On my flight home from vacation yesterday, the movie was one of the choices to watch; I absolutely loved it. Such beautiful visuals (as expected) and a beautiful soundtrack, coupled with the story that really pulled me in. I was (Ending Spoilers)
especially happy that it had a happy ending. I couldn't bare to see Mitsuha and Taki not seeing each other ever again
Finally caught this today (english dub). Pretty incredible watch. As someone who hasn't dove much into anime in the past, what are some recommendations for other films like this one?
Watched the sub on a flight recently, and caught the dub this morning at a matinee.
Boy, watching it on a big screen made all the difference. The colors popped and the second viewing allows you to pick up on things that you wouldn't notice the first time.
I do feel that the songs work better in Japanese - the English versions almost sound like someone singing a subtitles script - it didn't feel natural to me.
I haven't seen many feature-length anime films, would this be hard to get into for an uncultured swine like myself? I really like high concept stuff and the buzz around this film has been crazy online. My local theater is showing it subtitled and am thinking about taking the plunge.
I would not say its overly "high concept" but it should be pretty enjoyable. You will probably like it if not for the beautiful art, great soundtrack, and possibly the plot overall that is presented.
On my flight home from vacation yesterday, the movie was one of the choices to watch; I absolutely loved it. Such beautiful visuals (as expected) and a beautiful soundtrack, coupled with the story that really pulled me in. I was (Ending Spoilers)
especially happy that it had a happy ending. I couldn't bare to see Mitsuha and Taki not seeing each other ever again
Do you think this one is his best? I ask because I've tried to watch some of his previous films and found them wanting, but Your Name totally worked for me.
Hmm, no...? I watched it in Japanese with Swedish subs last night, here in Gothenburg. Both options were available with about the same number of showings.
An ending where they meet again feels right for the tone and themes of the film, especially everything with Musubi.
Still would have loved just a bit more. Maybe a post credits thing or just still images of them after that moment at the end, though I get why it ended there. I'm also sort of curious what Mitsuha is doing now in terms of career and whatnot.
I'm curious to see the manga version that is coming out. Not sure if this is the case with this one, but I've heard such adaptations of the other films expand on some things a bit. I guess I'd be happy just seeing a little more.
This is only the second film I've seen from this director, though I only remembered I'd seen another several years by looking at his other works. Is there a reason why the whole theme of two people separated in some form seems to be a constant theme in his films?
Having watched all of his other films "Your Name" is definitely now top of my list. I feel like he has finally understood 'exacty' what delivers that sharpest PING in our hearts when it comes to movie endings. Sure, people are left wanting more but the ending delivers all we need to really 'see' in order to know it was a
Watched the English dub in theaters, and I enjoyed it a lot. I knew there was a twist, but I didn't know what, so it still surprised me. The visuals were amazing, and I was glad I caught this in theaters. The dub was well done, though the English songs threw me off; I hadn't realized it was the Japanese singer singing in English. I will agree that it was perhaps 10 minutes too long, which was particularly evident in the ending section. Also, I'm really glad it
had a happy ending. It could have used maybe a post-credit drawing of them sitting in a cafe talking or something, though.
My theater's audience was pretty small, and oddly mostly old people. There was one mother and child, though. People reacted appropriately, thankfully, and there was a big laugh when
Taki was able to get back in Mitsuha's body and cried while groping her.
I hope there's a korean subtitled version releasing with the blu ray release or something. As much as I want to show my family this, they'd be super lost on reading English subtitles in theaters.
Yeah, got that at our screening too. I also didn't know if it was me, but I thought the subtitles were a bit too small and much too close to the bottom of the screen. Made it harder to pay attention to some of the gorgeous visuals.
Great film by the way. It definitely lingers in your mind for a while.
Yeah, got that at our screening too. I also didn't know if it was me, but I thought the subtitles were a bit too small and much too close to the bottom of the screen. Made it harder to pay attention to some of the gorgeous visuals.
Great film by the way. It definitely lingers in your mind for a while.
Yeah, the subs were almost at the bottom of the screen and they were also really blocky, like if they had no anti-aliasing on them. Shit was like a real bad fan-sub.
There's screenings all the way through Thursday, but so far none on Friday or Saturday when I will finally have the god damn time to see it. Fingers crossed that it is in theaters for just one day more than stated!
Right where they realized they were actually swapping bodies, it cut to music. We immediately were like "welp, good episode, can't wait for the next one".
Yeah, the subs were almost at the bottom of the screen and they were also really blocky, like if they had no anti-aliasing on them. Shit was like a real bad fan-sub.
Saw this tonight, subbed! I was surprised by how full the theater was considering that we're almost 2 weeks past opening and the audience would be split between sub and dub. Was awesome to experience in the setting, lots of laughs (a couple in sort of inappropriate moments but thats part of the charm too)! Film was fantastic, glad I didn't pay attention to media surrounding it to much. Almost everything was a surprise!
The ending sequences
pulled at my heartstrings, was so worried we were getting a bittersweet ending for what must have been the last 3rd of the film
? That's the only instance I remember and it was fine, doubt the joke could have worked any other way in English and it got tons of laughter in my theater.
