The official YouTube channel for actor/singer Mone Kamishiraishi (Mitsuha Miyamizu in Your Name. ) has started streaming a music video for her new digital single song "Spica." The song is now featured as the ending theme for the spring 2024 TV anime Bartender Glass of God . This is her fourth TV anime theme song in her career, following "Puzzle" ( Rin-ne third season ending theme), "From The Seeds" ( 7Seeds second season opening theme), and "Shiroi Doro" ( Major 2nd second season opening theme). The theme of the video is about spending each day gently and carefully, and finding hope in the darkness of loneliness. The video uses light and shadow to create a beautiful texture of soft daylight and nighttime images, like the first-class star "Spica" shining pale in the spring night sky. Mone Kamishiraishi "Spica" music video Bartender Glass of God TV anime creditless ending movie Related: Singer-Songwriter Takaya Kawasaki Releases Bartender...
- 4/25/2024
- by Mikikazu Komatsu
- Crunchyroll
Featuring "Stardust Memory" by Takaya Kawasaki and "Spica" by Mone Kamishiraishi (Mitsuha in Your Name. ), respectively, creditless versions of the opening and ending theme sequences for this season's Bartender Glass of God anime are now available to watch below. The latest anime from the Bartender franchise aired the first episode of the new series today. Bartender Glass of God Opening Theme Video Bartender Glass of God Ending Theme Video Related: Gods' Games We Play Anime Raises the Stakes in Creditless Opening Theme Video Based on the manga by Araki Joh and Kenji Nagatomo, Ryoichi Kuraya ( Farming Life in Another World ) directs Bartender Glass of God at studio Liber, with series composition by Mariko Kunisawa, character designs by Yoihi Ueda and music by Hiroaki Tsutsumi ( Dr. Stone ). Crunchyroll is simulcasting the series and describes the story: At Eden Hall, each glass has a story. A quiet bar lies tucked away in the streets of Tokyo,...
- 4/4/2024
- by Liam Dempsey
- Crunchyroll
Shô Miyake’s All the Long Nights is a film about small things: decency, kindness, why people help each other out, how those acts can inspire others. The first character we meet is Misa (Mone Kamishiraishi), a sensitive type who suffers from premenstrual syndrome. In the opening scene, this causes Misa to lose her cool at work, and while the situation is smoothed over, she quits out of shame. Leaving the city, she lands a gig in a suburban company, assembling astronomical sets, and meets Takatoshi (Hokuto Matsumura), a young, panic attack-prone man who recently left a job under similar circumstances. After an initial misunderstanding, their orbits align into something that looks like love but never skews romantic.
If that all sounds a bit saccharine, bear with it: in Miyake’s previous film, Small, Slow But Steady, the director took the autobiography of Keiko Ogasawara, a hearing-impaired female boxer, and...
If that all sounds a bit saccharine, bear with it: in Miyake’s previous film, Small, Slow But Steady, the director took the autobiography of Keiko Ogasawara, a hearing-impaired female boxer, and...
- 3/21/2024
- by Rory O'Connor
- The Film Stage
This month’s Hong Kong International Film Festival will showcase over 190 films from 62 countries and regions, including five world premieres, and 64 Asian premieres.
Running 12 days (March 28 – April 8), the festival will open with the Asian premiere of local director Ray Yeung’s “All Shall Be Well,” which won the Teddy Award at the recent Berlin festival.
The closing film is the Asian premiere of “All the Long Nights,” directed by Miyake Sho and starring Matsumura Hokuto and Kamishiraishi Mone, which also premiered in Berlin. Variety’s review of “Nights” called it “gently luminous.”
Chinese-language films selected for the Firebird competition include: “Borrowed Time,” “Brief History of a Family,” “Carefree Days,” Fresh off Markham,” “A Journey in Spring,” “Snow in Midsummer,” “Some Rain Must Fall” and “A Song Sung Blue.”
Foreign films for the Firebird competition’s other section include: “Arcadia,” “Arni,” “Ivo,” “Pepe,” “Sons,” “Sujo,” “The Tenants” and “Who Do I Belong to.
Running 12 days (March 28 – April 8), the festival will open with the Asian premiere of local director Ray Yeung’s “All Shall Be Well,” which won the Teddy Award at the recent Berlin festival.
