Makoto Shinkai's Latest Film "Kimi no na wa. Celebrities have commented in praise of the film!　Motohiro Hata: "After watching the film, I was speechless for a while.

Comments from celebrities recommending the anime film"Kimi no na wa. The comments from celebrities recommending "Kimi no na wa.



Kimi no na wa. is the latest work by Makoto Shinkai, the director of "5 Centimeters per Second" and "The Garden of Words," whose beautiful animation and delicate stories have gained worldwide acclaim. The film features a high school girl from the countryside who yearns for the city and a high school boy from the city, and depicts their love and a miracle when they switch places in a dream.The original story, director, and screenplay are by Makoto Shinkai, the animation director is Masashi Ando, who has participated in many Studio Ghibli films including "Spirited Away," the character design is by Masaga Tanaka of "My Heart is Screaming. The music is by RADWIMPS, and the production is by Comics Wave Film.

The film has received comments of praise from celebrities in various fields who saw the film earlier than others.

Akimoto Yasushi (lyricist)
My heart trembled.
I felt a stirring deep inside, like the wind shaking the trees.
People are looking for someone.
People are waiting for someone.
Fate is always frustrating.
The world that Makoto Shinkai depicts is "still" full of hope.

Toshio Suzuki (Producer, Studio Ghibli)
The last thing mankind will suffer from is a disease called hope.
This quote by Saint-Exupéry passed through my mind many times while watching the film .

Shunji Iwai (film director)
Shinkai's work is similar to Magritte's "The Castle in the Pyrenees.
Fearless and enduringly compelling.
I want to say that "Your Name. is the culmination of his work.
But I also feel that his "Castle in the Pyrenees" is much higher than that.

Motohiro Hata, singer-songwriter
What is your name? I was struck by how much thought went into the story of "What is your name?
It was a complex, inexpressible emotion, a mixture of emotion and awe, that left me speechless for a while after watching it.
The purity, reality, and scale of this film are overwhelming. The purity, reality, and scale of this film are overwhelming.

Yasuhiko Sekiguchi, editor-in-chief of the book and comic magazine "Da Vinci
I want to be with that person forever.
We are so caught up in the daily chores that we forget even that earnest desire.
Your name is..." is a story for us. is a story for us.
It is a story about resisting "forgetting" and reaching out to "that person.

Fuyuji Aida (Novelizer)
Tears flowed down my face without any reason.
It reminded me of something.
Something is revived.
I felt like I was encountering such a fundamental power of human beings for the first time,
I felt like I was encountering such a fundamental power of human beings for the first time.