Your Name (2016) ***

Source: Imdb

I have to say, I was really surprised by this animé, even though I had to deal with rudimentary subtitles for the Japanese that only told less than half of the story. The film started out as an annoying body-swap flick with boring characters and seemingly predictable plot, but to my great surprise, they turned it around after about 20 minutes of mediocrity. I was stunned to find that the story was only beginning after that. Ok, the characters were still not really all that remarkable, but the plot kind of drew me in with just the right amount of mystery, a good helping of tension and some tear-inducing emotions. Well done!
The visuals were not what I’m used to from Ghibli, but still good. Some nice matte paintings, though the principal animations lacked the loving detail and three-dimensionality I expected. The directing was good, though. They had some really nice camera runs and good editing, too. I LOVED the score/soundtrack. Hopefully, they have that on Spotify.
Very nice work. Easy 3/5. I would love to see the dubbed version.

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