The closing film is the Asian premiere of “All the Long Nights,” directed by Miyake Sho and starring Matsumura Hokuto and Kamishiraishi Mone, which also premiered in Berlin. Variety’s review of “Nights” called it “gently luminous.”
Chinese-language films selected for the Firebird competition include: “Borrowed Time,” “Brief History of a Family,” “Carefree Days,” Fresh off Markham,” “A Journey in Spring,” “Snow in Midsummer,” “Some Rain Must Fall” and “A Song Sung Blue.”
Foreign films for the Firebird competition’s other section include: “Arcadia,” “Arni,” “Ivo,” “Pepe,” “Sons,” “Sujo,” “The Tenants” and “Who Do I Belong to.
- 3/8/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
This year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival will open with the Asian premiere of All Shall Be Well, directed by Hong Kong filmmaker Ray Yeung, which recently won the Teddy Award at Berlin film festival.
Starring Patra Au and Maggie Li, the film tells the story of an older lesbian couple and how the surviving partner struggles to retain her home and her dignity when one of them passes away. The film premiered in the Panorama section at the Berlinale.
Japanese filmmaker Miyake Sho’s All The Long Nights, starring Matsumura Hokuto and Kamishiraishi Mone, which premiered in the Forum section of Berlin, will close the festival on April 8.
Gala screenings also include the world premiere of Hong Kong filmmaker Ho Miu-ki’s Love Lies, starring Sandra Ng, Cheung Tin-fu and Stephy Tang; Hamaguchi Ryusuke’s Gift, a collaboration with composer Eiko Ishibashi, which will be...
Starring Patra Au and Maggie Li, the film tells the story of an older lesbian couple and how the surviving partner struggles to retain her home and her dignity when one of them passes away. The film premiered in the Panorama section at the Berlinale.
Japanese filmmaker Miyake Sho’s All The Long Nights, starring Matsumura Hokuto and Kamishiraishi Mone, which premiered in the Forum section of Berlin, will close the festival on April 8.
Gala screenings also include the world premiere of Hong Kong filmmaker Ho Miu-ki’s Love Lies, starring Sandra Ng, Cheung Tin-fu and Stephy Tang; Hamaguchi Ryusuke’s Gift, a collaboration with composer Eiko Ishibashi, which will be...
- 3/8/2024
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
The upcoming Bartender Glass of God anime has poured out a ton of new information tonight about the new adaptation of the manga series written by Araki Joh and illustrated by Kenji Nagatomo. Served up on the counter is a brand new trailer announcing and previewing the opening and ending themes, a new key visual and revealing that the series will begin on April 3. The opening theme song “Maho no Jutan” will be performed by viral sensation Takaya Kawasaki, with the ending theme song “Spica” sung by Mone Kamishiraishi. Related: Bartender Glass of God Anime Mixes Up a Manhattan With New Cast Member The TV anime Bartender Glass of God is set to premiere in Japan on April 3, 2024, and will also be streamed on Crunchyroll as it airs for members in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East and Cis. The anime is directed by...
- 3/8/2024
- by Daryl Harding
- Crunchyroll
Nobody is broken in Shô Miyake’s films; nobody is quite beyond repair. But over the course of his last few features, the Japanese director has centered characters who are at at least mildly sprained, and trying hard to get by on hope and a homemade splint. In his previous movie, “Small Slow But Steady” — a title that incidentally could be a manifesto for Miyake’s soft, low-key style — a deaf female amateur boxer battled self-doubt and the looming closure of her beloved gym. And his new film, “All the Long Nights” offers a similar kind of balm, this time focusing on a young woman whose major challenge comes from debilitating Pms. It’s an affliction rarely described with this much compassion, when it is mentioned at all outside its regular context as the lazy punchline to a thousand sexist jokes.
Here it is treated with a sensitivity that does...
Here it is treated with a sensitivity that does...
- 3/3/2024
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
Since its debut, the Spirited Away stage play has been enchanting theatergoers in Japan and abroad. For 2024, two new actors will be stepping into the role of Chihiro/Sen, as seen in a pair of beautiful new posters. Actress and AKB48 graduate Rina Kawaei features in a bright, lantern-filled poster: Related: Ya Boy Kongming! Manga Goes Live with Stage Play Adaptation And Wasteful Days of High School Girls TV actor Momoko Fukuchi appears against a brightly moonlit night: Related: Howl’s Moving Castle-Inspired Ghibli Park 15-Second Promo Released Both actors will trade out the lead role with current stars Kanna Hashimoto and Mone Kamishiraishi. Gkids has licensed the filmed performance of Spirited Away: Live on Stage , described thus: Chihiro’s family is moving to a new house, but when they stop on the way to explore an abandoned village, her parents undergo a mysterious transformation and Chihiro is whisked into...
