However, Hodaka, through a romantic impulse, enters the spirit world and brings her back, leaving the city in a permanent state of inundation, including a sea level increase of dozens of meters.įrom a technical standpoint, Weathering With You is breathtaking and beautiful, especially when viewed on a large screen. Hina decides to sacrifice herself, through prayer, to eradicate the nasty weather plaguing Tokyo, which subsides. This is reminiscent, it seems, of a legendary weather maiden, who can control the weather, but ultimately serves as a sacrifice to bring sunshine to her people. Over time, Hina discovers that her body is gradually turning into water and evaporating the more she prays. Hodaka and Hina, both leading a precarious existence, put together a business selling Hina’s unique powers and are able to make money by bringing sunlight to markets, birthday parties and other such events. One of his tasks is to help investigate urban legends relating to the unusual weather.Ĭircumstances bring Hodaka into contact with a teenaged girl named Hina (Nana Mori), who they discover is a “sunshine girl” (a playful pun on Japanese pop culture) who through prayer can make the sun shine temporarily in her location. The central protagonist is a high school freshman named Hodaka (Kotaro Daigo), a runaway who arrives in Tokyo and lives on the streets until he finds employment working for a small publishing company. Weathering With You, written and directed by Makoto Shinkai ( Your Name), is set in modern Tokyo, during a summer of record-breaking rainfall. It is the third anime film in history to receive four Annie Award nominations (prizes awarded annually by the Los Angeles branch of the International Animated Film Association), the other two being Spirited Away (2001) and Millennium Actress (2001). The film has been selected as the Japanese entry for the Best International Feature Film award at the 92nd Academy Awards. In mid-January, movie theaters in the United States, Canada, the UK and elsewhere began screening the new Japanese animated film Weathering With You, which was released in Japan last July.
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