Your name anime description. Quotes from the anime "Your Name
Makoto Shinkai is a director whose films often evoke negative emotions in me, but in this case, he almost wants to confess his love. Your Name is an anime that is scheduled to premiere in Russia in September 2017. However, the world premiere has long passed - the picture was taken more than a year ago and is in the public domain.
PLOT:
Of course we won't meet. But... if it does work out, what should I do? Will he get angry or just be embarrassed? Or maybe... he'll be a little happy? Of course we won't meet. But... I am sure of one thing: if we see each other, we will immediately understand that you lived by me, that I lived by you.
She is a simple girl from a village lost somewhere in the mountains of Japan. He is an urban, modern resident. Completely different people, unfamiliar with each other, who are united by dissatisfaction with their fate, and a dream of a completely different life. Their wish comes true, but in an incredible way. One strange morning, they switch bodies.
HEROES:
Taki - an ordinary guy who lives in Tokyo, but dreams of someday moving to the village and enjoying a measured life.
Who is this? Who did I want to see? Dear person whom I do not want to forget! Which must not be forgotten! But who? Whom? Whom? Whom? Your name?
Mitsuha - a sweet girl from the village, with a dream of living in a big city.
In the morning I open my eyes and for some reason cry. It happens to me. I can't remember that dream at all. Only... only... I remember that I lost something. This feeling does not leave me for a long time even during the day. I am always looking for something or someone.
Running time - 1 hour, 46 minutes.
Genres- fantasy, mysticism, drama.
How fantasy and mysticism The movie was definitely a success. The case when, at first, a typical, familiar plot, under the influence of genres, turns into something unpredictable and exciting.
Your name is one of the few anime that made me cry. And this despite the fact that melodramas rarely touch me and drama. Sneaked at the moment of twilight in the mountains:
Plot, at first glance, typical and not original. How many times, the heroes of different films, changed bodies - and do not count. However, Your name will definitely surprise the viewer with one turn, perhaps even move you to tears. It is difficult to speak about everything without spoilers, I can only say that that topic with the comet, or rather, the events associated with it, touches on very important social moments, and makes you remember not the most pleasant historical events.
It was funny to watch the desire of a city dweller to move to the countryside, and a village dweller, on the contrary, to live in the city. Something like this, often, and it happens, or - everywhere it's good where we are not.
By the way, throughout the film, the viewer observes a red ribbon, which is either in the heroine's possession, or in the hero's possession. A simple, and, at first glance, unimportant detail. However, I noticed that the Japanese, in their films and anime, especially those related to mysticism, often introduce such tapes into the plot that, as it were, bind lovers together. But, more often, this is an ephemeral detail that either no one sees at all, or only lovers see it. Here the tape is real. And a quote from the anime itself, in the subject:
Threads weave and take shape. Twisted, tangled, sometimes unraveled, torn, but then intertwined again. This is Musubi, knot weaving. It's time itself.
Characters- quite standard, but I was worried about them.
The final- in principle, given all the events, it is quite logical, and does not leave a feeling of incompleteness. A fantastic line also raises no questions - everything is put on the shelves. But, I thought that it would end differently, since Shinkai's paintings usually do not end so simply and logically. Close to his usual style, but I often, at the end of his paintings (it doesn’t matter if the ending is happy or not, the reason is different ... those who are familiar with his work will understand), I think - again, everything is through one place. There were no such thoughts here. From his work, I also liked the movie The Garden of Fine Words, that's where not only the picture is good, but also the content with a denouement, there is even something to think about after viewing. Also, I really liked his short film - She and her cat.
Panache in all the films of Makoto Shinkai - a masterpiece! Just for the sake of the picture, usually, I start watching his films. How disappointed I was with the film Five Centimeters Per Second, but what a beautiful one it is (backgrounds and falling snow are mesmerizing). Your name - I like it on all counts, and the drawing, and the plot - everything is perfect. Backgrounds - just ask for a screensaver on your desktop. The night scenes and the starry sky are simply magical.
ABOUT music I must say separately! The soundtracks are atmospheric and catchy. The sound effects are also top notch and feel like the real thing. I really liked it, and immediately went to my playlist, this topic:
RADWIMPS–Kataware Doki
SCREENS:
I'll start the review with a request. Please don't watch this movie in bad quality!!! Wait for the BluRay edition to appear. At the time of writing the review, there was a version in the network in terrible quality and half-screen watermarks, which I, for lack of patience, looked at. Don't repeat my mistakes. Do not allow yourself to spoil the impression of Kimi no Na wa, because the art in this film is truly amazing, and it should be enjoyed only in the highest quality, and ideally on the big screen. In general, be patient, and you will definitely be rewarded.
Makoto Shinkai is back! One of the most famous directors of our time, a recognized genius of romantic everyday life, whose latest works in the circles of "refined" critics it was fashionable to criticize, once again broke into the Olympus of the anime industry by releasing a full-length film Kimi no Na wa ("Your Name", "Your Name"). A film that instantly soared to the top of the world ratings with skyrocketing ratings, and only strengthens its position as more and more viewers get the opportunity to get acquainted with this masterpiece of animation art. At the time of writing, Kimi no Na wa was ranked #1 on the biggest western site MAL with an incredible 9.4/10 rating, beating seemingly immovable anime titans by a wide margin. Gintama And . Let's try to figure out if the numerous accolades for the film are deserved, or if we are witnessing a fashion obsession that will soon subside. In short, absolutely deserved!