- 2/20/2024
- by Kara Dennison
- Crunchyroll
The route from idol group member to TV and film acting is a well-trodden one for multiple Japanese performers as they mature and attempt to broaden and extend their career.
Few, however, can have received the plaudits of SixTONES member Matsumura Hokuto, who flies in to the Berlin Film Festival for the international premiere of two handed drama feature “All the Long Nights.”
Derived from a novel by Seo Maiko and directed by Miyake Sho, the narrative features a woman (portrayed by Kamishiraishi Mone) whose pre-menstrual tension is so intense that it changes her character and disrupts her career. She is befriended by a younger, somewhat solitary man who, in turn, suffers from panic attacks.
The film’s narrative describes their ever closer, but non-romantic, relationship as these two tender souls support each other through a stressful and clamorous world. And the Berlin organizers’ normally dry catalog write-up called the performances simply “fantastic.
Few, however, can have received the plaudits of SixTONES member Matsumura Hokuto, who flies in to the Berlin Film Festival for the international premiere of two handed drama feature “All the Long Nights.”
Derived from a novel by Seo Maiko and directed by Miyake Sho, the narrative features a woman (portrayed by Kamishiraishi Mone) whose pre-menstrual tension is so intense that it changes her character and disrupts her career. She is befriended by a younger, somewhat solitary man who, in turn, suffers from panic attacks.
The film’s narrative describes their ever closer, but non-romantic, relationship as these two tender souls support each other through a stressful and clamorous world. And the Berlin organizers’ normally dry catalog write-up called the performances simply “fantastic.
- 2/20/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Misa Fujisawa (Mone Kamishiraishi) experiences extreme premenstrual syndrome symptoms each month. One month she gets irritated at a new colleague, Takatoshi Yamazoe (Hokuto Matsumura), and explodes into a tirade against him. It was just a small thing that triggered her anger but she's remorseful about it. Takatoshi suffers from panic disorder. Because of it, he's given up on things we once dreamed of and become apathetic toward life. Takatoshi and Misa begin to share a bond after they become aware of each other's struggles.
- 1/30/2024
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
With "Spirited Away: Live on Stage," Tony Award-winning theater director John Caird took on the risky yet rewarding creative challenge of adapting one of the most beloved animated films ever made. To date, Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli's original animated version of "Spirited Away" remains the only non-English language film to win an Oscar for Best Animated Feature. Just last year, it made Sight and Sound's once-a-decade list of the greatest movies of all time.
Fortunately, "Spirited Away: Live on Stage" had an asset in Caird, who originated the long-running "Les Misérables" stage adaptation in London and now serves as honorary associate director of the Royal Shakespeare Company. When "Spirited Away: Live on Stage" premiered last March in Japan, it was able to immediately sidestep any concerns about doing Miyazaki's film justice with the release of several eye-catching images, showing what Caird and collaborators like puppetry designer Toby Olié had accomplished.
Fortunately, "Spirited Away: Live on Stage" had an asset in Caird, who originated the long-running "Les Misérables" stage adaptation in London and now serves as honorary associate director of the Royal Shakespeare Company. When "Spirited Away: Live on Stage" premiered last March in Japan, it was able to immediately sidestep any concerns about doing Miyazaki's film justice with the release of several eye-catching images, showing what Caird and collaborators like puppetry designer Toby Olié had accomplished.
- 4/17/2023
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
"How do you know my name?" Welcome back, Chihiro! GKids has revealed an official trailer for a special event coming up in April - screenings of a taped version of the Spirited Away stage production put on in Tokyo last year. Studio Ghibli approved two stage show versions of their classics last year - Spirited Away in Tokyo, and My Neighbor Totoro in London. GKids' annual Ghibli Fest USA 2023 is back in theaters and bigger than ever – highlighting all ten of Hayao Miyazaki’s iconic animated films with Studio Ghibli, as well as the first-ever North American screenings of Spirited Away: Live On Stage, featuring two performances filmed during the production's acclaimed run in Tokyo last year. The show starred Kanna Hashimoto and Mone Kamishiraishi as Chihiro in two unique shows. They'll be showing this taped version on the big screen at cinemas around the US on April 23rd & 27th - it'll probably sell out.
