Kimi no Na wa.

How come? It's so bad.

>>147252277
(You)

>>147252277
I literally just finished it and it was anything but bad.

>>147252120
Yes, no one is allowed to dislike things that sell well.

>>147252337
When things that sell well are memeshit like Marvel capeshit and Re Zero, then you can hate them, but when they're films like Kimi no Na wa, you're supposed to like them.

>>147252383
This.

>>147252383
>when I like them, you should like them
So it has literally nothing to do with sales and you're just shitposting? Nice.

Waiting for the bluray is pure and true suffering.

>>147252481
Marvel capeshit and Re Zero earned their popularity through memes, quips for the former and cheap suffering for the latter. Kimi no Na wa earned its popularity through a gripping story and beautiful animation.

>>147252567
It'll probably get an international theatrical release by the end of this year. Be patient anon.

It makes you think when the most successful movie in one of the most developed countries in the world is a 2D romance animation movie.
Truly Japan is a wonderful place.

>>147252860
I'm afraid of a theater shooting.

>>147252120
>Kimi no Na wa in its 4th week still topping the chart and mercilessly BTFO Koe no Katachi
Imagine the asspain it will cause.

My takeaway from it was that Shinkai's been improving in the areas where he's normally been weak. The story, while not anything special, definitely has better execution than what we got in some his earlier works. As for the art-style/animation, it's fantastic as usual. The LSD sequence when Taki drinks the sake was pretty amazing.

>>147252928
That's only if you go see a major Hollywood blockbuster movie on premiere night. This is a limited screening that'll only have a handful of people at the theater, so it's not a viable target for psychopaths.

>>147253242
This poor thing won't stand a chance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA8y3jYg7xs

>>147252766
Again, you're just saying "it's okay to like popular things as long as they're good," which has pretty much nothing to do with popularity.

Is there a decent quality rip of this yet? I've only found the 480p hardsubbed one.

>>147253490
Nope, that's all we got so far.

Is this the end for KyoAni? People will be burnt out of anime movies after this and no one will go see that deaf movie.

>>147253265
Agreed. Shinkai has been improving over the years and Kimi no Na wa is the culmination of his entire career.

>>147252120
Fastest Films to ¥7 billion (30 Days or Less)

16 days - Spirited Away (2001)
17 - Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
17 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
18 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
19 - Alice in Wonderland (2010)
20 - Your Name. (2016)
20 - Bayside Shakedown: Save the Rainbow Bridge! (2003)
22 - Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)*
22 - The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
23 - Frozen (2014)
23 - Ponyo (2008)
23 - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
23 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
25 - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
26 - Jurassic World (2015)
26 - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
29 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (2011)
30 - The Wind Rises (2013)
30 - Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
30 - The Da Vinci Code (2006)

Kimi no Na wa will end in the top 10 of highest grossing films in Japan.

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>>147253490
It's viewable if don't blow it up to fullscreen.

>>147252120
Good film while a little cliche, people that have a strong dislike of shinkai's work will probably won't enjoy this film.

The movie to me feels like a surreal product, it's very anime-like "structure wise" while trying to be have it's own voice as a serious film. It's like an truly amazing fake of what the story could have been strangely enough. I dunno the movie is an enigma for me. Might have to rewatch it when it's release over in the west or when the BDs drops.

>>147254168
Holy shit. This movie's bigger than I thought.

Flopgatari suffered the most. It appears that it won't even gross 500m.

>>147252120
How much did it cost to produce the film? Because Hollywood tells me that a film of 100 million will only break even if makes 400 million, without accounting for Hollywood accounting. With Hollywood accounting, movies like Harry Potter, Star Wars, and Forrest Grump were failures because didn't make profit, according to the studios.

>>147252120
When do I get to watch this? Japan hasn't been this excited over an original animated movie since Summer Wars.

>>147254168
Japan's Weekly Light Novel Rankings for Sep 5 - 11

Rank / This week's sales by copies / Cumulative sales / Titles

*1.　106,418　552,099　Kimi no Na wa. (Kadokawa Bunko)
*2.　*52,802　*52,802　Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei Vol.20
*3.　*19,874　*58,440　Kimi no Na wa. (Kadokawa Tsubasa Bunko)
*4.　*17,282　*76,125　Kagerou Daze Vol.7
*5.　*14,297　*83,712　Kotonoha no Niwa
*6.　*12,832　*12,832　Hataraku Maou-sama! 0 Vol.2
*7.　*12,304　110,514　No Game No Life Vol.9
*8.　*11,977　*11,977　Shinsetsu Ookami to Koushinryou: Ookami to Youhishi
*9.　*11,856　*69,783　Byousoku 5 Centimeter (Kadokawa Bunko)
10.　*11,814　*11,814　Ookami to Koushinryou Vol.18

11.　*10,055　253,801　Sword Art Online Vol.18
12.　**9,107　**9,107　Heavy Object Vol.12
13.　**7,496　**7,496　Koushaku Reijou no Tashinami Vol.3
14.　**6,237　**6,237　Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen Part 3 Vol.1
15.　**5,197　*35,728　Okitegami Kyouko no Kakeibo

LN sales are great too, last LN crossed 500K is Biblia.

