im 27 and i don't remember the ending but when i was 14-17 i watched an anime that i believe is still the saddest one even after 300 of them and i meant like crying for days and a depression for at least 5 days and it was Angel Beat PS: okay maybe not the saddest one because there is a few that might be worst like mugen train ending
I remember watching this the first time on a 12 hour flight. At one point, the two British ladies next to me needed to go to the toilet and had to pass by me (I was at the aisle seat). I paused at the most unfortunate moment, and one of them saw it and giggled. When they came back, they asked me if it was any good. I said it seemed so (I hadn't finished yet at that time) and gave them the title of the show. A few hours later, I noticed both of them crying. They just finished the film, and told me it's the most beautiful 'cartoon' they'd ever seen!
OH I ALSO WATCH THIS ON AIRPLANE!!! I was on student exchange from Japan going back to my home country, this movie haven't realease anywhere else back then! I was half drunk on the plane after drinking some alcohol on the airport pretend to be adult in foreign country with my friend, then I watch this on the way back and I cried like a river stranger beside me dumbfounded. what a memory.
I lived deep in the Japanese mountains, only a few miles from the location of Mistuha's fictional village, when the Fukushima quake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster struck Japan, killing 20,000 people to the east of us. I remember sitting in my car in a traffic jam on a swaying bridge. I can't overemphasize the effect that disaster had on people as it unfolded. I remember my students weeping for family members who simply disappeared as the coast was swallowed. I remember the days of terror and numbness from the shock of the quake and the unfolding horror of the nuclear meltdown, and the authorities' efforts to downplay the scope of what was happening. It was, I believe, a "before and after" moment in Japanese life, a surreal time that the comet theme of Your Name taps into profoundly. I can't watch this movie without weeping, seeing the familiar landmarks, the sarubobo dolls in the Hida ramen joint, and reliving the trauma of the collective fear that gripped me and all my friends. Really appreciated y'alls response.
Really interesting how strongly Makoto Shinkai's films are influenced by Japan and its culture of surviving natural disasters. At least Your Name, Weathering With You, and Suzume all really meditate on the horrible, uncaring threats to civilization that loom over the land and what they do to people, communities, and cultures. I'm from a country that sees practically no natural disasters at all (flooding used to be the one, but that was practically solved by 19th century engineering) so it's very alien to me
It's what I love about his work. _Suzame_ was directly inspired by the 2011 Earthquake, and definitely treads into the darkness, but you come back from the story with an unwavering sense of joy and appreciation of life. I believe it's termed _Mono no aware_ -something I've begun trying to incorporate into my life.
24:58 "That's not a name!" -- i love the way you managed to quip in the middle of a sob. The reason why i watch reactors watching a familiar movie is it lets me experience the film again with fresh eyes. Thanks for the great reaction to one of my favorite films
This movie taps into the beautiful yet tragic feeling of waking up from the most wonderful dream to have it suddenly start slipping through the fingers of your memory to be forgotten. This is a perfect movie for me 😌
Absolute same, I adore this movie and even though I've watched it so many times already I still choke up at moments like the phone notes deleting and the pen drop.
Yep! whenever someone reacts to one of these movies it's required to have them watch the other. These are movie reactor rules. Take as much time as you need of coarse.
I love watching reactions to 'Your Name'. It's the closest thing to watching the movie again for the first time only this time we experience it all together 🥲
@@elheber Which is crazy considering they have "transparent clothing reviews" on RUclips that stay up. RUclips's content review is a minefield and so inconsistent.
Thank you for consistently providing the audience with engaging topics. Having spent over 40 years in the broadcast industry as a producer, writer, and program executive, I still find myself eager to see your reactions to movies, even ones I've seen before! Your fresh perspectives are truly unique and appreciated. Keep up the excellent work; as someone within the industry, I greatly enjoy what you do.
Sanderson straight up said in his acknowledgements for "Yumi and the Nightmare Painter" that it was heavily inspired by this film, the same way "Tress of the Emerald Sea" was inspired by "The Princess Bride".
Among other inspirations was Hikaru no Go, a story about a ghost of an extremely talented Go player being stuck with a kid who never played before, and teaching him the game! I only add this because I think it's a very underrated anime/manga and I was very happy to see Sanderson being inspired by it as well lol
I've not seen this before but the inspirations in Yumi from Final Fantasy X really raised the book for me. Now with this reaction I'll probably appreciate it even more.
One of my favorite movies of all time. Last year, I traveled to Tokyo and did a pilgrimage through the city, visiting the locations featured in the movie. Ending with the stairwell (it's real and just off-screen there is a beautiful shrine). There were a handful of us there. No one really spoke, but almost every one had a tear in their eye... one of the best days of my life.
I first found out about Makoto Shinkai from his short movie Voices of a Distant Star, which is about a couple of teenagers writing pen pal letters to each other as the girl travels further and further into space as a fighter mech pilot (never aging as she's in hyper sleep each time), while the boy ages and moves on with his life as the messages become few and far between due to the time the messages take to travel. He had actually been focusing on his career to join the space fleet as a ship captain, so he could come and get her. This became a staple in his work, with a lot of elements reflected in each film. He has the teen lovers who through some set of circumstances are destined to part, to hopefully reunite in the future. And while they're always about the relationship, more often than not, there is also a connecting fantasy/sci-fi sub plot that the two protagonists are heavily involved in. All his movies are an emotional treat to watch, even his directorial debut short film, She and Her Cat, which is about a house cat recalling his experiences living with his owner and how that's his entire world.
Also, trains. He freaking *_LOVES_* trains. Train stations, train tracks, train crossings, train platforms, train seats, waiting for the train, stuck on the train, missing the train… Shinkai likes trains how Miyazaki likes planes.
I remember how impressed we all were (I was part of a large anime club) when Hoshi no Koe came out. It still amazes me how easy it is to recognize Makoto Shinkai's art style.
What truly impresses me about Voices of a Distant Star is how Shinkai made the whole damn thing on his personal computer with software anyone can get. In addition, he and his girlfriend at the time (wife now) recorded the initial voice lines for the characters themselves. Bless this humble man who is an inspiration to all creators out there who start small.
@@lorettabes4553 That's okay. It isn't original work anyways so who cares if AI is saving them time, right? Creating original work using AI is what is truly lame IMHO
Thank you so SO much for returning to anime, and with such a belter too. I feel for people who are stuck with subtitles that inexplicably miss out translating the written words, since they're so crucial to the plot. I'm basically legally obliged to recommend "A Silent Voice" off the back of this. It came out just three weeks after "Your Name" so was a bit drowned out by its phenomenon, but it's truly one of the greatest films ever made, anime or no, and I think Simone in particular will resonate with it, given her past hearing difficulties she's told us about. Other anime recommendations - "Perfect Blue", "Paprika", "Suzume", "A Whisker Away", "Drifting Home", and the gloriously named "I Want to Eat Your Pancreas". Also, a previous Makoto Shinkai film, "Five Centimeters Per Second", is (SPOILERS) another will-they-won't-they romance. In the very last scene, the male protagonist thinks he glimpses the love he's yearned for for years as they cross some train tracks. He turns to look back, just as a train roars over the crossing and obscures her from sight. End credits play as the train goes by, seemingly endlessly. Finally, the last carriage passes and... she's gone. Scene. With that in mind, IMAGINE the response when, nine years later, it looks like he's about to do the same damn thing here. Then gets them to recognise each other after all. Then lose each other again on the platform. Then find each other on the stairs. Then seem like they'll miss one another yet again, only for the final twist of twists at the very last. Peak bait 'n' switch.
Add in Millennium Actress to that list (one of my all time favourites and one that is criminally underrated imo) and possibly Tokyo Godfathers, too. All of Satoshi Kon's films are seriously worth a watch, it's such a shame he didn't get to make more than those four.
