Review: Weathering With You, or Animé Is so Beautiful
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| She could've come in handy during Hagibis. |
Okay, so this is the new film by Makoto Shinkai, who's apparently a big name in Japan.
I guess you could say I am a casual fan of anime. Not a die-hard fan. But I do appreciate the beauty of the art form.
Story-wise, Weathering With You is a simple romance, about Hodaka, a runaway boy who becomes an apprentice in a publishing company, and Hina, an orphan girl with the power to control the weather. The film has just the right amount of supernatural to be considered as magical realism. The famous anime filmmaker, Hayao Miyazaki, has stories that are all-out in their supernatural elements. In "Weathering With You", the supernatural is subdued and dialled down, which makes for a more relatable movie, especially for older fans.
The animation is always a glorious sight to behold. Japanese animation has reached a point now where traditional hand-drawn animation and computer-generated imagery (CGI) have formed a perfect marriage, with the two different media complementing each other beautifully instead of clashing together horribly, like in the early days of CGI.
Apart from the visuals, the soundtrack also seems to be very popular, especially with the younger kids. Not a big fan of J-Pop myself, but my teenage son is, and he can sing along to the soundtrack despite probably not knowing what the lyrics mean.
All in all, a wonderful work of art, and I am seriously very curious about Makoto Shinkai's earlier film, Your Name, which I am quite eager to watch.
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| "I hope no one notices me scratching my butt." |
Weathering With You. Japan. 2019.
Original rating: 7.9/10
Animation: +0.1
No animated sex: -0.1
Final rating: 7.9/10
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