Makoto Shinkai’s mega-hit Your Name, however, is not one of them.
The main characters in Makoto Shinkai’s anime film have a major blind spot, but not in this reimagining.
So what would Your Name look like without that cheat? Probably something like this manga from comic artist and Twitter user @yokoyama_bancho (who previously recast the film with American characters), which reimagines Taki and Mitsuha as geekier but also more perceptive versions of their in-anime selves.
But hey, even if Your Name’s protagonists are kind of dense, at least there’re some clever secrets for sharp-eyed viewers to find.