CoMix Wave Films announced on
Thursday that Makoto Shinkai's new anime film
is titled Tenki no Ko: Weathering With
You (Weather Child: Weathering With You), and the film will
open in Japan on July 19, 2019.
The
tagline on the above image reads, "This is the story of the world's secret
that only she and I know."
In the film's
story, high school student Hodaka leaves his home on an isolated island and
moves to Tokyo, but he immediately becomes broke. He lives his days in
isolation, but finally finds a job as a writer for a shady occult magazine.
After he starts his job, the weather has been rainy day after day. In a corner
of the crowded and busy city, Hodaka meets a young woman named Hina. Due to
certain circumstances, Hina and her younger brother live together, but have a
cheerful and sturdy life. Hina also has a certain power: the power to stop the
rain and clear the sky.
Shinkai is
credited with the original work, and is also directing and writing the film's scripts
for CoMix
Wave Films. Masayoshi Tanaka (your name., anohana, The Anthem of
the Heart) is designing the characters, Atsushi Tamura (The Cat Returns, Mobile Suit
Gundam: The Origin) is the animation director, and Hiroshi
Takiguchi (The Garden of
Words, Ajin) is the art director.
STORY inc. is credited as producer, and TOHO will distribute the film.
The film will
star Kotaro Daigo as Hodaka Morishima and Nana Mori as Hina Amano. (Note: name romanizations are not
confirmed.)
Shinkai
previously teased in August that he was working on a
new feature film for 2019. He also stated in October 2016 that his next work
will probably be about young boys and girls in adolescence.
Shinkai's your name. film
opened in Japan in August 2016, and has become the fourth highest-grossing film of all time
in Japan, the second highest-grossing Japanese film, and the second
highest-grossing anime film, with earnings of more than 25 billion yen (about US$225
million). Worldwide, it is the highest-grossing anime film, having earned more than an estimated US$355
million.
Update: Shinkai confirmed on
Thursday that the film will get a worldwide release, and releases have already
been decided for North America, Europe, Asia, and South America. Source: Eiga.com
Sources:
Tenki no Ko: Weathering With You anime film's website, CoMix Wave Film's English Facebook page, Comic Natalie
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Makoto Shinkai's New Anime Film Reveals Title, Story, July 19 Debut