Kimi no Na wa.

Mitsuha Miyamizu, a high school girl, yearns to live the life of a boy in the bustling city of Tokyo—a dream that stands in stark contrast to her present life in the countryside. Meanwhile in the city, Taki Tachibana lives a busy life as a high school student while juggling his part-time job and hopes for a future in architecture.

One day, Mitsuha awakens in a room that is not her own and suddenly finds herself living the dream life in Tokyo—but in Taki's body! Elsewhere, Taki finds himself living Mitsuha's life in the humble countryside. In pursuit of an answer to this strange phenomenon, they begin to search for one another.

Kimi no Na wa. revolves around Mitsuha and Taki's actions, which begin to have a dramatic impact on each other's lives, weaving them into a fabric held together by fate and circumstance.

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Miyamizu, Mitsuha Main

Kamishiraishi, Mone Japanese

Tachibana, Taki Main

Kamiki, Ryunosuke Japanese

Yukino, Yukari Supporting

Hanazawa, Kana Japanese

Okudera, Miki Supporting

Nagasawa, Masami Japanese

Miyamizu, Yotsuha Supporting

Tani, Kanon Japanese

Teshigawara, Katsuhiko Supporting

Narita, Ryou Japanese

Miyamizu, Hitoha Supporting

Ichihara, Etsuko Japanese

Fujii, Tsukasa Supporting

Shimazaki, Nobunaga Japanese

Natori, Sayaka Supporting

Yuuki, Aoi Japanese

Takagi, Shinta Supporting

Ishikawa, Kaito Japanese

Bezerra, Wendel Producer

Kawamura, Genki Producer, Planning

Itou, Kouichirou Producer

Takei, Katsuhiro Producer

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Apr 23, 2025

OtakuGirrl

Recommended

Your Name is nothing short of a masterpiece. It’s a film that moved me deeply, stayed with me long after the credits rolled, and reminded me why I fell in love with anime in the first place. Visually stunning, emotionally resonant, and filled with heart, Your Name is a love story that transcends time, space, and memory itself.

The plot follows Mitsuha, a small-town girl longing for something more, and Taki, a high school boy navigating the fast pace of Tokyo life. When they inexplicably begin switching bodies, their lives become intertwined in ways neither of them could imagine. What starts off lighthearted and humorous gradually ... becomes poignant, mysterious, and profoundly moving as they try to uncover the truth behind their connection.

The animation is jaw-droppingly beautiful—every frame feels like a painting, and the soundtrack by RADWIMPS perfectly captures the emotions of each scene. But beyond the visuals and music, it’s the story’s emotional core that shines. It’s about connection, fate, and the quiet ache of longing for someone you’ve never met but feel you’ve known forever. If you’ve ever believed in soulmates or the power of love to defy logic, Your Name will speak to your heart in ways few films ever do.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Dec 20, 2024

SenseiLaba

Mixed Feelings

Honestly, Your Name left a good impression on me the first time I watched it fondly. The fact that the two main characters could swap bodies is a good idea, but I only liked the half of the movie when the characters were messing around in different bodies, interesting right? Well, towards the end of the movie things started to get more boring, the action seemed to start to creak somewhere. I'm not saying it maliciously, on the contrary, the film has a top animation, well-defined characters, but the story doesn't seem to have been to my liking. It didn't have a solid foundation to ... continue the story, to take it to a point where it made you understand that it was well worth it. The idea is good, but the starting point has failed. For the rest, leaving this aspect aside, we can enjoy a movie with an excellent animation quality. Shinkai knew what he was doing, of course he has a lot of nice movies, but it feels like something is repeating itself.
I still liked that I was able to see this anime, but on the other hand I don't really think it deserves such a high mark, obviously, I said it before, I don't say it maliciously but the story is not something out of the ordinary.
To conclude, Your Name is a decent anime, it keeps the narrative thread like any other anime, but the idea, the characters, the soundtrack, and let's not forget the lavish animation it gave us, are downright amazing. So the anime is worth watching, it's something new.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Apr 20, 2025

TheNecropolitan

Not Recommended

***Possible weird wording to avoid spoilers***

Kimi no Na wa is an illogical, pseudoemotional, slogfest of a movie.

Slogfest:
The first part of the movie is kind of a time waster, because it primarily serves as a really long and drawn out exposition focusing on a concept that, if removed, wouldn’t meaningfully change much of the movie. Nevertheless, the story must begin somewhere, so it gets its foot in the door as a basic slice of life as lived by two high schoolers of different families. The additional premise to the scenery-pornographic slice of life would be the body swap. Granted, the fact that this film is rated ... PG-13 in addition to the lack of a setup led the writers to write off the concept as a cheap gag. Near the end of the film, it receives a cheap explanation, but it ultimately contradicts the two characters’ behavior (but not motivations) in the beginning (see paragraph 2 title). Additionally, the characters aren’t even endearing or interesting in any sort of way because they’re barely indistinguishable from each other. It honestly feels like both of the characters were added in to be [generic male protagonist] and [generic female protagonist] to make the writing easier. At best, the body swap premise works as a simple plot device to both waste the viewer’s time and move the plot forward.

Illogical:
The second part of the story is frustratingly illogical because it relies on characters written to be stupid for the sake of drawing the story out longer than it needs to be. Plot conveniences are practically everywhere, so, without delving into spoilers, the generic male main character (not even going to try with this one) is written to coincidentally forget certain past events, and whether they’re important or vital for the plot plays out conveniently. Additionally, the second "plot twist" (yes, there's two) relies on the [generic male protagonist] being functionally illiterate since it relies on something that needs him to read to realize, which reinforces the grating nature of his inability to remember things. Given that he is written to be not so bright, he is somehow able to remember one of the special places he's been with the [generic female protagonist], which then makes him remember one specific clothing piece that belongs to her. Basically, the explanations provided in the series only amounts to nothing other than random astronomical bullshit thrown in for the sake of conveying a corny message.

Pseudoemotional:
The movie tries to be emotional, but it just fails. For a romance to be heartfelt, the characters need to be interesting. The main issue with the characters is that they aren’t realistic and the “emotional connection” between the two is extremely forced. This can be noted by the characters’ lack of chemistry with each other. I mean, the [generic male protagonist] had already developed feelings for his coworker. Surprisingly, the story handles this in the most hilarious way possible (funnier than all of the other “comedic” moments of the series), because the [generic female protagonist] helps set up a date between the two. This would only make sense if she has a weird cuckoldry fetish or something, but even then, she needs to firstly convince him to indulge in the same depraved fetishes she does. In addition to this, writing can be seen as being incredibly corny. Barely any of the dialogue spoken by the two felt natural and grounded in reality. For example, the [generic female protagonist], after helping the [generic male protagonist] with a girl, texts to herself “it’s all thanks to my feminine side,” or whatever. Firstly, the [generic male protagonist] is already a spineless pussy indistinguishable from his female counterpart, and secondly, no real human writes like that. What does congratulating oneself for aligning themselves with a trait stereotypical of their kin even accomplish? Additionally, a lot of the astrological bullshit also ties into both of the characters needing to save the day together and stuff, as if the movie couldn’t be any more of a purposeless mess.

The art is phenomenal, but that’s all the entire movie has going for it.

At the end of the day, the entire story is a generic teenage “star-born lovers” and “we were just meant to be together” garbage. The movie is incredibly boring, characters as well; their motivations, behavior, and romantic feelings for each other don’t make sense. To top it off, the only explanation this series offers is utter nonsense. I felt absolutely nothing from start to finish, I was just immensely bored.

Side note: I'm curious as to know why this review is "confusing.”

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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