Brief information
Your name – a feature-length film lasting almost two hours, released in the summer of 2016 by the studio CoMix Wave Films. Makoto Shinkai acted as director, scriptwriter and editor-in-chief. Anime is based on original script. The film from the very first days of hire became the leader of Japanese cinemas. In less than two months, more than 11 million (!) Tickets worth over $140 million were sold in Japan alone. This is the first non-studio film. Ghibli who achieved such a resounding success. But it will still be, because sooner or later Kimi no Na wa will reach the screens of Western cinemas (damn, how I hope to be shown in Russia, how I hope ...).
Your name tells the story of two people who do not know each other. is a girl living in a small town who is tired of the boring country life and dreams of moving to Tokyo. - a simple Tokyo guy, a student in high school, and in his spare time part-time in an Italian restaurant. Their destinies would never have crossed if one day they hadn't accidentally... swapped bodies. Now they have to get to know each other better and find the answer to the main question - what is happening to them?
I'm sure many of you will have a natural question: "What's in Kimi no Na wa so special? Why is it that a seemingly ordinary film has gained such wild popularity at a time when, it would seem, it is no longer possible to come up with anything revolutionary new and nothing will surprise the viewer? To answer this question, it is necessary to have at least a superficial understanding of the previous works of Makoto Shinkai. The fact is that the works of the director have always been distinguished by the depth of the meaning inherent in them and the emotions evoked during viewing. However, his previous works were aimed at a rather narrow audience and are difficult to perceive. Take for example - a beautiful anime, in my opinion, the best of what Shinkai has previously created. But when, while still a schoolboy, I first saw it on television, I abandoned it after twenty minutes. "Boredom!" thought the young brain, and the hand quickly switched to another channel. To understand Sinkaev's works, one must think. It is necessary to have a certain life experience and try to project the story being told onto your own life. Byousoku 5 Centimeter is a really difficult work to understand, which, if misinterpreted, can leave a depressing impression or even drive you into depression. This explains not the highest ratings and a strong divergence of opinions - some people simply did not understand what the director wanted to say, and for them the anime seemed boring (especially for a young audience), and some understood it wrong and were sad that, they say , life is decay and hopelessness, we are all grains of sand in the vast expanses of space.
In "Your Name" the depth of the underlying meaning is approximately at the same level, but for perception it is much simpler. The reason lies in his multi-level. In Byousoku 5 Centimeter, there is only one level of perception - you either understand anime or you don't. Kimi no Na wa has something for everyone. Young viewers will enjoy comedy and romance, adults will enjoy fantasy and drama, and thinking people will be able to enjoy the struggle of opposites, which Shinkai used in his new work. Kimi no Na wa gives each viewer the opportunity to experience an endless stream of emotions without the need to search for deep meaning and unnecessary thoughts, whether it be joy, sadness, anger or despair. While maintaining the depth of meaning and power of emotions, Shinkai made his new work accessible to the understanding of the average viewer, and that is why the number of top ratings for Kimi no Na wa is now much higher than for the rest of the master's works.
In Kimi no Na wa, traditional and modern Japan are harmoniously combined. Everyone knows that Japan is a country with deep traditions that are revered by the inhabitants to this day. That, however, does not prevent it from remaining the most developed post-industrial country in the world. Shinkai took all the best from the two opposites of his homeland and combined them in a work. After all, it is not for nothing that the backwoods and prosperous Tokyo were chosen as the scene of action in Kimi no Na wa. It’s not for nothing that so much attention is paid to Japanese deities, traditions, and Tokyo cafes where you can have a delicious snack on cakes. Kimi no Na wa is entirely built on a game of contrasts. Boy and girl. Village and city. Earth and space. Comedy and drama. Everyday life and fantasy. Past and future. The skillful combination of opposites allowed the director to create a spectacle of unprecedented beauty - multifaceted, immense, but at the same time very close and dear.
Characters
A competent choice of characters in an anime about everyday life always plays a crucial role. Heroes must harmoniously combine two factors: simplicity and originality. Simplicity, because that's what everyday life is for, so that the characters in it are the most ordinary and realistic. The viewer must recognize himself in the characters, because in this case he will empathize with them much more strongly. Originality, because no one wants to watch boring and gray heroes. We have enough dullness in everyday life - tired. The main characters of Kimi no Na wa are Mitsuha Miyamizu and fully comply with the above requirements. Despite the simplicity, it is interesting to watch them, and you really want to empathize. They are realistic, they are bright, they are alive . They have charisma that shows up in small things like Mitsuha's evening shouting about his desires or Taki's rude embarrassment when it comes to his sempai. Combining, these little things add up to a vivid picture of characters, which subsequently make you remember the main characters with warmth. By the way, this is one of the rare cases when the fact that the main characters are schoolchildren did not harm the atmosphere of the anime in any way.
Not much to say about secondary characters. They are good, but they play too minor a role to single out anyone in particular. All attention is paid to Mitsuha and Taki, and this is an absolutely justified decision.