>>147255006
>>147255060
Who did the character designs? They're much more endearing than the ones in Shinkai's previous movies and may have accounted for part of the positive reception.

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>>147255210
Masayoshi Tanaka, the same guy who did the character designs for Ano-Hana and Anthem of the Heart.
Yes, the guy who designed Menma did the character designs for Kimi no Na wa.

>>147254924
Why is there so much Chuuni pandering? Goddamn, and I thought American sci-fi literature was on its knees.

>>147255503
>so much Chuuni pandering
Other than Mahouka and Kagerou that list isn't so bad.

>>147255466
wew
I knew the style looked vaguely familiar but couldn't place it.

So is the anime industry FINALLY gonna stop pandering to otaku and focus on making good shit?

>>147255659
Define "good shit".

>>147255659
Why would it do that?

>>147255659
>>>/v/

>>147255688
Stuff that's objectively good. Doesn't matter what genre or demographic it is.

>>147255756
>objectively good
Define that.

>>147255756
>>>/v/

>>147255659
>>147255756
Kill yourself.

>>147252120

Japs can't into endings.

There needs to be more art for cake Mitsuha.

>>147252120
>contrarians, autists, angry Shaftfags and KyoAnuslickers
Nope, definitely not a shitty studio wars troll thread.

>>147254669
>>147254728
So it's a body switch movie? Why the fuck are they making such a big deal out of it?

>>147257014
Because you're too autistic to figure the answer out yourself.

>>147252766
>earned their popularity through memes
Eat some death cup you shitty nigger.

>>147252120
the same happened with Avatar.
do you still remember Avatar?

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So, how many of you fags are also waiting for BDs in order to watch it?
>yfw it will take more than a year

>>147255756
>>>/mal/

>>147257212
Avatar did well because James Cameron. Nothing more, nothing less.

>>147257274
exact same shit here

>>147257109
But he's right.

>>147257274
Your Name did well because Makoto Shinkai. Nothing more, nothing less.

>>147255756
>objectively good
i.e. stuff I like

>>147257109
Give me a reason for Re Zero's popularity that isn't a meme.

>>147257487
First define meme you dumb nigger, and shit's popular because of muhhh grimdark shitty broken MC.

>>147257274
Avatar did well because of revolutionary graphics. Kimi no Na wa did well because it has more than pretty pictures. Years later you'll still be able to quote lines from Kimi no Na wa, but you wouldn't be able to do the same with Avatar.

>>147257559
A meme is something that is popular only because other people like it, not because of its actual merit. Re Zero is popular because its initial audience was turned on by its cheap suffering. They spammed social media to give the illusion of actual popularity, causing a popularity spiral that roped in anime normalfags who only like something because other people like it.

>>147252120
Where's my manga? The 5cm manga did a good job at expanding some shit, I want one for this one too so I don't have to wait on BDs.

>>147257566
> Years later you'll still be able to quote lines from Kimi no Na wa
I highly fucking doubt it.

>>147252860
I'm not driving 4 hrs to LA or SF just to spend 2 in a movie theater, then another 4 to get back.

>>147257691
Funny because isn't that exactly why Kimi no na wa is popular? All everyone has been saying is it has incredibly word of mouth popularity

>>147257753
You probably would if Japanese is your first language. Not so much if your first language is English.

>>147257753
I can still quote lines from the Star Wars prequels, and they are definitely worse films than Kimi no Na wa. Some examples:

>you turned her against me
>my allegiance is to the republic, to democracy
>it's treason then
>unlimited power
>sith lords are our specialty

>>147257900
God damn it Anonymous you're such a fucking nerd.

The movie would have been so much better if they hugged each other at their twilight meeting and without the "I LOVE YOU" writing in her palm.

Prove me wrong.

The director is a hack.

Japan has shit taste.

>>147257900
I wonder how much of that is you actually remembering the lines on your own or if you just see all the memes on /tv/

>>147257566
>>147257753
The ability to quote something can hardly be related to its quality.

>>147257796
One other thing that defines a meme is that the thing that sparks the popularity spiral has to be shallow and vapid. In Re Zero's example, it uses suffering and waifubait to tug at people's strings. Then when normalfags start liking it, they only like it because it's popular, when if it was actual art, they would be able to list why reasons why they like it. For example, if you asked someone why they like Marvel capeshit, they would respond with "the quips were funny" or "CGI explosions." But if you asked someone why they liked Batman vs Superman, they would say they liked it because of the beautiful symbolism that enhances its storytelling and its gripping political commentary.

>>147257951
>if they hugged each other
That's not how Shinkai movies work. It's almost if you don't know shit about this guy.
Surely this isn't the case as any anon posting on this thread sure have enough medium culture to understand that, r-right?

>>147257691
>A meme is something that is popular only because other people like it, not because of its actual merit.
Read a book nigger.

>>147255659

>otaku is dead
>otaku don't need to be your audience

fuck off and go back to your containment zone
>>>/tumblr/

>>147258199
You want book examples? Harry Potter is an example of a meme. The first book was a well put together children's book, but time went on and the storytelling declined in quality. