Watch a scene from the new film from director Makoto Shinkai and producer Genki Kawamura, creators of the animated film Your Name, which broke box office records worldwide and is currently getting a ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Acting as the spiritual successor to Makoto Shinkai’s previous film, Your Name, Weathering With ...

There are only a few days separating North American audiences from the wonder of Weathering With You. The movie is slated to begin its limited U.S. run this month, and fans will be able to check out ...

Weathering with You, the newest release from Your Name director Makoto Shinkai and producer Genki Kawamura, held its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, where Rafael ...

Shinkai was treated like a rock star at last weekend's Animation Is Film Festival. He discussed his climate change romantic fantasy, which he compares to "Joker." With 2016’s “Your Name,” Shinkai’s ...

Weathering With You, the latest film from Makoto Shinkai (Your Name), portrays a love story between a teenage boy and a girl who can make the sun come out during a very rainy summer in Tokyo. Along ...

Makoto Shinkai’s Weathering with You feels familiar, but foregrounds something that has always resided in his anime films: a deep and intense connection to the natural world. While not as overtly ...

“Weathering With You,” his first feature since the record-breaking “Your Name” in 2016, confirms Makoto Shinkai’s place among the leaders of the new generation of anime writer-directors. In both films ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. The story is set around high-school freshman Hodaka Morishima when ...