Weathering with You (2019)
A story about the secret of this world that only I and she know.
Director: Makoto Shinkai · Writer: Makoto Shinkai
The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, and quickly finds himself pushed to his financial and personal limits. The weather is unusually gloomy and rainy every day, as if taking its cue from his life. After many days of solitude, he finally finds work as a freelance writer for a mysterious occult magazine. Then, one day, Hodaka meets Hina on a busy street corner. This bright and strong-willed girl possesses a strange and wonderful ability: the power to stop the rain and clear the sky.
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Director
Makoto Shinkai
Cast
Kotaro Daigo
Hodaka Morishima (voice) 
Nana Mori
Hina Amano (voice) 
Tsubasa Honda
Natsumi Suga (voice) 
Sakura Kiryu
Nagisa Amano (voice) 
Sei Hiraizumi
Yasui (voice) 
Chieko Baisho
Fumi Tachibana (voice) 
Shun Oguri
Keisuke Suga (voice) 
Yuki Kaji
Takai (voice) 
Sumi Shimamoto
Mamiya (voice) 
Moe Katsuki
Moka Suga (voice) 
Ryohei Kimura
Kimura (voice) 
Kana Hanazawa
Kana (voice) User Reviews (2)
Starting off as a slow burn, I started questioning how this anime got so much talk on the net. But the pace lets you get to know and relate to the characters before the final act where things really spring forth. And I was sucked in (enjoyably) for the ride, holding my breath as I honestly did not know how it was going to end. Beautiful, gorgeous, etherial at times, there just arent enough words in the English language to describe appropriately just how stunning this is...nor how seamlessly the traditional and 3D animation blend together. The voice cast of both languages are great and the soundtrack and score are both great. After The Garden of Words and Your Name, Makoto Shinkai is proving to be a master of his craft in the same vein as Miyazaki. A classic.
Weathering with You unfortunately doesn't live up to the masterpiece that is Your Name, but still delivers a heartfelt story with brilliant animation. Many complain that they had trouble connecting with this story on an emotional level, and while I understand that complaint I slightly disagree. I think this story does a fine job at really making you care about the characters. The journey you take with them from poverty to some modicum of financial success is endearing and makes that tightknit family easy to root for. Where the story fails are in the details, mainly why Kataro Daigo ran away from home in the first place. What trials and tribulations led him down this path and why he is so hesitant to return? This small detail could have gone a long way to further that connection to the character. The overall story is fantastic, and while it has some very similar beats to Your Name, it …