The movie is legitimately good, subtittled and dubbed. Even if I wasn't into Anime I would still say you had to watch it. You would be doing yourself a disservice if you didn't go to see it in theatres while you had the chance.
I would not say its overly "high concept" but it should be pretty enjoyable. You will probably like it if not for the beautiful art, great soundtrack, and possibly the plot overall that is presented.
Thanks! I'm planning on seeing it tomorrow night after work. I've never seen an anime feature in the theater, so it'll be a new experience for me.
I guess when I said "high concept" I mean I tend to like those films that have a sorta magical concept behind them, like Groundhog Day, Big, Stranger Than Fiction, stuff like that. Looking forward to seeing this.
? That's the only instance I remember and it was fine, doubt the joke could have worked any other way in English and it got tons of laughter in my theater.
Fix your spoiler, but yes, that and the kataware/tasogare meanings. It is definitely hard to render it in English, but it's not impossible to write something of similar meaning. They do have a dubbed version, so they must have come up with a workaround eventually. The point I'm trying to make here is that once you release into general theaters, your audience can no longer be considered people with exposure to Japanese or anime fans. The subtitles were bad enough that I'm legitimately wondering if they were the same ones they used in the world premiere at Anime Expo.
Finally caught this today (english dub). Pretty incredible watch. As someone who hasn't dove much into anime in the past, what are some recommendations for other films like this one?
The dub for this movie did a fantastic job. They somehow made the "personal pronoun 'I'" not awkward and
gave complete clarity on the whole twilight / magic hour and the union Grandma was talking about.
I guess my question is
drinking the sake and falling on your back got Taki to travel back with Mitsuha's thread in the dream sequence to the morning of the festival?
If there was any gripe, I wish they showed Taki's perspective of living the day after Mitsuha's perspective of living the day. This film could've been a little longer too with
more Okudera parts. She defintiely was a great character as well.
The dub for this movie did a fantastic job. They somehow made the "personal pronoun 'I'" not awkward and
gave complete clarity on the whole twilight / magic hour and the union Grandma was talking about.
I guess my question is
drinking the sake and falling on your back got Taki to travel back with Mitsuha's thread in the dream sequence to the morning of the festival?
If there was any gripe, I wish they showed Taki's perspective of living the day after Mitsuha's perspective of living the day. This film could've been a little longer too with
more Okudera parts. She defintiely was a great character as well.
Took my gf to go see this dubbed and she absolutely loved it. And she's not the type to watch anime. I basically tricked her into going by not mentioning it being an anime. haha but yeah it was an amazing film. ;_;
Just got back from a subtitled screening of this. And I guess I'll confess that when I said that I hadn't seen "many" feature-length anime films, what I really meant was that I had never actually seen one before. I felt kinda weird posting in this thread around so many people who know so much about the genre. But the more GAF kept posting about this film and how crazy popular it was overseas, as well as the premise of the film, and it piqued my interest. I've watched enough episodes of Game Center CX, surely I can see a subtitled film like this one.
Thanks for the recommendation, GAF. I really enjoyed it. I did have a moment of, "I've made a terrible mistake" during the opening song and sizzle reel (just having a stylistic shock), but settled into it immediately when the story began. Lots of fun whimsical moments, lots of great character-building stuff. The do a great job of juggling both groups of characters and making them likable in their distinct ways. They were really smart that they didn't throw too many characters at us... It was just a core group of people we needed to know. It kept the story really personal and intimate.
Since I hadn't seen any other films like these, half of the time while watching this I was just in a, "Oooooh, sooooo pretty" daze. Also a lot of really nice uses of imagery and mirroring/repeating certain locations. I like how the film kinda tacitly says, "Everyone has seen Tokyo" and spent more of the time showing off the other location. It's a beautiful place, I don't blame them for emphasizing it.
Was a little surprised how much the story would accelerate sometimes. They seemed to be taking it pretty leisurely when establishing things, but then they whisked through a lot of it quickly, almost like they were getting it out of the way. I was a little surprised they yada yada yada'd some of this (isn't this the hook?), but given how the second half of the film played out, it made a lot of sense why they constructed it this way. One of my favorite video games is
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
so I approve of where the plot went.
I do think the ending is a little unsatisfying, but have trouble pinpointing why. Maybe it's a pacing thing, maybe they dragged it out a little too much, not sure. Some of the stylistic things are still a little unusual and foreign to me, so the aesthetics still take some getting used to on my part.
But overall, really great. Thanks again for bringing more awareness to a film like this and getting stuck-in-their-box people like me to try something new. This forum is a good place for that kind of thing.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I seem to recall that
he seemed to be aware of the time difference, they just didn't tell the audience that he knew. He casually mentioned he should tell her about the tragedy (not knowing where), having at least been clued into everyone in her timeline looking forward to it. Not sure why she didn't notice she was hopping to the future considering she presumably spent plenty of time in his phone calendar. Maybe chalk it up to general excitement?