Plot
The two-hour film format allowed Shinkai to build a story with a well-defined structure and flowing narrative. He, like no one else, understands the importance of the smooth development of the story being told, because only then the viewer will have time to get used to the characters, only then will he empathize with them and be able to feel the full range of emotions. The plot of Kimi no Na wa is great: there is also a logical plot with an abundance of comedy moments that allow you to quickly get to know the characters and get used to them; And smooth development of action with truly unexpected plot twists breathtaking; And several climactic episodes causing a hurricane of emotions; And quiet intervals so that the viewer can gather his thoughts and relax; And flawless ending answering all questions and providing emotional release. Even fantasy, which has always been considered the weak side of the director, fit into the plot of Kimi no Na wa properly. In two hours, Shinkai manages to tell more than most long-running anime series put together.
A few words about the ending. It was impossible to think of a better ending to the story. I don't understand the reviews that cite the ending of Kimi no Na wa as one of the weak points of the plot. She is gorgeous! The last three minutes to the accompaniment of the song Nandemonaiya groups Radwimps This is by far the best scene I've ever seen in an anime.
Reflections on the ending (with spoilers), if you haven’t watched it, it’s better not to read
Never in my life have I wanted so much to see a happy ending! Yes, sometimes this ending is not optimal and can spoil the impression of the work as a whole, but in the case of Kimi no Na wa, the main characters, and with them the viewer, totally deserved the good ending. They searched, tried with all their might to find each other, and no distance or even time could stop them! Unlike Takaki and Akari from , who lost contact and took it for granted, Mitsuha and Taki did everything to meet again. If they hadn't found each other, my mood would have been ruined for a couple of weeks. I'm absolutely serious! When the characters met at the overpass and walked past each other, I felt an emptiness somewhere inside me, because I really believed that Shinkai would end the story in the same way as in one of his previous works. But, fortunately, the master was not so cruel, and made the right decision. After I finished watching, I had a smile on my face for a long time. The smile of an absolutely happy person. How little we sometimes need to be happy!
Reflections on emotions (also with spoilers), if you haven’t watched, it’s better not to read
In fact, I can't even imagine how hard it was for the anime characters. For five years, they realized that they had lost something very precious, but they could not remember what it was. Has it ever happened to you that you come up with a good idea, keep it in your head all day, and then, at the right moment, it eludes you? Do you know the feeling of resentment and despair when you are trying to remember something in a panic, but you can’t? Now try to realize that Mitsuha and Taki had to experience similar emotions for five years! Constantly looking for something but not being able to find it. Remember something, but not be able to remember. And so day after day ... Just incredible. That is why I so wanted to meet them, and was so happy when I saw her.
Moment of Sentimentality
As I have already noted, Shinkai managed to combine the features of traditional and modern Japan in an optimal way. This led me to a series of thoughts. If you don't want to read sentimental nonsense, just skip the next paragraph.
If you think about it, every day we are faced with a mixture of past, present and future, but in a hurry we do not pay attention to it. It is enough to look around and you will notice a lot of new things. Take a look at the newly built, trendy shopping center, in the shadow of which lurk one-story wooden houses that have been inhabited for many years. Walk along the empty city streets and try to comprehend the fact that even ten, twenty, fifty years ago, the inhabitants of your city hurried along them, busy with their petty concerns. Think about the fact that many years ago, under the tree you pass by, people were sitting and talking peacefully. Sometimes we do not notice that the past, present and future are actually tightly connected by a thread of time, similar to the one that connected the main characters of Kimi no Na wa. This, by the way, is one of the many metaphors used by Shinkai.
Panache
One hundred and ten minutes of visual enjoyment. Amazing. Amazing. Incredible. When describing the drawing of Kimi no Na wa, I want to use only the strongest and most exalted epithets. Screenshots are not able to convey all the beauty of urban and rural landscapes, painted by the artists of the studio CoMix Wave Films. The greatness of drawing is fully revealed only in dynamics. The artists have outdone themselves. Like all Shinkai's works, Kimi no Na wa pays great attention to the skies, trains and boundless natural spaces. From time to time, I stopped the video just to take a closer look at the smallest details of the images, because the detail of the backgrounds is at the highest level, and panoramas with their scale and beauty from the very first frames cause goosebumps all over the body. In addition, a colossal work was done with light and shadow, which made it possible to give the images an unprecedented depth and expressiveness. And that's assuming I was watching Kimi no Na wa in soapy 480p with half-screen watermarks. It's hard to even imagine what the image will be in FullHD or in cinemas!
Music
Where there is not enough expressiveness of the graphics (there are practically no such moments in Kimi no Na wa), the musical accompaniment comes to the rescue, which was also a success. The music for the anime was written and performed by a popular Japanese band. Radwimps, and, in my opinion, the musicians have fully coped with their task. Especially for the anime, they composed over twenty-two tracks, some of them with vocals. As in all other works by Sinkaev, preference was given to lyrical instrumental music performed on the piano, violin and guitar - a win-win option for dramatic everyday life, allowing you to maximize the effect of emotional episodes. The combination of incredible visual and musical accompaniment made it possible to create amazing scenes, of which there are no less than five or six pieces in anime. I repeat - they must be seen and heard, it is simply impossible to convey all the beauty of Kimi no Na wa in words.