- 3/1/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Gkids, the New York-based studio bringing beloved animated films to homes for generations, has acquired the North American audiovisual distribution rights to Spirited Away: Live on Stage. The live-action presentation recreates Hayao Miyazaki‘s classic fantasy film about a young girl who escapes to a magical world filled with danger, dragons, and spirits looking to rest their weary souls. Screenings of the Spirited Away stage play reportedly capture the entire performance from a front-row row view, bringing fans of Miyazaki’s enigmatic story closer to Chiriho’s journey than ever before. The recording is from the stage show’s 2022 run at the Imperial Theater in Tokyo, Japan.
Spirited Away: Live on Stage features Kanna Hashimoto and Mone Kamishiraishi as the story’s brave protagonist Chihiro Ogino. Honorary associate director of England’s Royal Shakespeare Company, John Caird, oversees the production, filled with mythical creatures, elaborate stage magic, and detailed sets...
Spirited Away: Live on Stage features Kanna Hashimoto and Mone Kamishiraishi as the story’s brave protagonist Chihiro Ogino. Honorary associate director of England’s Royal Shakespeare Company, John Caird, oversees the production, filled with mythical creatures, elaborate stage magic, and detailed sets...
- 2/9/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Great news anime fans, and fans of everything that is haunting yet wonderful! The stage play adaptation of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli's beloved anime classic "Spirited Away" is finally headed to the U.S.! Better yet, you won't have to be exclusively in New York to see it, because Gkids is set to release it in theaters across North America.
"Spirited Away" follows Chihiro, a 10-year-old girl who is on her way to a new home with her parents. While visiting an abandoned amusement park, Chihiro's parents are turned into pigs while she is sent to work at a magical bathhouse by a sorceress. It is left to Chihiro to find a way out of this magical and haunting place, get her parents back, and return to the normal world.
The film was a monumental success. It quickly became the highest-grossing film in Japanese history, a record it...
"Spirited Away" follows Chihiro, a 10-year-old girl who is on her way to a new home with her parents. While visiting an abandoned amusement park, Chihiro's parents are turned into pigs while she is sent to work at a magical bathhouse by a sorceress. It is left to Chihiro to find a way out of this magical and haunting place, get her parents back, and return to the normal world.
The film was a monumental success. It quickly became the highest-grossing film in Japanese history, a record it...
- 2/8/2023
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Slash Film
Ready to get “Spirited Away” again?
Gkids, the producer and distributor for some of the most exciting animation from around the world, announced that it has acquired the North American audiovisual distribution rights for “Spirited Away: Live on Stage.” The new movie was filmed during the production’s run at the historic Imperial Theatre in Tokyo, Japan in 2002. Based on Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar-winning animated feature, the stage adaptation was directed by Tony Award-winner John Caird, known for his groundbreaking adaptation of “Les Misérables.”
Gkids will release two separate filmed performances of the production, starring Kanna Hashimoto and Mone Kamishiraishi, double-cast as the lead heroine Chihiro. Character actor Mari Natsuki, who voiced the sorceress Yubaba and her twin sister Zeniba in the original movie, returns to her original role, accompanied by voice actor Romi Park. How cool is that?
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Gkids, the producer and distributor for some of the most exciting animation from around the world, announced that it has acquired the North American audiovisual distribution rights for “Spirited Away: Live on Stage.” The new movie was filmed during the production’s run at the historic Imperial Theatre in Tokyo, Japan in 2002. Based on Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar-winning animated feature, the stage adaptation was directed by Tony Award-winner John Caird, known for his groundbreaking adaptation of “Les Misérables.”
Gkids will release two separate filmed performances of the production, starring Kanna Hashimoto and Mone Kamishiraishi, double-cast as the lead heroine Chihiro. Character actor Mari Natsuki, who voiced the sorceress Yubaba and her twin sister Zeniba in the original movie, returns to her original role, accompanied by voice actor Romi Park. How cool is that?