5 Centimeters Per Second was my first taste of Shinkai's work. I remember watching it the summer before I moved away for college, still trying to deal with my years-long high school romance falling apart. I remember how much I connected with the characters and their relationship, and since I didn't know *anything* about it, I really hoped hard for a happy ending. I was devastated by that movie. But I also kept coming back to it, and then to more of Shinkai's work, just because everything he does is so effective at getting his message across. 5 Centimeters ended up being the thing that got me to stop clinging on to this old flame, because I saw so much of myself in Takaki but I didn't want to find myself drifting through life like that. Then, years later, I watched Your Name with my wife. I had previously about how important Shinkai's work had been to me, but hadn't ever gone into detail about why because she's very spoiler-averse. I remember sitting there, watching that moment where they miss each other on the bridge. My eyes were already welling up, and I immediately remembered the last shot of 5 Centimeters and said out loud "Not again, man" which made my wife, who had apparently also been trying not to cry, burst into tears.
@@robertwareham8466 I guess Tokyo Godfathers would be a perfect introduction to Satoshi Kon's work for them, just like The Boy and Beast would be for Hosoda's work.
This is probably the most beautiful movie I've ever seen-visually, obviously, but also narratively. Was pleasantly surprised to see it come up from you all…! I assumed I'd just forgotten your all's viewing of it to time, amidst all the other reaction/commentary channels that checked it out. Happy to get another fresh, overwhelmingly positive take on it out of the blue, especially from Cinebinge!
28:33 it is happily ever after ! in one of the movies that was released few years later, they showed mitsuha and taki as cameos, and they r married :) this is my favorite movie and im glad you guys enjoyed it ! thanks for the video
@@DukaM757 , not quite. If you check the dates you will see that the cameos in WWY occur in 2021, but the finale of Your Name takes place in October 2022. So the Taki and Mitsuha we see in WWY have not yet met. They are still waking up crying sometimes not knowing why. But Makoto Shinkai has said that in his mind, they do get married in 2023. I have also heard that in the epilog of WWY Hodaka visits Taki's grandmother and supposedly there are wedding pictures somewhere in her apartment. The epilog takes place in 2024.
@@robertscott1949 They haven’t reunited yet when they appear, but they’ve married by the epilogue. Taki’s grandmother is wearing a braided cord that Mitsuha made for her.
OH MY GOSH! I'm so happy that you're reacting to this. I've been following y'all for a long time and this is one of my favorite movies of all time. Can't wait to see your reaction!!
I saw this in theatres when it first came out. I had already watched it at home (from a secret site) but when the hand scene came on, I could hear the person next to me say under their breath “oh my god” and the entire theatre started crying. Seeing this on the big screen was something else.
The JRock band that did the incredible music for this movie also does a full live orchestra accompanied play through for the movie as it plays. Its incredible if you ever get a chance to watch it. That band is not only creatively talented theyre also extremely technically talented musicians
RADWIMPS won three Japan Academy Awards for Best Original Score, and they were all for Makoto Shinkai movies (Your Name, Weathering with You, and Suzume) ❤
The more mindblowing trivia about Radwips is that makoto let them see the not finalized movie for them to know how what to make music for. And they came back with music not really fitting what he had shown. When confronted they said "its better this way" so he changed the movie to fit the music.
@@cyclonemouse I love when that happens. The exact same thing happened with Violet Evergarden and composer Evan Call, except KyoAni sent him the book and changed the script themselves, making his demo the main theme.
So, two little fun details that require knowledge of Japanese writing and mythology(from what I understand, I'm just sharing fun stuff I've learned). When Mitsuha sees the writing on her hand, "I love you", and sadly complains that that doesn't help her remember his name, she's being a hypocrite. The stroke that she begins with when she starts to write her name on Taki's hand is not how you would typically start any of the kanji making up her name - but it IS how you start the kana in "I love you". She had the same idea he did. Another hint to this ties in to the mythology part. In Japanese mythology, messages of love are protected from interference by the moon goddess. Every other message between them has disappeared, but the "I love you" on Mitsuha's hand never does. And that's what hints at Mitsuha also intending to write "I love you" - because that doesn't disappear, either. It may not have been complete, but it was still a message of love.
I've always loved that Japanese concept of what we in the west would call soulmates, where you might forget details but you don't forget someone loves you somewhere out there.
This film is a great example of the theme that Shinkai has explored in almost all of his films, which is how distance affects our relationships with others, whether it's physical, spiritual, emotional, etc.
Oh, also a tidbit for Simone. The studio behind Your Name also did a tourism promo called "Warm Winter Canada" where they used the same art style and featured a couple of palces around Vancouver, Granville Island and the water drop sculpture outside of the Convention Centre.
Makoto Shinkai, the writer and director of this film, is one of my favorite people working in anime right now. He catches flack sometimes for "making the same film over and over again" and there's some truth to that -- his body of work is filled with stories kind of like this one, where love and longing intersect, but his central theme is kind of about the ways distance can manifest between people, and love is frequently the driving factor that brings that distance to the surface. If you enjoyed this, consider reading Haruki Murakami's short story, "On Seeing the 100 Percent Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning.” Very quick, and you'll get the similarities immediately. I genuinely recommend that you take a look at some of Shinkai's other work, even if it isn't for the channel. His visual style and thematic focus really blend together very well.
I was lucky enough, a year after the movie came out, to ride an official bus tour in Tokyo that took you to all the sights from the movie, and even served the cakes and drink seen in the movie (the cafe scene). Such an awesome experience.
"Weathering with you" is another anime movie from the same studio and even it has an different "mythical" story, it is playing in the same "universe", so if you ask what happend with Mitsuha and Taki after the stair scene at the end, you should watch it.
Actually, the movie doesn't answer this question, because iirc it takes place sometime in between the 5 years, before they met each other on the stairs.
@@Riddler0603 You might be partly right, it does not answer it completely, but you might get some hints and together with the novel book you might get an idea. seems like the maker of the movies did not care much about the flaws in both movie timelines, because the ending of your name on the stairs on a clear day in 2022 would not be possible because in weathering with you in that time it already rained continuously. Later when Mitsuha helps Hodaka to choose a ring for Hina, she still has her birth name on her name tag. So at that time Mitsuha and Taki might be lovers, but later, when Hodaka comes back to flooded Tokyo in 2024, he is checking the sunshinegirl page and sees one pending request from 2022, made by Takis granny, when he visits her in her new flat to tell her that Hina is no longer a Sunshinegirl, she has a knotted band on her wrist, just like those from the region Mitsuha is from, that still leaves room for speculation, actually the novel book gives more insight, because in there Hodaka describes her flat, that there was a marriage photo of her only grandson, so when they both met and they were in love i assume that the wedding photo will show Mitsuha and Taki.
@@Kamil0san Shinkai has stated that there isn’t a single consistent universe for his movies. Suzume being the only exception, all of his movies have returning characters from the previous, no matter how implausible.
@@TukaihaHithlec Did he said that after someone noticed the flaws in the continuity, or before. Actually Taki and Misuha are the first couple that have a reappearance, There are no reused characters in Garden of Words, nor in the older anime at least i did not noticed anyone, and with implementing an another family member, takis grandma, it is not just a recycling or simple cameo. His older stuff is often about drama, love, distance, time or parallel worlds, and most of them do not have happy endings, especially for the lovers. The last three are kind of an exception.
Damn Anime Simone is beautiful (she's always cute / rather pretty, of course, but the drawing is REALLY well done / brings out all the best. On second thought, is that a drawing or a filter?) Great work on the thumbnail.
This is regardless of film/show/etc. but the two of you are the only reaction channel I watch these days. Your opinions are informed and honest, you have self aware thoughts and don’t seem to ever feign reactions for clips or for hype. The two of you are refreshing, intelligent, and honest and thank you for providing such refreshing and fun, relaxing content. You bring so many smiles, happy tears, and laughs to the world!
So, speaking of original dubs... the director of this movie and his then-girlfriend voice acted for his early solo-animated works, She & Her Cat and the working dub of Voices of a Distant Star. The commercial DVD release of Voices of a Distant Star did have a dub with pro voice actors but also included (well at least, my copy did) the original dub with the director and his girlfriend.
I've always found dreams to be a facinating phenomenon. Often when we're in the middle of the dream we accept it as real, even if we're dreaming of a reality that doesn't make sense. Sometimes I realize what I'm experiencing doesn't add up, but most of the time I accept the reality I've crafted in my subconscience. As real as it seems, the memory of it quickly fades when waking, no matter how vivid the dream was. It's like the brain knows it was a false memory and lets go of most of those manufactured memories. But then again, it's amazing how much of what we really experience is forgotten over time. Anyway, I'm rambling. Good reaction, beautiful movie.
