But less than a month after Your Name hit theaters, yet another beautiful, emotional anime film saw release.
Instead of the location-hopping, body-swapping sci-fi of Your Name, A Silent Voice keeps its story grounded in reality, which includes the ugly-but-true element of children with disabilities getting bullied in schools.
In 2016, anime director Makoto Shinkai Your Name was the biggest theatrical hit in Japan, animated or otherwise.
This fall, moviegoers in the U.S. will also get to see A Silent Voice on the big screen, and distributor Eleven Arts has just unveiled the official English-subtitled trailer for the film’s American release.