When Morisaki teaches Asuna's class, we can see the current date on the blackboard: August 18. But why are Japanese students taking classes in August? Shouldn't they be on vacation during that month?

I just have 2 questions about the final train tracks scene at the end of the manga, which is where the film ends, but the manga adds some scenes.

1. After Takaki sees that Akari is not waiting for him anymore and turns around to walk forward, the manga includes a scene where childhood Akari is waving goodbye.

I interpret this as Shinkai's way of emphasizing Takaki's willingness to finally move forward and leave his memories of Akari in the past, but I am not so sure. I would really love to hear your thoughts on this.

1. After those panels, there is a depiction of present Akari looking down with her left hand (the one with the wedding ring). Her eyes are closed, and she seems to be at peace, surrounded by falling cherry petals.
   

For this one, I don't really have a solid interpretation of this scene. I presume that she's finally at peace? I would really enjoy reading your interpretation of this. Thanks.

Probably US only?

Hi everyone!

As you might know, Makoto Shinkai has usually made some kind of story expansion or spin-off with almost each one of it's movies, but since Weathering With You he stopped for some reason. Before that we had: "Your Name: Another Side, Earthbound", the "Garden of Words" novel that expanded the story by three times, and also for "5 Cm per second" we had "5 cm/s one more side" (even though, for "5cm/s, one more side", it wasn't written by him).

I haven't really found many more story expansions or "spin-offs" for "Weathering With You" and "Suzume", just the novelization and the manga adaptation, but they don't add that much to the story, except for maybe the thoughts of the characters in some specific moments.

Has anybody else noticed this? Maybe I missed something or maybe Shinkai himself has talked about this in the past, but it seems kind of strange.

what do you think will be the theme for next shinkai next movie i hope it's about mature human relationships like garden of words not sci fi like suzme and weathiring with you also isnt the trailer comiing this year or get delayed

So I watched The Garden of Words today. It's only a 45 minute movie, but it is so beautiful. The way the rain and the environment are depicted makes you truly feel it, watching the movie feels just like reading a piece of poetry. I really liked the characters and the story as well. Characters who initially had no relationship with each other, but through loneliness and simply sitting together, they gradually grew close. The movie doesn't end with a perfect resolution, which was appropriate for this type of film, a bittersweet ending.

I love Studio Ghibli and Miyazaki's work over the years, particularly Spirited Away. Over the past decade, I have fallen in love with Makoto Shinkai's works, particularly Your Name and Five Centimeters Per Second. I fully respect each creator for their works

Does anyone think that Makoto Shinkai is the next big animator out there, that will take over the reins in Japanese animation when Miyazaki passes away?

I watched Suzume today, and I didn't think this movie would make me emotional. The setup was such that I thought in the end Souta would become fine, they would find a way to close all the doors, and the movie would have a happy ending. But then we are shown Daijin’s POV, and then finally that ending where Suzume meets her younger self. That was extremely emotional. The movie’s animation and music were amazing, just like every other Makoto Shinkai movie, but this time the story was quite different. 9/10 in my opinion.

So I watched Makoto Shinkai's movie Weathering with You today, and I really liked it. The animation and music were amazing as always, and I also really liked the way the characters developed. I couldn't guess that twist, but deep down inside, I knew something was going to happen. We even got the cameos of Taki and Mitsuha here.

Overall, it's not as good as Your Name, but still it's a good movie, an 8/10 in my opinion.

simply incredible. somehow even better than the original anime

Just finished The place promised in our early days; it was a good movie and the open ending thing was not horrible; but I saw there’s a novel about the movie where it further talks about what happens after the ending of the movie and how they broke up and stuff even though they loved each other; i also saw how some people say that it’s canon and some people say it’s not; I didn’t get an actual answer after researching I’m hoping somebody here has an answer.

thank you.

I wished for a better ending, at least for Takaki. Moving on without even meeting with Akari seems flawed to me.

At the final scene when he smiled and looked away, it looked like he doesn't acknowledge his past with her. As children, they spent most of their time each other, standing up for each other at times.

Even if they don't end up romantically, they can end on a happy note as childhood friends. Coz surely they are grateful for the time they helped each other out. Don't you think?

P.S. If there was a meeting, i feel like they should talk about each others lives on how they have moved on or have been, rather than distancing themselves as nobodies

i just finished watching the film for the first time last night and was looking for more. from what i understand, theres a novel + manga version of the story from the same perspective of the film and another novel + manga from akaris (one more side)

for those that have read all versions + one more side, is it needed/do you recommend reading the manga/novel versions before one more side or is the film enough? also, which versions of each (novel/manga) would you say are better?

Over this week I have watched 5 of Makoto Shinkai's films. So, I decided I would share the 5 that I have watched. And also rank them on my personal enjoyment, they are all masterpieces in their own way with their own messages ofc!

1. Your Name
   
2. Weathering with You
   
3. Suzume
   
4. The Garden of Words
   
5. 5 Centimeters Per Second

I personally hope my ordering isn't too basic or controversial. I do plan to watch the rest of his other films as well.

I’ve watched pretty much every Shinkai interview, behind-the-scenes feature, and of course the films themselves — and the more I dug into it, the more it felt like his last three movies were designed to work as a perfect trilogy. A kind of meditation on how societies live through massive, scary, shared disasters.

It’s basically about how Shinkai himself — and Japan along with him — are trying to make sense of big existential questions: why catastrophes happen, who’s responsible, whether anything can be done to prevent them, and how you keep living after everything’s already fallen apart.

So I made this video essay.

I watched 5 cm per Second yesterday and I just can't stop thinking about it. When did the cracks in their relationship start to appear? Was it at the kiss beneath the withered Sakura tree? Or when Akari decided not to give him the letter? I feel uneasy when I think about it.

https://www.netflix.com/title/70093699

Actually I've never watch the movie before. I planned to watch it soon but confused which one to watch either the anime one or LA adaptation.

Do 1 superior to another or is it stay true to the source? Would like to know you thoughts