*_Your Name Trivia!_* (because they didn’t) This movie had many firsts for writer and director Makoto Shinkai! 1) All of his movies are about two people wanting to be together but something stops them. This is the first movie where they succeed! 2) All of the songs have an English version fluently sung by the same band. 3) Because this was the first time he didn’t take the story as seriously as before, there’s much more lightheartedness than usual for his films. This is due to the story being primarily inspired by a cram study service advertisement, an ad for which can be seen in some shots. 4) The story was heavily influenced by the 2011 disaster in Japan, and the fantasies of much of the population to go back and save their loved ones. Every film since has had natural disasters play a role. This is the first film to feature what would become Shinkai’s iconic art style, after an impressive history closing in on it. A contributing factor is that Studio Ghibli had just finished their “last” movie, so all the animators needed to find new work and ended up working on this, though moved on to other projects since. Every Shinkai film (except his most recent one) features characters from a previous film, albeit in alternate timelines. Your Name features both protagonists from Garden of Words, being Mitsuha’s teacher and another pedestrian passing Mitsuha at the train station. Weathering With You has seven characters from Your Name appear, mostly in passing but a couple much more prominently. Calendars appear frequently throughout the film, and someone paying close enough attention can notice that the years are different, being 2013 or 2016. When Taki and Mitsuha flip between days on their phones, the day of the month is the same, but the day of the week isn’t. Similarly to how Perfect Blue makes the viewer feel like the character, never certain what’s real and what isn’t, Your Name shows several scenes at the beginning of the film without context, making the viewer feel like they know something already but can’t remember what. With the music, some themes are played with the same motifs but in different styles, making the music feel familiar the first time you hear it. To clarify a detail that is often misunderstood, the time that Taki and Mitsuha spend in the other’s body feels like a dream. They go to sleep in their own body, spend a day in the other’s, then wake up in their own again. The logic and behaviour in the other’s body is dreamlike, thinking in a way and doing things that they normally wouldn’t if they were simply swapping bodies in a more traditional sense. This also explains why they never tried calling the other or seeking the other out when outside their own bodies, why they never noticed inconsistencies (though the viewer rarely does either), and how they somehow know the codes to unlock the other’s phone. This dreamlike interpretation is why they almost immediately forget things that they were just vividly experiencing. The story has a lot of interesting detail considerations that are easily missed. Parts of Comet Tiamat have split off and fallen in the same spot every time it passes Earth. This is why there’s a crater in the mountains with a shrine in the middle, and why Itomori rings around a circular lake. Mitsuha’s grandma mentions how the history of their culture was lost, but the traditions remain. The history was about the Miyamizu family saving everyone from the comet. The sake and braided cords were specifically to ultimately have Mitsuha connect with Taki. The traditional dance the sisters did represented the comet’s approach and split. By comparison, Mitsuha’s mother, Futaba, was connected to her father, who was a researcher from the city there studying old rural shrines. He married into her family, an unusual case where the husband takes his wife’s family name. After marrying, having children, and becoming sick, Futaba allowed herself to die when she could have been saved, stating her beliefs as the reason why. Disappointed by his wife’s seemingly needless death, Mitsuha’s father entered local politics with the ultimate goal of modernizing and becoming influential enough to convince the population of Itomori to abandon Miyamizu traditions. Unbeknownst to him, it was Mitsuha’s mother’s goal to have him gain outside influence in the face of waning support for the shrine, so that when the time came he had the power to evacuate the town when Miyamizu shrine couldn’t on their own. In light of this, despite losing their homes, Mitsuha’s father reconnected with his daughters and mother in law. There are multiple ways to tell whether you’re seeing the real Taki and Mitsuha, or the other in their body. 1) Along with their movements, they speak in different pitches as well. 2) When in Mitsuha’s body, Taki wears a simple ponytail, but it’s not just that he can’t do her hairstyle - he doesn’t realize she has the braided cord. Similarly, but less obviously, Taki always wears the same braided cord on his wrist, but Mitsuha doesn’t when in his body, because she doesn’t know he has it either! 3) When in Taki’s body, Mitsuha falls out of his bed, because she sleeps on the floor. At the beginning of the movie, Mitsuha sleeps in a nightgown and without a bra. When Taki wakes up in her body, he goes to school without putting a bra on, hence the basketball scene. Realizing this, Mitsuha starts sleeping in a pyjama shirt and pants, and with a bra on through the night. *_SPOILERS for Weathering With You_* Although taking place in an alternate timeline, as much as can be is still consistent. The majority of the story takes place before the end of Your Name’s story. However, after the timeskip at the end, Taki’s grandmother wears a Miyamizu braided cord, gifted to her by her grandson’s wife. She also has photos from Taki and Mitsuha’s wedding.
Another detail that amuses me to no end: When asked what other media inspired *_Your Name,_* Makoto Shinkai said *_Breaking Bad._* The iconic timelapse shots and the first person view sliding doors wouldn’t be in there if he hadn’t watched *_Breaking Bad_* first. KyoAni, the studio that made *_A Silent Voice,_* copied imagery from *_Your Name_* in their passion project *_Violet Evergarden._* The fact that some of the highest production value anime movies and shows can trace influence directly to *_Breaking Bad_* is wild to me.
@@TukaihaHithlec As far as point #1 goes, "all of his movies are about two people wanting to be together but something stops them", I'd argue that that's not always the case although it might seem like that. In 5 Centimeters per Second, it's emphasized multiple times after the first "episode" that Takaki's relationship with Akari is one-sided. Even the secondary relationships like Takaki and Kanae or Takaki and his unnamed girlfriend in Tokyo suffer the same issue. In the Garden of Words, it's similar. Takao is the only one with romantic interest, likely a teenage infatuation. Yukino's investment in their relationship isn't romantic, more like friendship and emotional support in learning to walk again, metaphorically speaking. If anything, a better way to describe the common theme in these films is unrequited love/feelings. Children Who Chase Lost Voices has no romance at all. Voices and The Place Promised do fit this theme of wanting to reunite but are stopped, by space/time and memory loss respectively. That being said, they both have quite hopeful endings imo. In Voices, Noboru joins a rescue mission to find Mikako and she swears they'll meet again. In The Place Promised, despite losing her memories of her love for Hiroki, Sayuri is reunited with him and they can rebuild their relationship.
@@earth2saka I see what you’re saying. To clarify, when I say “be together” I don’t necessarily mean romantically, and the wording was oversimplified. I wasn’t expecting a comment like yours, though I’m pleasantly surprised! In 5 Centimeters per Second, I’d argue that Takaki and Akari both still wanted to be together, or at least both thought about it, but Akari certainly seemed to move past it much more readily. I should also clarify that this reference to two people that I made meant to include one-sided things, but again, I oversimplified. The relationships are childhood crushes, and the obstacle is drifting apart. In Garden of Words, I could be wrong, but my impression was that Yukino also felt a similar attraction to Takao. I think they both knew it was problematic, but how problematic looks different from each side of that threshold age. For comparison, I was in my teens when I first read Scott Pilgrim, and the relationship between a 17yo and a 23yo didn’t feel that strange. Looking back in my twenties, it feels *_super_* strange. I think Yukino simply knew better that their affections couldn’t be. There were those rumours about her after all. The relationship is potential romance, or at least a problematic friendship, and the obstacle is age difference and power dynamic. Children Who Chase Lost Voices has Asuna wanting to reunite with her father, and Morisaki wanting to reunite with his wife. Despite reaching their destination, resurrecting loved ones isn’t so simple. The relationships are family, and the obstacle is death. I should also say that I don’t think any of them were bad endings, or even strictly sad endings, as some were hopeful as you pointed out. I just meant that they were all less than ideal endings. To quote another reactor before Taki and Mitsuha do successfully reunite, “Great, I guess they both lived, good for them…”. Shinkai knew people were expecting the okay but not ideal ending, teased it hard, and finally gave in for the first time. I watched Garden of Words because it was suggested by Netflix, then watched every Shinkai film in order of release because I knew he was well regarded, but I had zero concept of what a masterpiece this movie would be. Watching Your Name at that point feels drastically different from it being the first Shinkai film someone watches. I wouldn’t pressure someone else to do the same, but I loved that payoff. I did notice how derivative it was, almost like it repeated all the best parts of his previous work (which is something someone would never know if watched in isolation), but it made every other detail that much better for me. Thank you for your reply! It was a pleasure discussing it and looking back again.