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- 2/8/2023
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
Doja Cat’s third studio album Planet Her tops the Apple Music Pre-Add Chart for a second straight week, as Lorde makes a strong opening at Number Two with her third album, Solar Power.
Pre-adds allow listeners to queue up an album to be added to their library when it’s released, offering a good indication of the albums that fans are most excited for. It’s a good sign that it’s leading the pre-add chart, where previous Rs 200 toppers like Rod Wave and Olivia Rodrigo have also led.
Pre-adds allow listeners to queue up an album to be added to their library when it’s released, offering a good indication of the albums that fans are most excited for. It’s a good sign that it’s leading the pre-add chart, where previous Rs 200 toppers like Rod Wave and Olivia Rodrigo have also led.
- 6/29/2021
- by Emily Blake
- Rollingstone.com
It may seem like just yesterday that Doja Cat’s sophomore album Hot Pink launched the LA rapper to stardom, but fans are already anxiously awaiting its follow-up.
Planet Her, Doja’s third studio album that is set for release on Friday, leads the Apple Music Pre-Add Chart for the week of June 11th through June 17th. Pre-adds allow listeners to queue up an album to be added to their library when it’s released, offering a good indication of the albums that fans are most excited for. It’s...
Planet Her, Doja’s third studio album that is set for release on Friday, leads the Apple Music Pre-Add Chart for the week of June 11th through June 17th. Pre-adds allow listeners to queue up an album to be added to their library when it’s released, offering a good indication of the albums that fans are most excited for. It’s...
- 6/22/2021
- by Emily Blake
- Rollingstone.com
Hayao Miyazaki’s animated masterpiece “Spirited Away” will be adapted for the stage for a production set to premiere in Japan next year.
Tony and Olivier Award winner John Caird, who wrote the English-language book and co-directed the hit musical “Les Misérables,” will write and direct the stage adaptation based on Miyazaki’s 2001 film.
The new version of “Spirited Away” is set to premiere at Toho’s Imperial Theater in Tokyo next February and March. The production will then tour throughout Japan, including to Osaka (April), Fukuoka (May), Sapporo (June) and Nagoya (June and July).
“Spirited Away,” which is known in Japan under its original title “Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi,” is approaching its 20th anniversary later this year, and the stage premiere will coincide with the 20th anniversary of the film winning the Oscar for Best Animated Feature in 2002.
Arguably the best film of animation master Hayao Miyazaki, “Spirited Away...
Tony and Olivier Award winner John Caird, who wrote the English-language book and co-directed the hit musical “Les Misérables,” will write and direct the stage adaptation based on Miyazaki’s 2001 film.
The new version of “Spirited Away” is set to premiere at Toho’s Imperial Theater in Tokyo next February and March. The production will then tour throughout Japan, including to Osaka (April), Fukuoka (May), Sapporo (June) and Nagoya (June and July).
“Spirited Away,” which is known in Japan under its original title “Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi,” is approaching its 20th anniversary later this year, and the stage premiere will coincide with the 20th anniversary of the film winning the Oscar for Best Animated Feature in 2002.
Arguably the best film of animation master Hayao Miyazaki, “Spirited Away...
- 2/26/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar winner “Spirited Away” is getting the stage play treatment, courtesy of Toho Co., Ltd and award-winning theater director John Caird. The play is eyeing a world premiere run February-March 2022 in Tokyo, followed by a tour through Japan in cities such as Osaka (April 2022), Fukuoka (May 2022), Sapporo (June 2022), and Nagoya (June and July). Caird is also known for being the Honorary Associate Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
“Spirited Away” is often considered one of Miyazaki’s best films and, up until last year, was the highest grossing film in Japan. The story centers on Chihiro, a 10-year-old girl moving with her parents to their new home. The family loses itself in a mysterious world of fantastic spirits, ruled over by the sorceress Yubaba, who turns Chihiro’s parents into pigs. After a series of bizarre and dangerous challenges, including the loss of her identity, Chihiro must...
“Spirited Away” is often considered one of Miyazaki’s best films and, up until last year, was the highest grossing film in Japan. The story centers on Chihiro, a 10-year-old girl moving with her parents to their new home. The family loses itself in a mysterious world of fantastic spirits, ruled over by the sorceress Yubaba, who turns Chihiro’s parents into pigs. After a series of bizarre and dangerous challenges, including the loss of her identity, Chihiro must...
