Weathering with You

Weathering with You (Japanese: 天 気 の 子 , Hepburn: Tenki no Ko, lit. "Child of Weather") is a 2019

Japanese animated romance/fantasy film written and directed by Makoto Shinkai. Set in Japan
during a period of exceptionally rainy weather, the film tells the story of a high-school boy who runs
away from his rural home to Tokyo and befriends an orphan girl who has the ability to manipulate
the weather. The film was produced by Genki Kawamura, and the music was composed
by Radwimps.
The film was released in Japan on July 19, 2019; the previous day, a novel adaptation written by
Shinkai—one of his original works—was published. A manga adaptation illustrated by Watari
Kubota was first serialized in Kodansha's Afternoon on July 25 the same year. It was released in 140
countries throughout the world, earning over US$193.1 million worldwide and ¥14.06 billion in
Japan. The film was selected as the Japanese entry for Best International Feature Film at the 92nd
Academy Awards. It also received four Annie Award nominations including Best Independent
Animated Feature.
The film received generally positive reviews. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes,
the film has a 91% rating, with the critics' consensus saying; it is beautifully animated and
narratively engaged. On Metacritic, the film also got generally favorable reactions. Individual
reviewers have also praised the film for its animation, plot, music, visuals, and use of weather to
convey the story's metaphor. Some compared the film with Shinkai's previous work, Your Name,
criticizing it for its lack of clarity of vision and unresolved plot threads.