movies of all time, a piece of media that managed to hit me in a way few things in my life have, so I really am looking forward to this new movie. I hope it gets a western release soon.

 

[carlsojo]

Guess I'm flying to Japan in July.

I wish.

 

[infinitebento]

I completely adored Your Name so this is excitinggg

 

[Xyer]

Hypppppe. Can't wait for this to get to the States in 2020.

 

[kingslunk]

So anyone who speaks Japanese 天気の子 (I've been learning recently) translates to Weather Child essentially right? So is the title Weather Child: Weathering With You?

 

[kvetcha]

Your Name was the best animated film in years, so I'm on board.

 

[m_shortpants]

Fuck, I might be in Japan in July. My wife and I loved Your Name...my wife speaks Japanese but do they ever have English subtitles in Japanese theaters?

 

[so1337]

Sophomore slump or no?

(I know it's not his second movie but it might as well be.)

 

[Zoe]

I'm surprised they didn't name it Weathergirl.

 

[kvetcha]

Sophomore slump or no?

(I know it's not his second movie but it might as well be.)

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Nah.

 

[chaostrophy]

I've been a Shinkai fan since Voices of a Distant Star, I'm so excited about his massive success and looking forward to his next film!

 

[Deleted member 50193]

Fuck, I might be in Japan in July. My wife and I loved Your Name...my wife speaks Japanese but do they ever have English subtitles in Japanese theaters?

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I saw Ponyo when it first came out in Japanese cinemas and sadly it did not have English subtitles.

Cannot wait for this movie as I love Your Name.

 

[kvetcha]

I've been a Shinkai fan since Voices of a Distant Star, I'm so excited about his massive success and looking forward to his next film!

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I loved Voices of a Distant Star (and She and Her Cat!) but I remember not really clicking with 5 Centimeters Per Second or The Place Promised in Our Early Days (which I actually forgot I had even seen). I feel like it took him until Your Name to learn to temper his overriding emotionality with humor and lightness.

 

[TheChuggernaut]

Sophomore slump or no?

(I know it's not his second movie but it might as well be.)

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What? His movies before weren't nearly as popular as Your Name, but he has some well received films under his belt already

 

[Lusamine]

How dare you not actually put Shinkai Makoto in the title.

 

[Masterspeed]

Oh please no. My Spotify is 90% 90s Rap and the rest is the OST for Your Name.

My Spotify will get a good hit again, bring it on.

 

[Deleted member 249]

How dare you not actually put Shinkai Makoto in the title.

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More people know the movie than Shinkai lol, I just wanted to ensure this would get everyone's attention.

 

[Einchy]

How many times will I cry?

 

[Joeku]

So fucking in when this hits the West. Your Name is magical.

Also, while I'm here: I have a friend who would enjoy Your Name but is too slow a reader for subtitles (at the same time as catching how beautiful the film is to look at, at least); how's the dub? Didn't they do some weird stuff with the music?

How many times will I cry?

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Until you have no more tears left.

 

[TickleMeElbow]

So anyone who speaks Japanese 天気の子 (I've been learning recently) translates to Weather Child essentially right? So is the title Weather Child: Weathering With You?

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Tenki can also mean "good weather" depending on the context. I'd say this is more that, so "Child of Good Weather" or "Good Weather Child".

Idk what "Weathering with You" is supposed to mean lol. Maybe a play on words that doesn't come across quite right, or even something like "enjoying good weather with you" or some shit.

Edit: Could just be "weather child" though. Hard to say without knowing the story. Maybe she can control the weather?

 

[Deleted member 249]

So fucking in when this hits the West. Your Name is magical.

Also, while I'm here: I have a friend who would enjoy Your Name but is too slow a reader for subtitles (at the same time as catching how beautiful the film is to look at, at least); how's the dub? Didn't they do some weird stuff with the music?

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Dub is amazing. Not as great as the original voice track, but really good.
The music was dubbed into English for the dub, but it was performed, written, and recorded by Radwimps themselves under Shinkai's oversight, so it's still "as the creator intended", so to say.

 

[effingvic]

I'm hyped. I hope it's good.

 

[luca]

After Your Name, I'm so in.

 

[Joeku]

Tenki can also mean "good weather" depending on the context. I'd say this is more that, so "Child of Good Weather" or "Good Weather Child".

Idk what "Weathering with You" is supposed to mean lol. Maybe a play on words that doesn't come across quite right, or even something like "enjoying good weather with you" or some shit.

Edit: Could just be "weather child" though. Hard to say without knowing the story. Maybe she can control the weather?

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Weathering in this context could be read like "suffering" or "dealing with". As in, "We'll weather the storm together." That'd be my guess, at least.

Dub is amazing. Not as great as the original voice track, but really good.
The music was dubbed into English for the dub, but it was performed, written, and recorded by Radwimps themselves under Shinkai's oversight, so it's still "as the creator intended", so to say.

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Awesome to hear. Thanks!

 

[so1337]

What? His movies before weren't nearly as popular as Your Name, but he has some well received films under his belt already

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I'm being hyperbolic of course but I do hope "Your Name" is setting the tone for his work going forward. Give me fun and upbeat over melodramatic any day of the week.

