When originally released in 2016, the acclaimed Your Name became the highest-grossing anime in Japan ever. Today, its follow-up, Weathering With You, was released in Japan. The movie shares many ...

Weathering With You is the latest film from Makoto Shinkai, the writer and director who shot to worldwide fame with 2016’s Your Name. The film takes place in a Japan beset by endless rain, where ...

On screen, the sight of a large city slowly sinking into the sea can’t help but conjure thoughts of climate change and environmental disaster. But “Weathering With You” is no eco-thriller ...

Weathering with You, while sunny and optimistic in its own way, is not interested in telling a story that promotes environmental activism. It offers no solutions, no moralizing, no heedful warnings.

The entire middle section of Weathering With You is a dazzling spectacle, much like Your Name, with a joyful story that takes a dark turn near the end.A cryptic prophecy warns that “tragedy will ...