- 2/26/2021
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Hayao Miyazaki’s 2001 Oscar winning animated film, Spirited Away (Sen To Chihiro No Kamikakushi), has been set for a stage production which will have its world premiere in Tokyo in 2022. This is the first-ever stage adaptation of the beloved movie and will be written and directed by Tony and Olivier Award-winner and Honorary Associate Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, John Caird. Japanese giant Toho is behind the project.
The original film, from Studio Ghibli, went on to become the highest-grossing movie ever in Japan, holding the spot for 19 years and only recently being overtaken by Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train. It had a re-release in fall 2020 and has grossed over $355M worldwide.
The story follows Chihiro, a 10-year-old girl moving with her parents to their new home. They lose themselves in a mysterious world of fantastic spirits, ruled over by the sorceress Yubaba,...
The original film, from Studio Ghibli, went on to become the highest-grossing movie ever in Japan, holding the spot for 19 years and only recently being overtaken by Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train. It had a re-release in fall 2020 and has grossed over $355M worldwide.
The story follows Chihiro, a 10-year-old girl moving with her parents to their new home. They lose themselves in a mysterious world of fantastic spirits, ruled over by the sorceress Yubaba,...
- 2/26/2021
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
“Your Name” (or Name/Kimi no na wa) follows his 2013 “The Garden of Words”,which won the Satoshi Kon Award for Best Achievement in Animation and Best Animation Feature at the 17th Fantasia Film Festival. His first foray into the genre was in 1999 with the monochrome “She and Her Cat” (Standing Points) a five minute short award-winning anime about the relationship between a male cat and his female owner, told through the perspective of the cat. A massive hit in Japan and Asia on release, “Your Name” has since superseded Hayao Miyazaki’s “Spirited Away” (2001) as the highest grossing anime of all time. “Your Name” also garnered a number of awards for best animated feature including 71st Mainichi Film Awards and Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (2016); however, despite its critical and commercial success, it failed to be nominated for an academy award unlike “Spirited Away” which remains the only...
- 3/26/2020
- by Colette Balmain
- AsianMoviePulse
Take home the body-swapping romance that captivated the world with the highly anticipated release of Your Name. Critically acclaimed and as beautifully written as it is animated, this spellbinding story of love and youth is the perfect gift for the anime or film fan in your life.
Synopsis:
“One thing is certain. If we see each other, we’ll know.”
Mitsuha (Mone Kamishiraishi) and Taki (Ryunosuke Kamiki) have never met, but when the frustrated country girl wishes of a life in the big city, they will forge a connection both unexplainable and unforgettable. In their dreams, the two swap lives, cultures and genders as they learn more about, and grow closer to, each other. What was once a shock becomes a joy-filled double life, but what will happen when they discover the red string of fate tying them together?
Your Name comes to DVD, Blu-ray and Blu-ray Steelbook 6th November from Anime Ltd.
Synopsis:
“One thing is certain. If we see each other, we’ll know.”
Mitsuha (Mone Kamishiraishi) and Taki (Ryunosuke Kamiki) have never met, but when the frustrated country girl wishes of a life in the big city, they will forge a connection both unexplainable and unforgettable. In their dreams, the two swap lives, cultures and genders as they learn more about, and grow closer to, each other. What was once a shock becomes a joy-filled double life, but what will happen when they discover the red string of fate tying them together?
Your Name comes to DVD, Blu-ray and Blu-ray Steelbook 6th November from Anime Ltd.
- 11/2/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Your Name Review Your Name (2016) Film Review, a movie directed by Makoto Shinkai, and starring Ryunosuke Kamiki, Mone Kamishiraishi, Ryo Narita, Aoi Yuki, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Kaito Ishikawa, Kanon Tani, Masaki Terasoma, Sayaka Ohara, Kazuhiko Inoue, Chafurin, Kana Hanazawa, Yuka Terasaki, and Takashi Onozuka. Coming from Japanese director Makoto Shinkai, Your Name tells the story [...]