Your Name was nominated for four Japan Academy Prizes (Japan’s equivalent of the Oscars) including Best Animation and Best Director (lost to In This Corner of the World and Shin Godzilla respectively). It won Best Music and Best Screenplay. ❤
Please watch the 2019 Tenki No Ko (weathering with you) after this. It's not a direct sequel, but same studios made it. I think you guys will like that too
Great reaction to a stunning movie! I never get bored of this! 😆 One interesting thing that you said at the end about switching bodies between several people... There are a anime series called "Kokoro Connect" that have just that theme and boy does it get complicated! 🤣(Yes, there's some boob grabbing too...)
There's a detail that a lot of reactors gloss over....maybe y'all mention it in the uncut version, but a detail that I find fascinating is that this is not the first time a comet has struck Itomori. The crater/lake that is part of the town is from the last time this comet passed by Earth and it did the same thing and broke into a second fragment. When Taki goes into the cave and falls down, he sees cave drawings on the roof of the cave that depict the story of the first comet (and maybe a prediction/prophecy that it will happen again? Idk ,that part I never could really clarify). I love when they place small details like this.
watched this movie for the first time with friends, but one of us had scene the movie twice before and due to little reactions and comments I figured out the end less than halfway through becuase he reacted to seeing the crater early in the movie...loved the movie but really wish I got that OH WOW moment
Honestly, y'all, I clicked on this one because, I won't lie, that was a damn beautiful thumbnail and this was a damn beautiful movie. I didn't know I needed this movie but I guess I did. A truly happy ending. Thanks!
I wonder how viewers would have liked the movie if in the last scene Taki and Mitsuha had just walked past each other and never met? Makoto Shinkai made 4 previous romantic animes, all on similar themes about separated couples longing for each other, and this is the first one with a happy ending!
I'm crying so much. This movie reminds me of that Tia Lee song, 'Goodbye'. Especially, after Mitsuha said, " He's so lucky. They must be together around now...", knowing her heart.
This film makes me cry every time. Especially the scene on the ridge. I highly recommend Shinkai's other movies like Weathering With You and Suzume. Fun fact: the line Mitsuha was writing on Taki's hand is a motion she wouldn't make in writing her name. So she was going to write "I Love You" too.
A Silent Voice is another must see, you'll probably get a lot of suggestions on this video for it. It came out a few weeks after this movie so it was kind of over shadowed, but still got a ton of praise. I like both movies, but I personally prefer the story in A Silent Voice more.
They are both amazing in their own right. It's understandable why Your Name is the better known and more popular film, but A Silent Voice just has something so important to say.
Silent Voice is an exceptional movie, but lacks the same levity, making it too upsetting for some viewers, especially for parents with children with disabilities and/or who have nearly ended their own lives.
@@TukaihaHithlec It's not completely without levity though, Shoyo's friend and Shoko's sister both bring a bit of levity to it. But I do get why it's a hard film for some, though I think that's also why it's a stronger film for me. It's a bold choice to tell the story from Shoyo's perspective and I really like the redemption story and the movie's depiction of his social anxiety.
I remember the first time i watched it i was completely flabbergasted and was just staring at my screen for 5 minutes using tissues for my eyes over and over again, the week that followed, i still dont know why, i was way more emotional Usually when i watch a movie i rewatch it over and over again, but this on, i only watched it 2 times because the feelings that i flet are so precious to me that i dont want to lose that
The attention to detail for this movie is incredible. I watched this movie on a train from Tokyo to Osaka, and I noticed the pattern of the cloth on my seat was identical to the seats on one of the trains in the movie.
Makoto Shinkai has been one of my favorite directors for like 15 years. His films aren't always the most accessible, but I love the themes and characters he explores with his works
Both of these characters appear as just guest character in one of this director latest film. So you can just enjoy that if you move forward to watch that movie.
"I never thought a movie with so much groping can be so emotional." New to Japanese anime, eh? 😆
@@kgjung2310 Yeah they aren't familiar how good and in depth anime can make one feel
High School DxD is... something else.
im 27 and i don't remember the ending but when i was 14-17 i watched an anime that i believe is still the saddest one even after 300 of them and i meant like crying for days and a depression for at least 5 days and it was Angel Beat
PS: okay maybe not the saddest one because there is a few that might be worst like mugen train ending
I remember watching this the first time on a 12 hour flight. At one point, the two British ladies next to me needed to go to the toilet and had to pass by me (I was at the aisle seat). I paused at the most unfortunate moment, and one of them saw it and giggled.
When they came back, they asked me if it was any good. I said it seemed so (I hadn't finished yet at that time) and gave them the title of the show.
A few hours later, I noticed both of them crying. They just finished the film, and told me it's the most beautiful 'cartoon' they'd ever seen!
"I need to go to the bathroom."
"CAN YOU PLS! NOT NOW!-"
@@kalakritistudios the most valid response to watching this movie! LOL! There is like no point where a pause is acceptable hahahaha!!
@@xuyang6013 Pauses "I love you" to say "I hate you"!😂
OH I ALSO WATCH THIS ON AIRPLANE!!! I was on student exchange from Japan going back to my home country, this movie haven't realease anywhere else back then! I was half drunk on the plane after drinking some alcohol on the airport pretend to be adult in foreign country with my friend, then I watch this on the way back and I cried like a river stranger beside me dumbfounded. what a memory.
@@rostovolt _perfection👌🏻_
I lived deep in the Japanese mountains, only a few miles from the location of Mistuha's fictional village, when the Fukushima quake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster struck Japan, killing 20,000 people to the east of us. I remember sitting in my car in a traffic jam on a swaying bridge. I can't overemphasize the effect that disaster had on people as it unfolded. I remember my students weeping for family members who simply disappeared as the coast was swallowed. I remember the days of terror and numbness from the shock of the quake and the unfolding horror of the nuclear meltdown, and the authorities' efforts to downplay the scope of what was happening. It was, I believe, a "before and after" moment in Japanese life, a surreal time that the comet theme of Your Name taps into profoundly. I can't watch this movie without weeping, seeing the familiar landmarks, the sarubobo dolls in the Hida ramen joint, and reliving the trauma of the collective fear that gripped me and all my friends. Really appreciated y'alls response.
Really interesting how strongly Makoto Shinkai's films are influenced by Japan and its culture of surviving natural disasters. At least Your Name, Weathering With You, and Suzume all really meditate on the horrible, uncaring threats to civilization that loom over the land and what they do to people, communities, and cultures. I'm from a country that sees practically no natural disasters at all (flooding used to be the one, but that was practically solved by 19th century engineering) so it's very alien to me
I love your post
It's what I love about his work. _Suzame_ was directly inspired by the 2011 Earthquake, and definitely treads into the darkness, but you come back from the story with an unwavering sense of joy and appreciation of life. I believe it's termed _Mono no aware_ -something I've begun trying to incorporate into my life.
@@swiftlymurmurs You might also appreciate Ghibli's "The Wind Rises" based on your comment. :)
I do hear stories about the safety and redundancy of Japanese infrastructure. I trust their engineering. North America .... ehh
Sorry for your loss
24:58 "That's not a name!" -- i love the way you managed to quip in the middle of a sob.
The reason why i watch reactors watching a familiar movie is it lets me experience the film again with fresh eyes. Thanks for the great reaction to one of my favorite films
This movie taps into the beautiful yet tragic feeling of waking up from the most wonderful dream to have it suddenly start slipping through the fingers of your memory to be forgotten.
This is a perfect movie for me 😌
the SPEED at which I ran to my PC when I got this notification 🏃♂🏃♂🏃♂🏃♂🏃♂🏃♂
Absolute same, I adore this movie and even though I've watched it so many times already I still choke up at moments like the phone notes deleting and the pen drop.
Screaming "Come on!" at a screen was my reaction 7 or 8 years ago as well.
If it was anyway possible I'd love if you could also watch A Silent Voice
Yep! whenever someone reacts to one of these movies it's required to have them watch the other. These are movie reactor rules. Take as much time as you need of coarse.
It's the perfect one two combo of tears
@@t3haznpenguin yep, those are the rules. They have to do both.
@@aternialaffsalot Followed up by a sucker punch from I Want To Eat Your Pancreas.
Excellent Manga haven’t seen the anime.
I love watching reactions to 'Your Name'. It's the closest thing to watching the movie again for the first time only this time we experience it all together 🥲
When the censor makes it seem MORE lewd than it actually is.
How was it censored?
@@hitblank2320 Blocked out with a PNG of YT's content policy.
Hilarious
@@elheber Which is crazy considering they have "transparent clothing reviews" on RUclips that stay up.
RUclips's content review is a minefield and so inconsistent.
@@G1NZOU Transparent clothing reviews? That's disgusting. Where? Where do they post those horrible reviews?
Thank you for consistently providing the audience with engaging topics. Having spent over 40 years in the broadcast industry as a producer, writer, and program executive, I still find myself eager to see your reactions to movies, even ones I've seen before! Your fresh perspectives are truly unique and appreciated. Keep up the excellent work; as someone within the industry, I greatly enjoy what you do.
Sanderson straight up said in his acknowledgements for "Yumi and the Nightmare Painter" that it was heavily inspired by this film, the same way "Tress of the Emerald Sea" was inspired by "The Princess Bride".
Among other inspirations was Hikaru no Go, a story about a ghost of an extremely talented Go player being stuck with a kid who never played before, and teaching him the game! I only add this because I think it's a very underrated anime/manga and I was very happy to see Sanderson being inspired by it as well lol
I've not seen this before but the inspirations in Yumi from Final Fantasy X really raised the book for me. Now with this reaction I'll probably appreciate it even more.
It's so funny to me seeing someone watch this after reading Yumi not knowing it's an inspiration for it.
Different energy, but the mechanics have some similarities to "When Marnie Was There" minus the body swapping
One of my favorite movies of all time. Last year, I traveled to Tokyo and did a pilgrimage through the city, visiting the locations featured in the movie. Ending with the stairwell (it's real and just off-screen there is a beautiful shrine). There were a handful of us there. No one really spoke, but almost every one had a tear in their eye... one of the best days of my life.
In an interview at the French premiere of Weathering with You, Makoto Shinkai confirmed that Mitsuha and Taki have married 🥰
I first found out about Makoto Shinkai from his short movie Voices of a Distant Star, which is about a couple of teenagers writing pen pal letters to each other as the girl travels further and further into space as a fighter mech pilot (never aging as she's in hyper sleep each time), while the boy ages and moves on with his life as the messages become few and far between due to the time the messages take to travel. He had actually been focusing on his career to join the space fleet as a ship captain, so he could come and get her.
This became a staple in his work, with a lot of elements reflected in each film. He has the teen lovers who through some set of circumstances are destined to part, to hopefully reunite in the future. And while they're always about the relationship, more often than not, there is also a connecting fantasy/sci-fi sub plot that the two protagonists are heavily involved in.
All his movies are an emotional treat to watch, even his directorial debut short film, She and Her Cat, which is about a house cat recalling his experiences living with his owner and how that's his entire world.
Also, trains. He freaking *_LOVES_* trains. Train stations, train tracks, train crossings, train platforms, train seats, waiting for the train, stuck on the train, missing the train… Shinkai likes trains how Miyazaki likes planes.
I remember how impressed we all were (I was part of a large anime club) when Hoshi no Koe came out. It still amazes me how easy it is to recognize Makoto Shinkai's art style.
What truly impresses me about Voices of a Distant Star is how Shinkai made the whole damn thing on his personal computer with software anyone can get. In addition, he and his girlfriend at the time (wife now) recorded the initial voice lines for the characters themselves. Bless this humble man who is an inspiration to all creators out there who start small.
That thumbnail actually goes kinda hard
Yeah ai goes so hard...
Lol
Not according to that one guy from the reading mean comments video
:( Honestly so disappointing @@kdot89
Kinda?! It looks perfect
@@lorettabes4553 That's okay. It isn't original work anyways so who cares if AI is saving them time, right? Creating original work using AI is what is truly lame IMHO
The "What is your name?" at the end always makes me tear up 😢
Thank you so SO much for returning to anime, and with such a belter too. I feel for people who are stuck with subtitles that inexplicably miss out translating the written words, since they're so crucial to the plot.
I'm basically legally obliged to recommend "A Silent Voice" off the back of this. It came out just three weeks after "Your Name" so was a bit drowned out by its phenomenon, but it's truly one of the greatest films ever made, anime or no, and I think Simone in particular will resonate with it, given her past hearing difficulties she's told us about. Other anime recommendations - "Perfect Blue", "Paprika", "Suzume", "A Whisker Away", "Drifting Home", and the gloriously named "I Want to Eat Your Pancreas".
Also, a previous Makoto Shinkai film, "Five Centimeters Per Second", is (SPOILERS) another will-they-won't-they romance. In the very last scene, the male protagonist thinks he glimpses the love he's yearned for for years as they cross some train tracks. He turns to look back, just as a train roars over the crossing and obscures her from sight. End credits play as the train goes by, seemingly endlessly. Finally, the last carriage passes and... she's gone. Scene.
With that in mind, IMAGINE the response when, nine years later, it looks like he's about to do the same damn thing here. Then gets them to recognise each other after all. Then lose each other again on the platform. Then find each other on the stairs. Then seem like they'll miss one another yet again, only for the final twist of twists at the very last. Peak bait 'n' switch.
Add in Millennium Actress to that list (one of my all time favourites and one that is criminally underrated imo) and possibly Tokyo Godfathers, too. All of Satoshi Kon's films are seriously worth a watch, it's such a shame he didn't get to make more than those four.
5 Centimeters Per Second was my first taste of Shinkai's work. I remember watching it the summer before I moved away for college, still trying to deal with my years-long high school romance falling apart. I remember how much I connected with the characters and their relationship, and since I didn't know *anything* about it, I really hoped hard for a happy ending. I was devastated by that movie. But I also kept coming back to it, and then to more of Shinkai's work, just because everything he does is so effective at getting his message across. 5 Centimeters ended up being the thing that got me to stop clinging on to this old flame, because I saw so much of myself in Takaki but I didn't want to find myself drifting through life like that.
Then, years later, I watched Your Name with my wife. I had previously about how important Shinkai's work had been to me, but hadn't ever gone into detail about why because she's very spoiler-averse. I remember sitting there, watching that moment where they miss each other on the bridge. My eyes were already welling up, and I immediately remembered the last shot of 5 Centimeters and said out loud "Not again, man" which made my wife, who had apparently also been trying not to cry, burst into tears.
It's a shame A Silent Voice was removed from Netflix. Currently the only way to watch it is Bd/DVD or digital rental.
@@Ncyphen I’m glad I watched it when I did. Doesn’t Netflix have a special agreement with KyoAni? Disappointing news.
@@robertwareham8466 I guess Tokyo Godfathers would be a perfect introduction to Satoshi Kon's work for them, just like The Boy and Beast would be for Hosoda's work.
This is probably the most beautiful movie I've ever seen-visually, obviously, but also narratively.
Was pleasantly surprised to see it come up from you all…! I assumed I'd just forgotten your all's viewing of it to time, amidst all the other reaction/commentary channels that checked it out. Happy to get another fresh, overwhelmingly positive take on it out of the blue, especially from Cinebinge!
28:33 it is happily ever after ! in one of the movies that was released few years later, they showed mitsuha and taki as cameos, and they r married :) this is my favorite movie and im glad you guys enjoyed it ! thanks for the video
@@DukaM757 , not quite. If you check the dates you will see that the cameos in WWY occur in 2021, but the finale of Your Name takes place in October 2022. So the Taki and Mitsuha we see in WWY have not yet met. They are still waking up crying sometimes not knowing why. But Makoto Shinkai has said that in his mind, they do get married in 2023. I have also heard that in the epilog of WWY Hodaka visits Taki's grandmother and supposedly there are wedding pictures somewhere in her apartment. The epilog takes place in 2024.
@@robertscott1949 They haven’t reunited yet when they appear, but they’ve married by the epilogue. Taki’s grandmother is wearing a braided cord that Mitsuha made for her.
1:30 - Simone: "What if I don't (cry)? What if I just bottle it all up?"
28:25 - Simone can barely talk, sniffling, holding back the tears.
"I shouldn't, for her sake." Bro changed in a sec.😂
Bro caved under no pressure. 😂
OH MY GOSH! I'm so happy that you're reacting to this. I've been following y'all for a long time and this is one of my favorite movies of all time. Can't wait to see your reaction!!
I saw this in theatres when it first came out. I had already watched it at home (from a secret site) but when the hand scene came on, I could hear the person next to me say under their breath “oh my god” and the entire theatre started crying. Seeing this on the big screen was something else.
omg no way?!? i love this movie so much!! a silent voice next 😍
The JRock band that did the incredible music for this movie also does a full live orchestra accompanied play through for the movie as it plays. Its incredible if you ever get a chance to watch it.
That band is not only creatively talented theyre also extremely technically talented musicians
RADWIMPS won three Japan Academy Awards for Best Original Score, and they were all for Makoto Shinkai movies (Your Name, Weathering with You, and Suzume) ❤
The more mindblowing trivia about Radwips is that makoto let them see the not finalized movie for them to know how what to make music for. And they came back with music not really fitting what he had shown. When confronted they said "its better this way" so he changed the movie to fit the music.
@@cyclonemouse I love when that happens. The exact same thing happened with Violet Evergarden and composer Evan Call, except KyoAni sent him the book and changed the script themselves, making his demo the main theme.
So, two little fun details that require knowledge of Japanese writing and mythology(from what I understand, I'm just sharing fun stuff I've learned).
When Mitsuha sees the writing on her hand, "I love you", and sadly complains that that doesn't help her remember his name, she's being a hypocrite.
The stroke that she begins with when she starts to write her name on Taki's hand is not how you would typically start any of the kanji making up her name - but it IS how you start the kana in "I love you". She had the same idea he did.
Another hint to this ties in to the mythology part.
In Japanese mythology, messages of love are protected from interference by the moon goddess.
Every other message between them has disappeared, but the "I love you" on Mitsuha's hand never does.
And that's what hints at Mitsuha also intending to write "I love you" - because that doesn't disappear, either. It may not have been complete, but it was still a message of love.
I've always loved that Japanese concept of what we in the west would call soulmates, where you might forget details but you don't forget someone loves you somewhere out there.
This film is a great example of the theme that Shinkai has explored in almost all of his films, which is how distance affects our relationships with others, whether it's physical, spiritual, emotional, etc.
Oh, also a tidbit for Simone. The studio behind Your Name also did a tourism promo called "Warm Winter Canada" where they used the same art style and featured a couple of palces around Vancouver, Granville Island and the water drop sculpture outside of the Convention Centre.
I love how this movie romanticises both country and city life
One of my all-time favorites! I signed up for your Patreon just to experience it with you guys. So happy that you loved it too ❤
I have watched and introduced this movie to a dozen friends and each time I bawl throughout the movie. It's an absolute masterpiece.
yes Brandon Sanderson went to watch this film and praised it on his twitter. So my guess is that it definitely was an inspiration for his book.
@@andeven1 it is. He said so in the afterword.
4:22 omg yes! "Yumi and the Nightmare Painter" reminded me so much of this movie (and I think Sanderson said he was inspired by it)
I'm just here to check if this have the "I LOVE YOU" subtitle scene
Yay, one of my favourite movies! ♥
1:30 Simone: What if I don't, though? What if I just bottle it all up.
19:01 24:57 27:11 27:50 28:08 Simone failing to keep it bottled all up.
Simone, you held it together a lot better than I did, lol. 😭🤣
Makoto Shinkai, the writer and director of this film, is one of my favorite people working in anime right now. He catches flack sometimes for "making the same film over and over again" and there's some truth to that -- his body of work is filled with stories kind of like this one, where love and longing intersect, but his central theme is kind of about the ways distance can manifest between people, and love is frequently the driving factor that brings that distance to the surface.
If you enjoyed this, consider reading Haruki Murakami's short story, "On Seeing the 100 Percent Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning.” Very quick, and you'll get the similarities immediately.
I genuinely recommend that you take a look at some of Shinkai's other work, even if it isn't for the channel. His visual style and thematic focus really blend together very well.
Yes, I have been waiting so long for some more mainstream channels to do this!
I didn't cry during this movie! I was cutting onions!
Oh my godddd! One of my favourite movies of all time. Every frame is also just a work of art alongside the wonderful story line!
I’ve been looking forward to this episode of SLAM! POETRY? YELLING! For awhile now! 😂
I was lucky enough, a year after the movie came out, to ride an official bus tour in Tokyo that took you to all the sights from the movie, and even served the cakes and drink seen in the movie (the cafe scene). Such an awesome experience.
"Weathering with you" is another anime movie from the same studio and even it has an different "mythical" story, it is playing in the same "universe", so if you ask what happend with Mitsuha and Taki after the stair scene at the end, you should watch it.
Actually, the movie doesn't answer this question, because iirc it takes place sometime in between the 5 years, before they met each other on the stairs.
@@Riddler0603 Weathering With You has a timeskip as well though, to after they reunite.
@@Riddler0603 You might be partly right, it does not answer it completely, but you might get some hints and together with the novel book you might get an idea.
seems like the maker of the movies did not care much about the flaws in both movie timelines, because the ending of your name on the stairs on a clear day in 2022 would not be possible because in weathering with you in that time it already rained continuously.
Later when Mitsuha helps Hodaka to choose a ring for Hina, she still has her birth name on her name tag. So at that time Mitsuha and Taki might be lovers, but later, when Hodaka comes back to flooded Tokyo in 2024, he is checking the sunshinegirl page and sees one pending request from 2022, made by Takis granny, when he visits her in her new flat to tell her that Hina is no longer a Sunshinegirl, she has a knotted band on her wrist, just like those from the region Mitsuha is from, that still leaves room for speculation, actually the novel book gives more insight, because in there Hodaka describes her flat, that there was a marriage photo of her only grandson, so when they both met and they were in love i assume that the wedding photo will show Mitsuha and Taki.
@@Kamil0san Shinkai has stated that there isn’t a single consistent universe for his movies. Suzume being the only exception, all of his movies have returning characters from the previous, no matter how implausible.
@@TukaihaHithlec Did he said that after someone noticed the flaws in the continuity, or before. Actually Taki and Misuha are the first couple that have a reappearance, There are no reused characters in Garden of Words, nor in the older anime at least i did not noticed anyone, and with implementing an another family member, takis grandma, it is not just a recycling or simple cameo. His older stuff is often about drama, love, distance, time or parallel worlds, and most of them do not have happy endings, especially for the lovers. The last three are kind of an exception.
Now we got to do A SILENT VOICE. It's just tradition to do one after the other.
Damn Anime Simone is beautiful (she's always cute / rather pretty, of course, but the drawing is REALLY well done / brings out all the best. On second thought, is that a drawing or a filter?) Great work on the thumbnail.
I was just thinking the same thing, what a cutie.
This is regardless of film/show/etc. but the two of you are the only reaction channel I watch these days. Your opinions are informed and honest, you have self aware thoughts and don’t seem to ever feign reactions for clips or for hype. The two of you are refreshing, intelligent, and honest and thank you for providing such refreshing and fun, relaxing content. You bring so many smiles, happy tears, and laughs to the world!
30:29 Funny you say that Simone, have you guys watched Sense8 on Netflix? Loved that show
AwwwWWWWWWW!!!!! ❤ THIS THUMBNAIL IS SOOOOO SIMONE! 😊💗💖
First time watching this, never heard of it so...
I trust you guys. I'm ready! 😃
Touching and emotional. Yet another masterpiece of Japanese animation.