Ratings
Characters - 10.0. Simple, but very lively characters who want to empathize. The case when simplicity is perceived better than something complex.
The plot is 10.0. A delightful story with a Swiss watch structure, unexpected plot twists and a perfect ending.
Drawing - 10.0. You have to see it with your own eyes...
Music - 10.0. Magnificent musical accompaniment, multiplying the effect of emotional moments.
Conclusion
Makoto Shinkai has outdone himself. He created a creation in which every detail is perfect. A masterpiece of animation art that will leave a deep mark on history and serve as a much-needed boost to an anime industry that has been stagnating in recent times. An anime that hits the strings of the soul in a big way and drives them into resonance. Two hours of enjoyment that you are unlikely to ever forget. Don't believe me, trust the ratings. Do not believe the ratings - believe yourself. Take a look if only to form your own opinion, and I assure you that you will not be disappointed. Kimi no Na wa is one of the best anime I've ever seen in my life, and I've seen a lot of them. I recommend it to everyone without exception. But first, wait until the BluRay edition is released or shown in theaters (if that happens at all). All the best, and watch only the best!
10.0/10
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Anime review Kimi no Na wa ("Your Name", "Your Name") was last modified: September 9th, 2018 by Rudean
A comet is approaching the Earth, it leaves behind a luminous trail in the sky.
Two teenagers, Taki Tachibana and Mitsuha Miyamizu, simultaneously talk about having strange dreams. They do not remember what happened in them, but in the morning they feel a sense of loss. Since then, they have been searching, without knowing whom. It all started on the day when the stars fell from the sky.
Mitsuha wakes up. Actually it's not her. Taki is surprised to find himself in a girl's body. He touches his chest. Yotsuha, Mitsuha's younger sister, calls her for breakfast. She says that Mitsuha is behaving like crazy again.
Mitsuha goes down. She has breakfast with her younger sister and grandmother (Hitoha is the girls' guardian). Hitoha and Yotsuha note that today Mitsuha has become herself again, although the day before she was somehow strange. There is a message on television that a comet with an orbital period of more than a thousand years can be seen in the sky in a few months.
On the way to school, Mitsuha meets up with her friends Katsuhiko and Sayaka. In the street of their small town located in the mountains, the local mayor is giving a campaign speech, who is counting on re-election. The mayor yells at Mitsuha not to slouch. This is Mitsuha's father. For some reason, he doesn't live with his family.
At the lesson, Mitsuha flips through his notebook and finds a note on one of the pages: “Who are you?” She later finds out that the day before she forgot her class, couldn't remember where her locker was. Mitsuha is surprised. On the way home, friends complain about the backwater they live in. The town of Itomori is so small that there are no restaurants, no bookstores, and no other entertainment. Mitsuha dreams of moving to Tokyo after graduation. Katsuhiko suggests going to a cafe, the girls are delighted with the idea. In fact, the young man leads his girlfriends to a vending machine next to a park bench, treats them to soda.
The mayor meets with Katsuhiko's father. He is the head of the local building union and supports his election campaign. The father tells his son that he will have to help him next weekend, which annoys Katsuhiko.
In the evening, Mitsuha and Yotsuha perform the ceremony at their family temple. The sisters dance a ritual dance and make kuchikamizake. They chew the rice into a paste and spit it back into the bowl. After the fermentation process, the paste will turn into sake. Several of Mitsuha's classmates walk past the temple, they laugh at the ritual, mocking Mitsuha. As the sisters go home, Yotsuha tells her sister not to take the ridicule personally. Mitsuha loses his temper. She screams that she hates her city and this life. She would like to be a handsome guy from Tokyo in her next life.
The next morning, Mitsuha wakes up in Taki's body. The physiological features characteristic of guys are very unusual for her. Mitsuha finds out that she overslept, she hurriedly gets ready and leaves the house. Mitsuha is amazed to be in Tokyo. Mitsuha (Taki) is late for school, chatting with his friends there. Shinta and Tsukasa note Taki's strange behavior. They are going to go to a cafe, which Mitsuha likes a lot. A message comes to Taki's phone: he urgently needs to come to work. Taki works as a waiter in an Italian restaurant.
Mitsuha is in a hurry to get to work, but being Taki is much more difficult than she thought. She makes many mistakes, there is a conflict with one of the visitors of the restaurant. A man complains that he found a toothpick in a pizza. He expects that he will not have to pay for his order. Taki's senior colleague, a girl named Okudera, assures the customer that the dish will be provided at the establishment's expense as an apology. During the showdown, an unpleasant client discreetly makes a slit in Okudera's skirt with a clerical knife. Later, the girl tells Taki that she acted according to the instructions, although the client clearly set everything up. Taki notices that Okudera's skirt is ruined, he suggests that she sew it up. Okudera is surprised at how neatly Taki handled it, he made the seam in the form of a cute embroidery. The girl says that Taki has changed lately, she is fascinated by the fact that he has feminine traits.
The next day, Taki returns to his normal state, he does not remember anything about what happened the day before. Colleagues are burning with curiosity: how is their relationship with Okudera developing? Taki has no idea what they're talking about. Okudera arrives, says that yesterday was a wonderful day, winks at Taki, making the boy blush.