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- 6/24/2017
- by Reggie Peralta
- Film-Book
Body swapping, time displacement and comets of mass destruction all feature prominently in Makoto Shinkai’s heart-wrenching adolescent romance. Boasting an infectious soundtrack by Radwimps and luminous animation, Your Name proves a winning combination of laughter, tears and occasionally mind-bending concepts about the time-space continuum. Mitsuha (Mone Kamishiraishi) is a typically awkward high-school girl in a small Japanese village. Living with her grandmother and younger sister, she longs to escape her simple life for the big city, and at night dreams she is a hip Tokyo schoolboy named Taki. What Mitsuha doesn’t realise at first is that Taki actually exists and her dreams are very real. Two or three times a week, Mitsuha inhabits Taki’s body and is forced to live his life - negotiating...
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- 4/6/2017
- Screen Anarchy
I had no idea what to expect upon sitting down to Your Name and the first few minutes definitely had my head spinning. We’re ushered in via the voiceover narration of two high schoolers we’ve yet to properly meet in Mitsuha (Mone Kamishiraishi) and Taki (Ryûnosuke Kamiki). They speak about dreams as a rare comet shoots across the blue sky. It’s cryptic, beautiful, and utterly fascinating—a subdued tone easing us in before a kinetic collage of vignettes without context replaces it, a Radwimps rock anthem blaring about love. This shift to music video interlude proves jarringly abrupt; its culmination marked by Mitsuha awakening from slumber a wonderful splash into the deep-end of this anime’s high concept romantic fantasy.
My disorientation continued because this girl didn’t seem herself. Without warning, logic, or exposition beyond those opening lines of esoteric prose, we suddenly realize the person...
My disorientation continued because this girl didn’t seem herself. Without warning, logic, or exposition beyond those opening lines of esoteric prose, we suddenly realize the person...
- 4/5/2017
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Already the fourth-highest-grossing film ever in its home country of Japan (trailing Spirited Away, Titanic, and Frozen), the anime romance Your Name boasts a fate-driven appeal that’ll be quite familiar to Americans who love Nicholas Sparks novels and their onscreen adaptations. Initially, the story appears to be a basic Freaky Friday-style body swap, albeit with a slight twist: The people involved don’t know each other at all. One day, Tokyo teenager Taki (voice of Ryûnosuke Kamiki) mysteriously awakens to find his consciousness inhabiting a girl of roughly the same age, Mitsuha (Mone Kamishiraishi), who lives in a rural area some 200 miles away. He spends a confused day struggling to maintain this stranger’s routine, unaware that Mitsuha is making the same effort in his own body. The next day, everything’s back to normal, but the switch keeps happening, seemingly at random. Eventually, they start communicating ...
- 4/5/2017
- by Mike D'Angelo
- avclub.com
"I feel like I've been in a strange dream." FUNimation has released an official Us trailer for the upcoming Us release of the Japanese anime hit film Your Name. You've probably heard about this film already, or at least heard the name before. Your Name opened in Japan last August, and went on to become the highest-earning Japanese film ever globally. It made over $230 million in Japan alone, playing in the #1 spot for 13 weeks, making it a sensational success in Japanese cinema. The film is finally about to open in Us theaters this spring, and there's a new trailer with subtitles below to watch as an introduction. There is an English-language dubbed version of the film being released, but we always prefer the original version with subtitles. Featuring the voices of Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Mone Kamishiraishi, Ryô Narita and Aoi Yuki. Enjoy. Here's the official Us trailer (+ poster) for Makoto Shinkai's Your Name,...
- 3/13/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Makato Shinkai’s “Kimi No Na Wa” or “Your Name” continues to conquer audiences all over the world. Since it August release, the mystical body-swapping film has spent 12 weeks atop the Japanese box office and has earned ¥19.4 billion ($196 million) in ticket sales.
Your Name is the first anime outside Studio Ghibli to earn more than $100 million in ticket sales. It blew past Hayao Miyazaki’s Princess Mononoke for the third highest spot in the Japanese all-time box office. Based on its strong trajectory, Your Name is also poised to topple Miyazaki’s Howl’s Moving Castle. With the film’s spectacular animation and elegant narration, writer-director Shinkai has been dubbed as the next Hayao Miyazaki. Given his critical and commercial success, Shinkai might indeed be the future of Japanese animation.
The Shinkai masterpiece follows the story of two teenagers, Mitsuha Miyamizu and Taki Tachibana. Mone Kamishiraishi (from Wolf Children and...