So, speaking of original dubs... the director of this movie and his then-girlfriend voice acted for his early solo-animated works, She & Her Cat and the working dub of Voices of a Distant Star. The commercial DVD release of Voices of a Distant Star did have a dub with pro voice actors but also included (well at least, my copy did) the original dub with the director and his girlfriend.
I mean after this you know they’re gonna watch Silent Voice, it’s the standard reaction duet of anime
I've always found dreams to be a facinating phenomenon. Often when we're in the middle of the dream we accept it as real, even if we're dreaming of a reality that doesn't make sense. Sometimes I realize what I'm experiencing doesn't add up, but most of the time I accept the reality I've crafted in my subconscience. As real as it seems, the memory of it quickly fades when waking, no matter how vivid the dream was. It's like the brain knows it was a false memory and lets go of most of those manufactured memories. But then again, it's amazing how much of what we really experience is forgotten over time. Anyway, I'm rambling. Good reaction, beautiful movie.
*_Your Name Trivia!_* (because they didn’t)
This movie had many firsts for writer and director Makoto Shinkai!
1) All of his movies are about two people wanting to be together but something stops them. This is the first movie where they succeed!
2) All of the songs have an English version fluently sung by the same band.
3) Because this was the first time he didn’t take the story as seriously as before, there’s much more lightheartedness than usual for his films. This is due to the story being primarily inspired by a cram study service advertisement, an ad for which can be seen in some shots.
4) The story was heavily influenced by the 2011 disaster in Japan, and the fantasies of much of the population to go back and save their loved ones. Every film since has had natural disasters play a role.
This is the first film to feature what would become Shinkai’s iconic art style, after an impressive history closing in on it. A contributing factor is that Studio Ghibli had just finished their “last” movie, so all the animators needed to find new work and ended up working on this, though moved on to other projects since.
Every Shinkai film (except his most recent one) features characters from a previous film, albeit in alternate timelines. Your Name features both protagonists from Garden of Words, being Mitsuha’s teacher and another pedestrian passing Mitsuha at the train station. Weathering With You has seven characters from Your Name appear, mostly in passing but a couple much more prominently.
Calendars appear frequently throughout the film, and someone paying close enough attention can notice that the years are different, being 2013 or 2016. When Taki and Mitsuha flip between days on their phones, the day of the month is the same, but the day of the week isn’t.
Similarly to how Perfect Blue makes the viewer feel like the character, never certain what’s real and what isn’t, Your Name shows several scenes at the beginning of the film without context, making the viewer feel like they know something already but can’t remember what. With the music, some themes are played with the same motifs but in different styles, making the music feel familiar the first time you hear it.
To clarify a detail that is often misunderstood, the time that Taki and Mitsuha spend in the other’s body feels like a dream. They go to sleep in their own body, spend a day in the other’s, then wake up in their own again. The logic and behaviour in the other’s body is dreamlike, thinking in a way and doing things that they normally wouldn’t if they were simply swapping bodies in a more traditional sense. This also explains why they never tried calling the other or seeking the other out when outside their own bodies, why they never noticed inconsistencies (though the viewer rarely does either), and how they somehow know the codes to unlock the other’s phone. This dreamlike interpretation is why they almost immediately forget things that they were just vividly experiencing.
The story has a lot of interesting detail considerations that are easily missed.
Parts of Comet Tiamat have split off and fallen in the same spot every time it passes Earth. This is why there’s a crater in the mountains with a shrine in the middle, and why Itomori rings around a circular lake. Mitsuha’s grandma mentions how the history of their culture was lost, but the traditions remain. The history was about the Miyamizu family saving everyone from the comet. The sake and braided cords were specifically to ultimately have Mitsuha connect with Taki. The traditional dance the sisters did represented the comet’s approach and split.
By comparison, Mitsuha’s mother, Futaba, was connected to her father, who was a researcher from the city there studying old rural shrines. He married into her family, an unusual case where the husband takes his wife’s family name. After marrying, having children, and becoming sick, Futaba allowed herself to die when she could have been saved, stating her beliefs as the reason why. Disappointed by his wife’s seemingly needless death, Mitsuha’s father entered local politics with the ultimate goal of modernizing and becoming influential enough to convince the population of Itomori to abandon Miyamizu traditions. Unbeknownst to him, it was Mitsuha’s mother’s goal to have him gain outside influence in the face of waning support for the shrine, so that when the time came he had the power to evacuate the town when Miyamizu shrine couldn’t on their own. In light of this, despite losing their homes, Mitsuha’s father reconnected with his daughters and mother in law.
There are multiple ways to tell whether you’re seeing the real Taki and Mitsuha, or the other in their body.
1) Along with their movements, they speak in different pitches as well.
2) When in Mitsuha’s body, Taki wears a simple ponytail, but it’s not just that he can’t do her hairstyle - he doesn’t realize she has the braided cord. Similarly, but less obviously, Taki always wears the same braided cord on his wrist, but Mitsuha doesn’t when in his body, because she doesn’t know he has it either!
3) When in Taki’s body, Mitsuha falls out of his bed, because she sleeps on the floor.
At the beginning of the movie, Mitsuha sleeps in a nightgown and without a bra. When Taki wakes up in her body, he goes to school without putting a bra on, hence the basketball scene. Realizing this, Mitsuha starts sleeping in a pyjama shirt and pants, and with a bra on through the night.
*_SPOILERS for Weathering With You_*
Although taking place in an alternate timeline, as much as can be is still consistent. The majority of the story takes place before the end of Your Name’s story. However, after the timeskip at the end, Taki’s grandmother wears a Miyamizu braided cord, gifted to her by her grandson’s wife. She also has photos from Taki and Mitsuha’s wedding.
Another detail that amuses me to no end:
When asked what other media inspired *_Your Name,_* Makoto Shinkai said *_Breaking Bad._* The iconic timelapse shots and the first person view sliding doors wouldn’t be in there if he hadn’t watched *_Breaking Bad_* first. KyoAni, the studio that made *_A Silent Voice,_* copied imagery from *_Your Name_* in their passion project *_Violet Evergarden._* The fact that some of the highest production value anime movies and shows can trace influence directly to *_Breaking Bad_* is wild to me.
@@TukaihaHithlec As far as point #1 goes, "all of his movies are about two people wanting to be together but something stops them", I'd argue that that's not always the case although it might seem like that.
In 5 Centimeters per Second, it's emphasized multiple times after the first "episode" that Takaki's relationship with Akari is one-sided. Even the secondary relationships like Takaki and Kanae or Takaki and his unnamed girlfriend in Tokyo suffer the same issue. In the Garden of Words, it's similar. Takao is the only one with romantic interest, likely a teenage infatuation. Yukino's investment in their relationship isn't romantic, more like friendship and emotional support in learning to walk again, metaphorically speaking. If anything, a better way to describe the common theme in these films is unrequited love/feelings. Children Who Chase Lost Voices has no romance at all.
Voices and The Place Promised do fit this theme of wanting to reunite but are stopped, by space/time and memory loss respectively. That being said, they both have quite hopeful endings imo. In Voices, Noboru joins a rescue mission to find Mikako and she swears they'll meet again. In The Place Promised, despite losing her memories of her love for Hiroki, Sayuri is reunited with him and they can rebuild their relationship.
thanks for the spoilers
@@earth2saka I see what you’re saying. To clarify, when I say “be together” I don’t necessarily mean romantically, and the wording was oversimplified. I wasn’t expecting a comment like yours, though I’m pleasantly surprised!
In 5 Centimeters per Second, I’d argue that Takaki and Akari both still wanted to be together, or at least both thought about it, but Akari certainly seemed to move past it much more readily. I should also clarify that this reference to two people that I made meant to include one-sided things, but again, I oversimplified.
The relationships are childhood crushes, and the obstacle is drifting apart.
In Garden of Words, I could be wrong, but my impression was that Yukino also felt a similar attraction to Takao. I think they both knew it was problematic, but how problematic looks different from each side of that threshold age. For comparison, I was in my teens when I first read Scott Pilgrim, and the relationship between a 17yo and a 23yo didn’t feel that strange. Looking back in my twenties, it feels *_super_* strange. I think Yukino simply knew better that their affections couldn’t be. There were those rumours about her after all.