By this point, Taki and Mitsuha are aware that they switch bodies during sleep, and make mutual attempts to make life easier in such cases. They write notes to each other on smartphones and notepads, each setting rules to follow in someone else's life. Mitsuha's advice most often concerns etiquette. Taki tells you how to carry out the duties of the job. He asks Mitsuha to spend less money on sweets as he has to take extra shifts at the restaurant because of it. Despite their differences, both find the situation amusing. Taki makes it so that classmates begin to pay attention to Mitsuha. Mitsuha, on behalf of Taki, is flirting with might and main with Okudera. At the same time, both teenagers claim in their dialogues that they are not going to start relationships with the opposite sex.
One day, Taki gets into Mitsuha's body on a holiday. Hitoha leads both granddaughters to the forest where the sacred place is located. Grandmother talks about musubi, the family guardian deity. The braid-amulet, woven from many threads, according to their religion, symbolizes the continuous flow of time, the connection of human destinies. Even food and drink, once in the human body, becomes a particle of his soul. Granddaughters leave in the sacred cave what they made during the sake ritual as an offering to the musubi.
Taki wakes up to find a message from Okudera on his smartphone. They have an appointment. The young man is embarrassed, he looks through the notes and finds out that the meeting was made by Mitsuha, it should take place in 15 minutes. Taki rushes on a date.
Mitsuha is preparing for the city festival, tying her hair with a ribbon-amulet. She knows that Taki and Okudera have a date now. The girl looks in the mirror and sees that tears are flowing from her eyes. At first she is surprised, and then she realizes that in fact she would like to meet Taki herself. She herself did not notice how she fell in love with a young man whom she had never seen.
Taki and Okudera go to a restaurant. The young man is nervous, he does not know how to behave, what to talk about. His thoughts are somewhere far away. At the photo exhibition, he sees a selection of pictures, these landscapes remind him of the town where Mitsuha lives. Okudera says that it looks like Taki is no longer in love with her. He again became the same, and she was attracted to Taki by completely different qualities. Okudera believes that Taki has found another girl, so they say goodbye and break up. Taki tries to call Mitsuha, but there is no connection.
Returning to Itomori, Mitsuha cuts off his hair and cuts his hair short. She goes to the festival with her friends. A comet is already visible in the sky, this sight frightens Mitsuha. A piece breaks off from the comet, it flies towards the Earth. Mitsuha's eyes widen in horror.
In Tokyo, Taki is sad because he can't get through to Mitsuha. He would like to switch bodies with her again, but this is no longer happening.
Time passes. Taki draws from memory the views of the town where Mitsuha lives. He desperately tries to find out where this place is, but to no avail. Taki decides to go looking, he gets on the train. He is accompanied by Okudera and Tsukasa. Friends want to support him morally, in addition, they are terribly curious to know who this girl is, who is looking for Taki. The trio visit various places around Tokyo, but no one can tell what city Taki painted. At the end of the trip, friends stop for a bite to eat at one of the restaurants. Its owner recognizes in the drawings of Itomori, he comes from there. Taki asks where this town is. The man sadly reports that Itomori was completely destroyed three years ago as a result of the fall of a meteorite - a fragment of a comet. More than 500 people died then.
Taki and his friends arrive at the scene of the tragedy. Located near a mountain lake, the town lies in ruins. Taki tries to confirm the reality of his communication with Mitsuha, he shows his friends the notes that she left on his smartphone, but they all mysteriously disappear. Taki doesn't know what to think. The trio go to the local library, where the friends discover the lists of the dead. Mitsuha, her sister, her friends are all dead. Taki is shocked and heartbroken. How is he connected to the girl who died three years ago?
Friends stay overnight at the hotel. Tsukasa asks Okudera's opinion on the whole story. She confirms that Taki is acting a little strange, but in some ways this girl has made him a better person. Later, Okudera asks what kind of ribbon Taki has on her wrist. He says he does not remember who gave it. This was several years ago. Ribbon - a talisman for good luck.
When Taki falls asleep in the hotel room, he dreams of Mitsuha, she asks to remember her. In the morning, Okudera finds a note. Taki writes to friends to return home without him. Taki travels to Itomori and finds his way to the Mutsuhi family's shrine. This small cave remained intact. Inside, Taki discovers two vessels, one of them was left by Mitsuha, the other is his sister. Taki decides to drink Mitsuha's sake in order to be able to possess her again and possibly save her. Taki takes a sip, gets up, tries to walk but falls over. Mitsuha's whole life flashes before his eyes: her birth, a happy life with her parents, the birth of a younger sister, her mother's illness and death, her father's refusal to support the family's religious traditions, Hitoha's quarrel with her son-in-law, her grandmother's care for her granddaughters, Mitsuha's death as a result of a comet fall.
Taki wakes up in Mitsuha's body. He understands that this is his last chance. In the evening, the comet is supposed to destroy the city. When Hitoha talks to her granddaughter, she realizes that someone else has moved into Mitsuha. Grandmother says that this happens from time to time in their family. Taki (Mitsuha) tells Hitoha about the comet, she thinks that no one will believe her granddaughter anyway. Taki meets with Mitsuha's friends, tells them about the impending danger. Katsuhiko and Sayaka find it hard to believe, but they are willing to help. Friends develop a plan. Katsuhiko intends to take explosives in the company of his father, mine the local substation. The explosion will disable the emergency warning system. Sayaka must go to the school's offline radio room and announce an emergency evacuation. People need to leave the epicenter of a future disaster, take refuge in the school building, which will be outside the affected area. Friends ask Mitsuha to convince her father, the mayor, of the seriousness of the threat.
