9/28/2023 0 Comments Weathering with you and your name![]() I don’t particularly care that the films were similar. With Weathering With You I have to admit that it felt like a Your Name clone with a slightly different story: an initial encounter, cute date/adventure scenes, a montage of scenes set to an upbeat Radwimps song, main characters separated and reunited. The fact that he took on unique projects, each their own in story, setting, genre, and format. From She and Her Cat and Voices of a Distant Star to The Place Promised in Our Early Days and 5 Centimeters Per Second, every film was vastly different. What I really admired about Shinkai was that every film he ever created was always different. I still listen to Sparkle, Zen Zen Zense, and Nandemonaiya during workouts or study/writing sessions! 4. Whereas in Your Name, there are numerous songs that matched the moments of the anime perfectly and stay with you long after you’ve finished the film. While the main theme “Ai Ni Dekiru Koto Wa Mada Aru Kai” or “Is There Anything Else Love Can do” is beautiful, the rest of the songs were average or forgettable. I think everyone who sees the film will agree that the music and soundtrack of Your Name is much better than that of Weathering With You. I believe it would’ve been a much more beautiful scene if it were just kept in the standard 2D animation style. As well, the CGI did not enhance the beauty of the fireworks at all. ![]() However, with such a scene it distracted from the emotion of the moment the two characters shared on the roof. ![]() The scene then changes to 3D CGI and shows an overview of Tokyo skyscrapers with the camera moving between them as the fireworks explode in the sky. There is a scene in the film where Hodaka and Hina are enjoying fireworks on the roof of a building. The change is so obvious and abrupt that you are immediately taken aback by it when it happens. This may be a smaller flaw and personal preference, but a few times throughout the film the art style changes from tradition anime 2D cel-shaded art, to 3D CGI shot from weird angles. But the strength of their bond and the impact on the audience would’ve been much stronger if we knew just what it was that Hina was saving him from or what Hodaka was running away from. Hina is the girl who he falls in love with, the girl who gives him meaning in life and the feeling that he is no longer alone. We know that he’s lost, but we don’t know why he is lost. Something must’ve driven him to do that, but again we aren’t told what it is. Hodaka is a 15-year-old boy who runs away from home to try to live on his own in Tokyo. However, the pain of that loss, and her and her brother’s struggles were never touched on, which I thought were pinnacle to their character in the film. Of course, we know that Hina’s mom passes away and she is left to take care of her younger brother. ![]() However, this time there is a lack of backstory for both main characters, Hodaka and Hina. Weathering With You had the same problem for me. Since the film focused more on Mitsuha’s family history, I didn’t think too much of it and I’m not sure Taki’s family history would’ve benefited the film in any way. All we really know about him is that he has a dad, doesn’t appear to have a mom or siblings, and that’s about it. While re-watching Your Name for the 2nd (more likely 6th) time, I started to wonder why they didn’t go into more detail about Taki’s backstory.
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