GKIDS announced on Thursday that it has licensed Makoto Shinkai’s new anime film Weathering With You (Tenki no Ko).
Shinkai’s your name. film opened in Japan in August 2016, and has become the fourth highest-grossing film of all time in Japan, the second highest-grossing Japanese film, and the second highest-grossing anime film, with earnings of more than 25 billion yen (about US$225 million).
Worldwide, it is the highest-grossing anime film, having earned more than an estimated US$355 million.
The film will have an “awards qualifying” theatrical run this year, with a broader theatrical release slated for early 2020 with both English subtitles and English-dubbed screenings.