Taki goes to the mayor. But he decides that his daughter has gone mad. Enraged, Taki lashes out at the mayor, grabbing his tie. Both suddenly freeze. The father doesn't understand. Mitsuha? Who are you? Taki meets Yotsuhu on the street. She says that yesterday her sister suddenly packed up and left for Tokyo. What's going on with you, Mitsuha? Taki thinks that Mitsuha is now in his body near the sacred cave. He hurries there.
Near the cave, Mitsuha wakes up in Taki's body. The city has disappeared. So I died then? Mitsuha remembers the day she went to Tokyo. She accidentally met Taki on the train, but he did not recognize her (for him, their relationship began three years after Mitsuha's death). Saddened, Mitsuha exits the train. But Taki feels something, he calls out to the girl. She asks him to remember her name. Mitsuha removes the ribbon from her hair and gives it to the young man. This ribbon, which Taki later wore on his wrist, becomes a connecting thread between their destinies.
Taki and Mitsuha finally end up in the same place an hour before dusk, when they, even separated in time, can see each other. Taki returns the ribbon to Mitsuha, offers to write each other's names on the palms so as not to forget them again. But with the onset of darkness, their connection is destroyed.
Taki wakes up in his body on the outskirts of the ruined Itomori. He does not remember why he came here, and forgot the name of the girl, thoughts about which haunt him. He goes home to Tokyo.
In the past, Mitsuha carries out Taki's plan. He and his friends blow up the substation, leaving the city without electricity. Sayaka announces from the school's radio room that forest fires have started in the area, and the town's population should take shelter in the school building. Some heed the warning, but many do not believe the threat is real. The mayor is trying to figure out where the unauthorized broadcast is coming from. Sayaka is discovered, broadcast stopped. Katsuhiko tells Mitsuho that the only hope for salvation is to convince his father that he is right. She runs to the mayor, but she is tormented by the thought that she has forgotten the name of the young man with whom she felt some kind of connection. She looks at her hand. But Taki instead of his name wrote on the palm of his hand: I love you. Mitsuha, all in tears, runs to her father. A meteorite separated from the comet falls on the city, destroying it.
Five years later. Taki graduated from high school and architecture college. He tries to find a job, goes to interviews. But his idealistic talk about how cities should be built so that buildings don't collapse in the event of natural disasters doesn't make potential employers want to hire a naive job seeker.
Taki calls Okudera, offers to meet. When they meet, she remembers their trip to Itomori. Taki says he doesn't remember what he did that day or why he was so obsessed with this town. But it turns out that the present has changed, because in the past Mitsuha still managed to convince his father of the reality of the threat. The city was destroyed, but the people did not die. The entire population was evacuated outside the area of the explosion caused by the fall of the meteorite. However, Taki has no idea that he has anything to do with preventing the tragedy and the girl he thus saved. Saying goodbye, Okudera wishes Taki to find his happiness. He says that he has been looking for him for many years, as if waiting for a meeting with someone.
At the diner, Taki overhears a young couple at a nearby table discussing their upcoming wedding. This is Sayaka and Katsuhiko, they also survived thanks to Taki and Mitsuha. For a moment, Taki feels a vague sense of belonging to the fate of these people, but brushes aside slurred thoughts.
Every day, on the streets of the city, Taki unconsciously searches through the eyes of girls whose hair is tied with a ribbon.
Finally, one day, Taki and Mitsuho see each other in different subway cars. They are not sure yet, but they feel that there is some kind of connection between them. Both get off the train, looking for each other in the crowd. Taki sees a girl coming up the stairs, he passes by. But she turns and starts to descend. This is Mitsuha. Taki can no longer endure this uncertainty. He asks if they have met before. The girl admits that she feels the same way. They simultaneously ask the question: “What is your name?” It remains to be hoped that Taki and Mitsuha will be able to remember everything and will now be together.
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In the morning I open my eyes and for some reason cry. It happens to me. I can't remember that dream at all. Only... only... I remember that I lost something. This feeling does not leave me for a long time even during the day. I am always looking for something or someone.
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This feeling took over me for a long time. It must have been the day... the day the stars fell from the sky. It felt like I was in a wonderful dream. There are only two words in my head - indescribable beauty.
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Threads weave and take shape. Twisted, tangled, sometimes unraveled, torn, but then intertwined again. This is Musubi, knot weaving. It's time itself.
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Who are you? Why did I come here? To see her! Save her! I wanted her to live! But who? Who is this? Who did I want to see? Dear person whom I do not want to forget! Which must not be forgotten! But who? Whom? Whom? Whom? Your name?
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And you touched my chest!
Er... how did you know?
Yotsuha saw everything.
Ahh… sorry, couldn't help it. Yes, but only once
Only one? What difference does it make! Dunce!
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Of course we won't meet. But ... if it does work out, what should I do? Will he get angry or just be embarrassed? Or maybe... he'll be a little happy? Of course we won't meet. But ... I am sure of one thing: if we see each other, we will immediately understand that you lived by me, that I lived by you.
