Genre: Romance

Audience: Teen 13+


Plot

Your Name director Makoto Shinkai’s Latest film Weathering With You (Tenki No Ko) is a romantic fantasy anime movie which focus on Hodaka who runaway and meet an orphan girl Hina in Tokyo who can manipulate weather. The story take place in Japan during a period of rainy weather where everyone is bother by the constant rain because of global warming and eco-system. Hodaka the main protagonist of this movie is runaway from his village and came Tokyo for looking opportunity but it not happen what he think. He is an underage no one is giving him a job so he struggle to live in Tokyo. Hina who can manipulate the weather help him once befriend with him and everything is going fine but there’s a cost to pay. Hodaka fall in love with her but stuck in a situation where police is looking for him and Hina have to sacrifice herself to make this weather clear.

Conclusion

Weathering With You animation is visually stunning and background music by RADWIMPS is also good but falters a little in story telling. This movie have emotional elements like other Shinkai’s movies but this movie makes us laugh with good punch lines and having light tone compare to your name make it less emotional and who are fans of Your Name (Kimi No Wa) is gonna love this movie. This movie has a surprise for Your Name movie fans. This movie is definitely fun to watch in big screen.

Ratings

1. Animation - 9/10
2. Music - 8/10
3. Story - 7/10
4. Romantic - 7/10

Overall - 8/10

Note

Thanks to Mr. Makoto Shinkai, Vkaao, PVR, Divishth Pancholi and all petitioners who signed the petition to make this movie come to India and open a gate to release more anime films in India. I request all to watch this wonderful film on 11th of October. If you are an anime fan than you should not have to miss this chance to see this movie in big screen in your Country.