Director of Insanely Successful Anime Film ‘Your Name’ Announces New Film

Japanese filmmaker Makoto Shinkai, whose work on the 2016 smash-hit animation “Kimi no Na wa” (“Your Name”) has got fans calling him the “New Miyazaki,” has just announced a new film.

Shinkai revealed at a news conference on Thursday that his next film, “Tenki no Ko” (“Weathering With You”) is set to hit theaters in Japan on July 19, 2019.

 

きたきたきたきた最新作✨
超楽しみ♪
絶対観に行きます(｀･ω･´)ゞ#天気の子 pic.twitter.com/GzPFOiTpMq

— カジキ (@yuto75638895) December 13, 2018

 

According to Japan Times, the upcoming movie is about a girl who has the supernatural ability to stop the rain and clear the sky.

Artist Masayoshi Tanaka, who served as the character designer for “Your Name,” also did the designs for the new film.

“I’ve been working on creating a very real entertainment piece that will make you laugh, cry and say, ‘It’s so thrilling,’ as well as arouse your intellectual curiosity,” the 45-year-old creator was quoted as saying.

“I have used the weather as it is a familiar topic for everybody.”

 

新海誠監督の最新作映画
『天気の子』で 主人公の
‘森嶋帆高’役を務めさせて頂きます！

どんな作品になるのか僕自身楽しみです。

公開をお楽しみに🙌#天気の子 pic.twitter.com/HEPzFPK8kK

— 醍醐虎汰朗 (@daigokotaro) December 13, 2018

Voices for the main characters in the movie are from new actors Kotaro Daigo and Nana Mori.

As a follow-up to the highest-grossing Japanese movie of all time, expectations are running high on “Weathering,” which Shinkai said was born out of his aim to make a “massively entertaining” movie.

Released in August 2016, “Your Name” was a blockbuster hit, becoming the highest grossing anime film ever after dethroning Studio Ghibli’s “Spirited Away”, which held the record for 15 years.

The film had a record-breaking run not only in Japan but also around the world, grossing over ¥33.93 billion ($290 million) at the international box office, surpassing Hayao Miyazaki’s classic which raked in ¥32.96 billion ($289 million).

Featured image via tenkinoko

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