Last year, the anime “Your Name” triumphantly conquered cinemas from the wonderful director Makoto Shinkai, who had previously been in the hearts of a narrow circle of connoisseurs. The most beautiful, highest-grossing, and highly acclaimed feature film in anime history since Miyazaki.
The success resulted in $350 million at the box office. Only My Neighbor Totoro achieved more. Rumors about a new masterpiece from Japan were spread by word of mouth. And now Shinkai is called the new hope and the most shining star of Japanese animation.
There hasn't been a Blu-ray release for over a year. Wanted to ride more. Nevertheless, everyone who wanted to watch in accessible poor quality. Even dubbing arrived in time, Russian and Ukrainian. Honestly, I don't understand these people.
Naturally, I waited for the release on discs, which happened at the end of July 2017. That's just it. 638,394 copies sold in the first week! Crazy a lot. It's time to appreciate this masterpiece.
I have been a fan of Makoto Shinkai for 10 years now. I'm not interested in his sudden fame, wonderful pictures came out without big budgets. Five Centimeters Per Second is one of the first on my list of favorite works of fiction. However, I don't like Miyazaki. Throw tomatoes.
After such an introduction, I want to talk about Shinkai's latest work in a non-positive way. By the end of the article will go big spoilers! It is assumed that you have already watched the movie.
Let me tell you right away about the appearance, so that later I don’t remember about it once again. Too obvious. Flawless graphics. Finally well-drawn characters. Although it is a pity that their style is specially close to the grandees Miyazaki and Hosoda. Previously, there were original faces. Well, backdrops, landscapes, nature, cities - the highest quality in the world. Here are 6 screenshots of visual enjoyment for you.
I'll save the compliments for the end of the article. Let's go through the plot to understand why I did NOT like the last film of the "artist above the clouds".
Shinkai made what is usually described as a "summer blockbuster". A silly, drawn-out compilation of all the good things, but hackneyed, looking flawless. commercial product.
The set of templates was very conspicuous. Both anime and personally Sinkaevsky. Cut off your hair, suffer about life in a remote village, walk past each other in a big city, look at an unusual celestial phenomenon. Light targets. It is enough to throw proven moves into history - and they will work. There are a lot of them here, they are like knots between beautiful backgrounds.
Repetition of the same artistic techniques from old works, such as sun glare against the background of a girl rushing forward. The same theme of love at a distance, forgetting and parting. But the theses once expressed are simply repeated without the development of thought. On the contrary, it is a step backwards compared to Five Centimeters.
The jokes are repeated, the lines of minor characters are blurred. The story has grown in breadth, and the author devotes the same amount of time to static frames and everyday episodes. As a result, the story suffers from sketchiness, and emotional moments do not carry sufficient semantic load.
The Garden of Fine Words had a bad script, Catchers of the Forgotten Voices had a raw approach, The Voice of a Distant Star had no budget. Here are my main complaints about the production. Although, it would seem, where there should be no misses.
Without preliminarily explaining anything, the story begins with the fact that a boy and a girl periodically switch bodies. They do not show their ordinary life in their body, but introduce it through the eyes of another stunned hero.
The order of the scenes is well chosen. The viewer gradually understands what is happening and approaches the characters, asking them the same questions. You might even think that such successful decisions accompany the entire timing, but this is a deceptively good plot.
High school student Tachibana Taki lives in Tokyo, is fond of drawing and architecture, and in the evenings works part-time in a prestigious Italian restaurant. Miyamizu Mitsuha is the same age. Performs ritual dances in the temple of his grandmother, endures the alienation of his father, the mayor, suffers from consuming boredom. Both dream of getting out of their surroundings: the wilderness and the exhausting metropolis.
The opposite of desires that are fulfilled with a change of body is poorly shown. But there are many funny situations related to work and friends. Mitsuha gains fame as a tomboy, and Taki manages to start a relationship with a restaurant colleague, Okudera.
The nature of mystical migrations is not explained. Maybe these are dreams? But no! The film suffers from understatement in general. Direct answers are buried in the plot soup.
When the specter of romance first appeared, remember, the girl cried at the realization that the boy was now on a date arranged by her, it came out of nowhere.
I'm sorry, this is the key moment of the movie, and it's a failure. Interaction through text messages is shown very briefly, in a generalized way. Adaptation to the difficulties of life in another body is shown in detail - the rest is removed to a distant background. And then suddenly, on a date, Taki is told that it can be seen from him - he loves another!
Where did the understanding of falling in love go from Shinkai's early work? It’s just written here according to the plot - so, accept, they have already fallen in love.
This happened at the 40th minute, when, again, there was nothing between the heroes except adaptation to difficulties. Not a hint of affection, friendship, sympathy - nothing!
Somewhere in the same minutes closer to the middle, they stop changing bodies. Why? Again, no explanation. Unlike good works, where, you know, plot twists have a reason.
The journey of the protagonist and the friends who followed him was funny. Although there was no reason to go with him. They tried to find the city from Taki's drawing. I'm sorry, what? He does not know where the person lives in whose body he spent several days? Yes, the first question that everyone would ask: where am I?