Your Name is the first anime outside Studio Ghibli to earn more than $100 million in ticket sales. It blew past Hayao Miyazaki’s Princess Mononoke for the third highest spot in the Japanese all-time box office. Based on its strong trajectory, Your Name is also poised to topple Miyazaki’s Howl’s Moving Castle. With the film’s spectacular animation and elegant narration, writer-director Shinkai has been dubbed as the next Hayao Miyazaki. Given his critical and commercial success, Shinkai might indeed be the future of Japanese animation.
The Shinkai masterpiece follows the story of two teenagers, Mitsuha Miyamizu and Taki Tachibana. Mone Kamishiraishi (from Wolf Children and...
- 12/3/2016
- by Ella Palileo
- AsianMoviePulse
Body swapping, time displacement and comets of mass destruction all feature prominently in Makoto Shinkai’s heart-wrenching adolescent romance. Boasting an infectious soundtrack by Radwings and luminous animation, Your Name proves a winning combination of laughter, tears and occasionally mind-bending concepts about the time-space continuum. Mitsuha (Mone Kamishiraishi) is a typically awkward high-school girl in a small Japanese village. Living with her grandmother and younger sister, she longs to escape her simple life for the big city, and at night dreams she is a hip Tokyo schoolboy named Taki. What Mitsuha doesn’t realise at first is that Taki actually exists and her dreams are very real. Two or three times a week, Mitsuha inhabits Taki’s body and is forced to live his life - negotiating...
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- 11/17/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Kimi No Na Wa is still top of the Japanese box office. The anime film as taken a whopping 6.2 billion yen since it hit Japanese theaters on August 26. The film earned roughly $60 million in three weeks and hopes to finish at $100 million.
Kimi No Na Wa also known as Your Name. is the breakout anime film of the year. An impressive feat for a movie with no TV anime series or popular manga behind it.
Kimi No Na Wa (Your Name.)
Makoto Shinkai’s novel Kimi No Na Wa inspired the script for the hit movie. It is a coming of age story is about two two high school students. Mitsuhe is a mayor’s daughter who wants to live in Tokyo and get out of a small town. Taki on the other hand, lives in Tokyo but wants to live somewhere else. He enjoys fine arts and architecture, he...
Kimi No Na Wa also known as Your Name. is the breakout anime film of the year. An impressive feat for a movie with no TV anime series or popular manga behind it.
Kimi No Na Wa (Your Name.)
Makoto Shinkai’s novel Kimi No Na Wa inspired the script for the hit movie. It is a coming of age story is about two two high school students. Mitsuhe is a mayor’s daughter who wants to live in Tokyo and get out of a small town. Taki on the other hand, lives in Tokyo but wants to live somewhere else. He enjoys fine arts and architecture, he...
- 9/18/2016
- by JRBandillo
- AsianMoviePulse
Norihiko Koizumi's Chihayafuru (Part 1&2) screening on Fantasia Film FestivalSTORY70%DIRECTING75%ACTING75%VISUALS75%POSITIVESKaruta makes a wonderful main themeGreat charactersGreat acting and directionNEGATIVESDeep down, it is addressed to teenage girls2016-07-3174%Overall ScoreReader Rating: (0 Votes)0%
Based on the multi-awarded, homonymous manga, written and illustrated by Yuki Suetsugu, “Chihayafuru” revolves around Karuta and the relationship of a girl with two boys.
Karuda (coming from the word card) is a card game, where each card contains a waka (classical Japanese poetry) poem. It is played one on one, facilitated by a reciter (card reader) and a judge. Each player has a deck placed in front of him, consisting of 25 cards that he places face-up, in three layers in his or her territory. As the reciter reads a poem from a reading card, the players have to touch first the corresponding to the poem playing card, which contains only the last phrases of the poem.
Based on the multi-awarded, homonymous manga, written and illustrated by Yuki Suetsugu, “Chihayafuru” revolves around Karuta and the relationship of a girl with two boys.
Karuda (coming from the word card) is a card game, where each card contains a waka (classical Japanese poetry) poem. It is played one on one, facilitated by a reciter (card reader) and a judge. Each player has a deck placed in front of him, consisting of 25 cards that he places face-up, in three layers in his or her territory. As the reciter reads a poem from a reading card, the players have to touch first the corresponding to the poem playing card, which contains only the last phrases of the poem.
- 7/31/2016
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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