There was an interview a while back with Your Name director Makoto Shinkai in which he lamented he could no longer visit some of his favorite places in Tokyo because he’d put them in the movie and now they’re permanently occupied by Your Name fans. …Read more »
Good news for those who didn’t get a chance to see Your Name in theaters – or those who can’t wait to see it again. The Japanese Blu-ray and DVD release of the 2016 hit was just announced, and it appears to contain English subtitles. …Read more »
Your Name has earned some of your money. The film, which (finally) opened in U.S. theaters April 7, made an estimated $1.6 million dollars over the weekend. Your Name , which is being released in dubbed and subtitled form by Funimation, opened on 303 screens …Read more »
Makoto Shinkai fans in particular and curious anime fans at large may be wondering why mega-hit Your Name is taking so long to be released in America when it’s already come out in China, South Korea, Australia and the U.K., among others. This may be …Read more »
If you’ve been watching anime for any length of time, you’ve probably noticed a mysterious entity called DR Movie keeps popping up in the credits. This is not a human named Movie who has completed a doctorate (though that would be pretty awesome), but a …Read more »
Those who’ve seen Makoto Shinkai’s hit film Your Name (or even those who’ve seen the poster) know a comet plays a big role in the film. Now jewelry brand The Kiss and Bandai have teamed up to put the film’s Tiamat Comet into wearable form. …Read more »
Makoto Shinkai’s Your Name is officially the highest-grossing Japanese film of all time worldwide. The film, which has seen huge ticket sales not only in Japan but in countries like China and South Korea, has made over $281 million worldwide. That’s before the film has …Read more »
Funimation Films announced a concrete release date for Makoto Shinkai's worldwide smash hit your name. The anime film is officially set to open in North American theaters on April 7, and will be available both in Japanese with English subtitles and in dubbed form. Theaters …Read more »
Your Name , where art thou? The Tokyo Anime Award Festival has joined the ranks of sites looking back on 2016 and has just published a list of the best anime films of the year as chosen by 480,004 fans. The list is making waves …Read more »
Makoto Shinkai’s Your Name continues to be a mega-hit in Japan and abroad (it just opened huge in South Korea), which means anybody who’s anybody in the world of Japanese cinema inevitably gets asked what they thought of it. That includes Tokyo International Film Festival …Read more »
Director Makoto Shinkai has seen a ton of success with his latest anime film your name. , which continues to make history among the top-grossing films of all time in Japan. Is there such thing as too much success, though? Shinkai seems to think so, …Read more »
As an anime fan, living in Japan doesn’t have the same import it used to. Sure, the omake – the events, the posters, the feeling of being in the country that makes the stuff you’re into – that’s all there. But as a pure consumer …Read more »
Shinkai at the 2016 Tokyo International Film Festival While Makoto Shinkai’s Your Name has big a huge success (how huge? it’s the second-highest-grossing Japanese film of all time, that’s how huge), not everyone is a fan. The film has faced criticism from folks like Gainax …Read more »
Pop culture magazine Nikkei Entertainment, published by Japanese media conglomerate Nikkei, has released its list of the best entertainment of 2016. The list is made to resemble rankings of sumo wrestlers, and like the sumo world, has separate “east” and “west” divisions (in sumo, east …Read more »
Once it's done with December's Oscar-qualifying run in Los Angeles, Makoto Shinkai's your name. anime film will make its full North American theatrical debut in 2017. The film will be released in both subtitled and dubbed versions, and Funimation is gearing up for its arrival …Read more »
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