In general, the turning point revelation is that three years ago, the city of Itomori, together with Mitsuha, completely demolished the fallen fragment of a comet. Time travel was added to the resettlement. Mitsuha died, and the events that Taki saw through her eyes took place three years ago before the disaster.
So we can save her! And yes, the film is moving in the right direction - preventing the death of people by a person from the future. Although the migrations stopped, they managed to get into the object-oritic Itomori because the hero came to a mystical place and drank sake prepared by the priestess of the temple ... Do not ask. Maybe everything that happens next is his drunken delirium.
Saving the city was interesting. If we omit the reactions of some people who did not allow me to feel what was happening. Why did friends believe in a meteorite fall if Mitsuha did not tell them about moving into another body? Why was the savior surprised at her father's refusal if... she didn't tell him about the transmigration to another body?
Why is she, a fool (fool), does not explain anything to her sister, the guys, but only shouts: “Run!” And she dumps herself ... The fact that she went to that secret place, of course, did not hurt, but then it looked like the girl was stupid, and then she gave a tear.
The episode with the rescue was supposed to be dynamic, but turned into some kind of confusion with the clarification of mental anguish. Again, bad performance. But the role was played by the fact that school friends were fond of radio, and the heroine is the daughter of the mayor.
Next, we are thrown in time, showing the last twist of the plot. Mitsuha traveled to Tokyo and accidentally (!) met her boyish alter ego in the car. But how can one feel this if we have just been torn out of the subplot with the salvation of the city ?! That is, the city will explode in a couple of hours, but this is not as important as a girl riding a bicycle to a boy.
For some reason, traveling - the author does not explain why! Doesn't speak to the viewer. He just gives a scene that is built in such a way that it should touch, and on this he is satisfied with the result. Even the scene where she gives him a shoelace in the past is fake. Her movement, to throw her "red thread of fate" at him, was too harsh and taken from the ceiling.
The bike sprint leads to a place "where time flows differently". For the first and last time, Taki and Mitsuha have a dialogue that is spent on jokes. It was impossible to do without a panty shot during a seemingly exciting moment with running? It's a nitpick, but the movie has a lot of problems in the little things.
By the way, how did the heroine so quickly delve into the plan to save the city by returning to her body? I ask so many questions because there are no direct answers. The film is intended for a very unpretentious audience.
Taki suddenly begins to forget the name of "beloved" and why he came to the place of the former city. Why forget? "More drama!" shouted Shinkai, tossing aside a piece of paper covered with a normal plot.
It is also unclear why the heroine fought so hard for evacuation, given that she only saw a crater instead of a city for a couple of minutes. And then, I thought at that time about the boy. Given that she was beginning to forget the boy, what she saw might have seemed like a dream. That's right this time. And even this crater did not give a clear understanding of what was happening - the boy did not say anything important during the reunion.
And now the climax has arrived. It was not possible to evacuate people. Judging by the sky, less than an hour is left before the fall of the celestial body. Mitsuha with his accomplices Katsuhiko and Sayaka blew up the power plant and announced on the radio tower that the townspeople were gathering at the school. Didn't roll.
The mayor is doing his best to calm people down after a power outage, when his daughter walks in with a serious face. There is not the slightest possibility that he would believe her, announce an evacuation for no reason. After all, he refused, and here she is also a criminal. What will happen?
Nothing will happen! The author of the script put a bolt on his plot, did not come up with a denouement and just cut it out! If you haven't seen the movie, it's hard to believe. At the moment when everything is bad, the scene ends, and only from the news in the future we learn that most of the inhabitants were saved for unknown reasons.
The main problem of the film is that I did not believe for a second in the relationship of the main characters. If they developed against the backdrop of a global plot, consisting of clarifying the nature of mystical phenomena, a falling meteorite, lines of secondary characters, it would be great. But the plot does not care about all these interesting things. They are shown schematically in the background. What are the hundreds of lives hanging in the balance when you can stand and joke about the boy drinking sake from the girl's saliva?
Shinkai's self-parody was reduced to a complete repetition of the ending of Five Centimeters Per Second. Only without the train. But there the children were separated by time and circumstances, and here "well, they just forgot, because mysticism." The scene ended in much the same way - they parted, barely turning around.
But this is not a masterpiece of 2005, so after 5 minutes of screen time the characters saw each other, being in different cars, and rushed off to look after disembarking. Accidentally. In Tokyo. When we were given to understand that they had forgotten everything.
Not a hint of logical reasoning. happy end.
Your Name is a very average film, plagued by a flawed script and misplaced accents. I don't mean to call it bad. From the smooth scenes of everyday life you get pleasure; from brightness, kindness and unhurried pace it becomes warmer in the soul.
There are really outstanding graphics here. I will definitely remember the shots of the meteorite fall, sunny Tokyo, traditional and western interiors.
But what do I remember about the story: a joke about pawing myself in the morning, repeated four times, lines about shoelaces intertwining, like time itself, because she got it, and stupid things while saving the city.
Here actions, emotions and events just happen. Because the author wanted to show beautiful scenes, and not build a coherent plot. As a result, the good scenes themselves turned out to be strained and theatrical.
I hope you enjoyed Your Name. It is unlikely that my criticism expresses popular opinion, and the film has a message. I just want to believe that success will spur Shinkai to do something better, and not stop at the established format.
