One of the movie’s more riveting facets is its distinct premise. But everything comes with a price, a price that could inevitably alter their lives, and that of the entire city. Bonded by this knowledge and peculiar gift, the trio of Hodaka, Hina, and Nagi try to change the course of rainy Tokyo. She had a gift, an unusual gift: she can manipulate the weather.

However, Hina is not your typical orphan. Hina recently lost her mother and is working hard to support her younger brother, Nagi. During an assignment to write about popular urban legends, he meets and befriends Hina Amano. Hodaka took on a job as Keisuke Suga’s aide. He ran away from home and is overwhelmed by the tumult of Tokyo.

Caught in the quagmire of the perpetual rain is Hodaka Morishima, a teenaged high schooler. Pitter, patter, the profuse falling of rain the skies are battering the pavements of Tokyo. Tokyo, Japan is experiencing an uncharacteristically rainy weather, when it was supposed to be the peak of the summer season. Will it conquer the world stage the way its predecessor did? Will it live up to the hype? These were just amongst the bevy of questions that played around my mind when we stepped into the cold cloisters of the cinema to witness Shinkai’s newest masterpiece. Three years after the runaway success of Kimi No Nawa, he finally released another anime film, Tenki no Ko ( Weathering With You) last July 18, 2019. Shinkai, however, is not in a rush to cease that title. Some critic even went as far as tagging Shinkai as the “New Miyazaki”. Indeed, Shinkai is slowly inching his way towards being the best Japanese animator, a title long held by the aforementioned Studio Ghibli’s Hiyao Miyazaki. Well, that was until the Chinese release of Studio Ghibli’s ever-popular masterpiece, Spirited Away in 2019. Kimi No Nawa¸upon its release, broke barriers, becoming the title of being the highest-grossing anime film AND Japanese film. Makoto Shinkai broke into the scene with his 2016 masterpiece, Kimi No Nawa ( Your Name).

Tenki no ko 2019