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.
Anime film director Makoto Shinkai (your name.) teased on his Twitter account on Thursday that he is working on a new feature film for next year.
Shinkai previously said at the Busan International Film Festival in October 2016 that he would like to make his next work at TOHO within three years.