🎬 Title: Weathering With You (天気の子)Release Year: 2019 / Director: Makoto Shinkai / Runtime: 112 min

⭐⭐⭐⭐ (My Rating: 4/5)

Synopsis

A runaway boy meets a girl with the mysterious ability to control the weather, intertwining romance with themes of climate crisis and sacrifice.

Review

Shinkai’s follow-up to Your Name dazzles with its visual brilliance—rain, sunlight, and Tokyo cityscapes rendered in hyper-real detail. While thematically bold, the ending stirred debate over personal love vs. societal responsibility.

Highlights

• Stunning animation of rain and light
• Engaging chemistry between protagonists Hodaka and Hina
• RADWIMPS’ soundtrack heightens emotional beats

Lowlights

• Some characters underdeveloped
• Ending polarized audiences

Verdict

Visually breathtaking, emotionally ambitious, and culturally resonant in the era of climate change.

Credits

Cast (voices): Kotaro Daigo, Nana Mori, Shun Oguri
Writer: Makoto Shinkai
Music: RADWIMPS