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Your Name

Movie · 2016 · 107 min

A lush, emotionally charged journey that blends body-swap comedy with aching longing and cosmic mystery, building to a deeply satisfying romantic crescendo.

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2016 anime film directed by Makoto Shinkai
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Class
Movie
Year
2016
Runtime
107 min
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Tone
  • romanticstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • identity
  • fate
  • memory
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • small town
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour4
Realism4
Romance8
Tension5
Darkness3
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

Details

Genres
fantasy, romance, coming-of-age, time-travel
Directed by
Makoto Shinkai
Written by
Makoto Shinkai
Music
Radwimps
Cinematography
Makoto Shinkai
Runtime
107 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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