Who directed the film Your Name?
Your Name was written and directed by Makoto Shinkai, produced by CoMix Wave Films and distributed by Toho.
Questions about Your Name
Short answers, pulled from the story.
When was Your Name released in Japan?
Your Name premiered at the 2016 Anime Expo in Los Angeles on the 3rd of July, 2016, then opened theatrically in Japan on the 26th of August, 2016.
What is the plot of Your Name about?
Your Name follows Taki Tachibana, a high school student in Tokyo, and Mitsuha Miyamizu, a high school student in a rural town, who begin swapping bodies without warning and set out to find each other after a comet devastates Mitsuha's hometown of Itomori.
Who voices the main characters in Your Name?
Ryunosuke Kamiki voices Taki Tachibana and Mone Kamishiraishi voices Mitsuha Miyamizu in Your Name.
How much money did Your Name make at the box office?
Your Name was the highest-grossing Japanese film of all time until Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba , The Movie: Mugen Train surpassed it in 2020, and it accounted for roughly 10 percent of Japan's total box office revenue in its release year.
Is there a live-action remake of Your Name?
A live-action remake of Your Name has been in development since 2017 for Paramount Pictures and Bad Robot, with Carlos López Estrada attached to write and direct as of October 2022, and it was still in production as of October 2023 according to producer Genki Kawamura.