 

[marrec]

Welp can't wait to bawl like a baby again

 

[TickleMeElbow]

Weathering in this context could be read like "suffering" or "dealing with". As in, "We'll weather the storm together." That'd be my guess, at least.

Awesome to hear. Thanks!

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Oh shit duh lol.

I'm an idiot for not picking up on that haha.

 

[Aadiboy]

Man, some anime directors really fall into a niche and stick with it, don't they? Shinkai always doing bittersweet stories of adolescent love, Hosoda doing movies dealing with family, time travel, and animal people. It feels like there aren't many anime movie directors right now who have as good a variety of films as Miyazaki or Satoshi Kon.

 

[kvetcha]

Man, some anime directors really fall into a niche and stick with it, don't they? Shinkai always doing bittersweet stories of adolescent love, Hosoda doing movies dealing with family, time travel, and animal people. It feels like there aren't many anime movie directors right now who have as good a variety of films as Miyazaki or Satoshi Kon.

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Kon's passing is still fresh to me. I'm actually watching Tokyo Godfathers on Saturday as part of my annual Christmas rotation.

 

[Deleted member 249]

Man, some anime directors really fall into a niche and stick with it, don't they? Shinkai always doing bittersweet stories of adolescent love, Hosoda doing movies dealing with family, time travel, and animal people. It feels like there aren't many anime movie directors right now who have as good a variety of films as Miyazaki or Satoshi Kon.

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Shinkai is still (relatively) young, and he has already experimented with his voice, tone, and subject matter a fair bit. I am sure we will see him branch out even more some movies down the line.

 

[jiggyfresh]

Shinkai is still (relatively) young, and he has already experimented with his voice, tone, and subject matter a fair bit. I am sure we will see him branch out even more some movies down the line.

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It will probably be movie that explores with emotional distance against a creative barrier of physical distance.

Many directors both young and older will retread themes throughout their career; It doesn't make their body of work worse or better. If you had to guess what Miyazaki has to say about war and environmentalism, you probably know the answer from any of his movies.

 

[MikeHattsu]

Fuck, I might be in Japan in July. My wife and I loved Your Name...my wife speaks Japanese but do they ever have English subtitles in Japanese theaters?

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Not normally. They did have a 2 week period of special screenings of Your Name cause it was so popular though:
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2017/01/20/films/name-released-english-subtitles/

But it was 5 months after the regular Japanese release :P

 

[Deleted member 15428]

I'm a sucker for Makoto Shinkai

 

[Novel]

Sophomore slump or no?

(I know it's not his second movie but it might as well be.)

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All his previous work is great too, soooo

 

[Sweeney Swift]

After Your Name, I'm absolutely in for this

 

[Lord Azrael]

Yooooo let's fucking gooo

Didn't like the stuff I saw from Shinkai prior to Your Name, but Your Name was so good that I'm absolutely psyched for this now

 

[Deleted member 18347]

Your Name was a somewhat entertaining piece of anime filmmaking mostly due to its unique premise, but overall it pales in comparison to recent-ish films like Princess Kaguya or even Wolf Children.

I remember reading that even Shinkai felt a bit bad and baffled by Your Name's crazy performance. Whether that pushes him to pursue the same level of mass appeal in his next project or try and prove he's up there with the greats is what I'm interested in finding out. I've watched most of his works and while some I enjoyed quite a bit even more so than YN, I'm still waiting for Shinkai's first great film.

Looking forward to this.

 

[kvetcha]

I preferred Your Name to anything of Hosoda's, but it's flat out unfair to compare Shinkai to a guy like Takahata.

I should note that I would place Hosoda's films above most of Shinkai's other work, but Your Name resonated.

ps Memories is deeply underappreciated.

 

[Falchion]

I still need to watch Your Name but if it's half as good as people say then I'm excited for this too.

 

[Vinci]

Oh. Hell yes. Let's go!

 

[Nepenthe]

Oh God, I'm still recovering from when I saw Your Name about a month ago. I am both ready and not ready.

 

[Chasing]

Sounding kind of like it's going to be a fantasy akin to Children. I really, really hope this turns out better than that attempt.

 

[Arex]

Finally he goes full Clouds the movie lol.

Anyway looking forward to it. I've enjoyed all his movies, feels like he's on the same wavelength with me XD

 

[Pikachu]

Will YN ever be available on any streaming service

 

[lemonade]

This is the movie I am looking forward to the most in 2019.

 

[CassCade]

I am interested, I thought Your Name was good but was too similar to Makoto's previous works especially 5 centimetres per second.

 

[Blader]

I loved Voices of a Distant Star (and She and Her Cat!) but I remember not really clicking with 5 Centimeters Per Second or The Place Promised in Our Early Days (which I actually forgot I had even seen). I feel like it took him until Your Name to learn to temper his overriding emotionality with humor and lightness.

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I haven't seen Your Name yet but this is good to hear... I also really liked Voices of a Distant Star, but have been underwhelmed by his movies since.

 

[Yasumi]

Hopefully it turns out better than Fireworks, not that that should be hard.