Starring Michael Sinterniklaas, Stephanie Sheh, Laura Post
Japan, 2016
Two teenagers, a boy from the big city and a girl from a small rural town, find themselves inexplicably switching bodies and living out whole days of each others’ lives in this cartoon from Japan. One is from the big city and the other is from a rural small town. As they become more involve in each others’ lives, it becomes clear that they must change the course of history in order to avoid a cataclysmic disaster.
After a little bit of a confusing start, “Your Name.” hit full stride and had me wrapped up in its body-swapping, time-traveling romance. The impending doom of an approaching comet looming over the story adds weight and beauty to a premise normally reserved for simple rom-coms. The story and premise work as a great illustration of the empty longing estranged lovers feel, and the ultimate conclusion stands in for the relief of finally being together.
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