There’s a scene in director Makoto Shinkai’s new theatrical anime, Your Name, which serves as a pretty good litmus test for how much you’re likely to enjoy the movie.
While the director has been routinely celebrated by anime fans both in Japan and abroad, Your Name got an unprecedented amount of mainstream domestic press coverage for a Shinkai film.
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All the things anime fans have come to expect from the acclaimed director are present and accounted for, but is that enough?