Your Name

Two strangers connect in their dreams, waking apart. Can they ever hope to unite in the real world?

Makoto Shinkai is one of few anime directors to rival the legendary Hayao Miyazaki, and Your Name is Shinkai's most lauded movie yet. Here is a tender romance unfurling through fate, its twists and turns both exciting and devastating, enabled by a thought-provoking magical premise. This is the first Shinkai production with character acting to match his signature gorgeous environmental art, and he remains the master of amplifying an emotional climax through editing. My heart was broken several times over the movie's runtime; I wouldn't have it any other way.