Story 10
Completely original story and I must applaud for the amazing plot twists that led me wanting to watch more of it. Although it lacked the element of surprises, it still made me very interested in what will happen next. I was watching this with my friend throughout and whenever they explain what had happened (no spoliers), I would be screaming my heads off at how amazing the story was crafted. Easy to understand and most importantly very beautiful crafted with no confusion on what was going on
Art 10
One word: AMAZING. As I said earlier, the art was one of the main reasons why I was so hyped for this show. Throughout the show, the character designs, the landscapes and the scenery was absolutely breathtaking. The use of colors made the show appear very comforting and beautiful. Even the shots of certain scenes eg. The city shots were VERY well detailed and realistic. This is what I call QUALITY artwork XD.
Sound 9
The main song for this show is Zen Zen Zense by RADWIMPS. When I first heard the song,I found it very addicting and especially loved the chorus. You should definitely listen to it! The song is very fitting to the show. And to be even more impressed is the music they use at certain situations are PERFECT. It fits the atmosphere and actually brings out the emotions of the scenes through music which was very amazing. It doesn't get a 10 maybe because It isn't as emotional as what people would expect since RADWIMPS is sort of a rock band (in a sense). But it does give the show life as this is NOT A SAD STORY.
Character 8
If you are looking for big changes in character developments. This is not the show for that. The characters Taki and Mitsuha are well elaborated enough on their past, feelings and emotions to understand what is going on especially since it's only close to a two hour movie.
However to actually have the feeling of being attached to the character or to 'grow' with them throughout the show wasn't quite shown in the movie (This isn't an anime series ya know). Furthermore, the side characters were also not given much in-depth characteristics as much as the main characters. But overall, It was really touching to see the amount of characterization of all the touching scenes. I teared up at some QQ
Enjoyment Perfect 5/7... Jk 10
I would say personally, this is the best movie I have seen in my life. The story was simply stunning. Throughout the show watching it with my friend through Skype, I was constantly telling him how amazing this show was. There were some points where they actually explained what was going on and boom, a plot twist which BLOWS MY MIND AT HOW WELL THEY CRAFTED IT. I waited 9 months for this show since the release of the first trailer and waited eagerly for this day to come. And the most amazing part of it, It was worth the wait. I smiled throughout the show and was so WOWed at it that I wished it never ended. Mind blowing and Beautiful are the two words I will describe the show. Definitely an amazing piece of work.
Overall 10
If you are a fan of Shinkai's works, I would arguably say this is his best piece yet. If you are a fan of watching beautiful stories and breathtaking artworks. This is the show for you, currently while writing this, Kimi no na wa is sitting at first in the Anime Movies list and I would like to say, it is not a lie. Out of all the movies I have seen in my life, be it real life movies or anime movies, this is still the best one I have watched so far. If you asked me, what could be improved? Based on the movie and the story, it is already a masterpiece itself.
Throughout watching this, I smiled, laughed and cried <3