The relationship is potential romance, or at least a problematic friendship, and the obstacle is age difference and power dynamic.
Children Who Chase Lost Voices has Asuna wanting to reunite with her father, and Morisaki wanting to reunite with his wife. Despite reaching their destination, resurrecting loved ones isn’t so simple.
The relationships are family, and the obstacle is death.
I should also say that I don’t think any of them were bad endings, or even strictly sad endings, as some were hopeful as you pointed out. I just meant that they were all less than ideal endings. To quote another reactor before Taki and Mitsuha do successfully reunite, “Great, I guess they both lived, good for them…”. Shinkai knew people were expecting the okay but not ideal ending, teased it hard, and finally gave in for the first time.
I watched Garden of Words because it was suggested by Netflix, then watched every Shinkai film in order of release because I knew he was well regarded, but I had zero concept of what a masterpiece this movie would be. Watching Your Name at that point feels drastically different from it being the first Shinkai film someone watches. I wouldn’t pressure someone else to do the same, but I loved that payoff. I did notice how derivative it was, almost like it repeated all the best parts of his previous work (which is something someone would never know if watched in isolation), but it made every other detail that much better for me.
Thank you for your reply! It was a pleasure discussing it and looking back again.
So next anime is gonna be "A Silent Voice"? C:
So happy with both your reactions!! Loved to relive this masterpiece with y’all again.
Been waiting for this so LONG :D
Bro.. i love this movie, cant believe yall are watching this!😳
Such a beautiful movie! Love rewatching it every now and again even if I go through a box of tissues lol. Glad ya'll liked it!
I just wanna say thank you for sharing, for always sharing yourselves and your feelings with us. 🙏
Your Name was nominated for four Japan Academy Prizes (Japan’s equivalent of the Oscars) including Best Animation and Best Director (lost to In This Corner of the World and Shin Godzilla respectively).
It won Best Music and Best Screenplay. ❤
There's another great anime that you absolutely need to react to, Paprika by the late Satoshi Kon.
Please watch the 2019 Tenki No Ko (weathering with you) after this. It's not a direct sequel, but same studios made it. I think you guys will like that too
Redwimps did a very god job with music for Makoto Shinkais films.
Great reaction to a stunning movie! I never get bored of this! 😆 One interesting thing that you said at the end about switching bodies between several people... There are a anime series called "Kokoro Connect" that have just that theme and boy does it get complicated! 🤣(Yes, there's some boob grabbing too...)
Been meaning to watch this movie for a while. Now I have to so I can watch this reaction. I *_LOVE_* the anime George and Simone in the poster!
這是我最愛的動畫電影，很開心你們也看了這部
它很巧妙的透過一些神靈的安排，讓整個跨時間的劇情內容可以說是沒有任何的錯誤
而且它最棒的就是最後會讓觀眾喜極而泣，感覺真的跟著他們經歷了這一切
最後苦盡甘來的那種感覺，配上畫面，音樂等等的
我覺得這是目前為止最棒的動畫電影
在某些版本的英文字幕裡，最後一句是"May I ask."然後鏡頭往上帶到"Your name."
我覺得是很有愛的翻譯版本
There's a detail that a lot of reactors gloss over....maybe y'all mention it in the uncut version, but a detail that I find fascinating is that this is not the first time a comet has struck Itomori. The crater/lake that is part of the town is from the last time this comet passed by Earth and it did the same thing and broke into a second fragment. When Taki goes into the cave and falls down, he sees cave drawings on the roof of the cave that depict the story of the first comet (and maybe a prediction/prophecy that it will happen again? Idk ,that part I never could really clarify). I love when they place small details like this.
When you visit Tokyo and the countryside then watch this movie, you feel right at home thanks to the stunning visuals...
watched this movie for the first time with friends, but one of us had scene the movie twice before and due to little reactions and comments I figured out the end less than halfway through becuase he reacted to seeing the crater early in the movie...loved the movie but really wish I got that OH WOW moment
Still to this day, my favorite animated movie in the 30 years I've been alive.
RADWIMPS really gave it their all for this movie's soundtrack I love it so much
omg this is one of my favourite movies of all time!! so happy you watched this ☺️💗
Honestly, y'all, I clicked on this one because, I won't lie, that was a damn beautiful thumbnail and this was a damn beautiful movie. I didn't know I needed this movie but I guess I did. A truly happy ending. Thanks!
I wonder how viewers would have liked the movie if in the last scene Taki and Mitsuha had just walked past each other and never met? Makoto Shinkai made 4 previous romantic animes, all on similar themes about separated couples longing for each other, and this is the first one with a happy ending!
this is the reaction i didnt know i needed until i saw it!
I will never not cry at this movie. Visually and Emotionally stunning.
I ❤ the thumbnail for this George. Great job 👍
This movie makes me want to go to Japan, vibing to the cities. I hope I can go to Japan someday
You should consider watching 'Grave of the Fireflies'
@@DraaagonTears you have to hate a person the make a rec like that
@@b_v1 yeah, it'll probably be a while before they thank me lol
I'm crying so much. This movie reminds me of that Tia Lee song, 'Goodbye'. Especially, after Mitsuha said, " He's so lucky. They must be together around now...", knowing her heart.
Cinebinge, you should react to the works of Mamoru Hosoda which his first film is "The Girl Who Lept Through Time"
The way I gasped and clicked this video so fast! ❤
"The Girl Who Leapt Through Time" is an older but similar film. Highly recommended.
OHHHHHHH SHIT YEAH! Love this movie/soundtrack.
I don't know this anime, I just came here to show my appreciaton for the thumbnail. Looks amazing!
Same.
Beautiful movie and one i always recommended as well as A silent voice. Tho what hurts more than both these films...
Boss Baby...
@@swedishchef82 stop.. im going to have an aneurysm
You guys finally react to this!!❤❤ I can't thank you enough!! Lots of love for you guys from Indonesia!!🥰🥰
This film makes me cry every time. Especially the scene on the ridge. I highly recommend Shinkai's other movies like Weathering With You and Suzume. Fun fact: the line Mitsuha was writing on Taki's hand is a motion she wouldn't make in writing her name. So she was going to write "I Love You" too.
A Silent Voice is another must see, you'll probably get a lot of suggestions on this video for it. It came out a few weeks after this movie so it was kind of over shadowed, but still got a ton of praise. I like both movies, but I personally prefer the story in A Silent Voice more.
They are both amazing in their own right. It's understandable why Your Name is the better known and more popular film, but A Silent Voice just has something so important to say.
Silent Voice is an exceptional movie, but lacks the same levity, making it too upsetting for some viewers, especially for parents with children with disabilities and/or who have nearly ended their own lives.
@@TukaihaHithlec It's not completely without levity though, Shoyo's friend and Shoko's sister both bring a bit of levity to it. But I do get why it's a hard film for some, though I think that's also why it's a stronger film for me. It's a bold choice to tell the story from Shoyo's perspective and I really like the redemption story and the movie's depiction of his social anxiety.
I remember the first time i watched it i was completely flabbergasted and was just staring at my screen for 5 minutes using tissues for my eyes over and over again, the week that followed, i still dont know why, i was way more emotional
Usually when i watch a movie i rewatch it over and over again, but this on, i only watched it 2 times because the feelings that i flet are so precious to me that i dont want to lose that
One of the few Anime films I managed to convince my septuagenarian parents to watch, they loved it as much as I did.
The attention to detail for this movie is incredible. I watched this movie on a train from Tokyo to Osaka, and I noticed the pattern of the cloth on my seat was identical to the seats on one of the trains in the movie.
Aaaand RADWIMPS have been on my daily playlist ever since. Such a banger soundtrack ❤
Makoto Shinkai has been one of my favorite directors for like 15 years. His films aren't always the most accessible, but I love the themes and characters he explores with his works
This movie is and always will be incredible, no matter how many times I've seen it xD
This movie is insane! Loved your reactions!!
Both of these characters appear as just guest character in one of this director latest film. So you can just enjoy that if you move forward to watch that movie.
i am stoked you both got to experience this movie! great reaction~