First off I would like to say what an amazing movie this is. From the beginning of the movie to the end I was emotionally hooked and was crying like a baby
Story: The story was brilliant. It had limitations but had a lot of room to change the direction of the story and still have you hooked. The story's basis is around amnesia so you can probably see why there were limitations. However, Makoto used this to his advantage and created the most amazing movie I have ever seen.
Music: The music is simply amazing. It swells in all the right places, fits the characters moods perfectly really helping to portray their emotions. Three full songs by Radwimps are slotted within the movie, all with fitting lyrics to the scenes to help you become emotionally connected with the Characters.
Characters:
In the film there are only 2 main characters. The rest of the supporting cast though, are not forgotten. They really help you to understand the main characters and are definitely not left out appearing around the characters almost all of the time that you see them. The main characters are well developed throughout the story giving you time to know them instead of just throwing all the information at you at once. Though some will say there was not much to them in means of personality I have to disagree. These characters are high school students therefore there will not be much to them. They both have their hobbies and that's about it because you wouldn't have some normal high school student, in a normal world, going out and fighting monsters, because where would the monsters be, and kids don't do that! Even so the characters have quirky attributes, one is a shrine maiden and one is aspiring to be an architect. These traits are not left behind either because they help to bring the characters together.
Art and animation:
The art and animation in this film is simply stellar. The animation is so smooth and realistic that I was captivated by it the whole time. The realism in all of the places and sketches is amazing and is simply breath taking. Only one other time have I seen such a beautiful movie and I have to say that Kimi no Na wa knocks that one out of the park.
Overall I think Kimi no Na wa is a beautiful romance, fantasy anime movie and any anime fan has to watch this at least once just so they know how simply amazing this is.
