The visual and directorial styles of Makoto Shinkai, creator of anime movie Your Name, and Hayao Miyazaki, of Spirited Away, Princess Monoke, and Totoro fame, are extremely different.
Variety reports that Texas-headquartered anime distributor Funimation is planning to show the film in U.S. theaters before the end of 2016.
Move would make Makoto Shinkai’s hit eligible for consideration at February’s Oscar awards, but does it have a chance of winning?
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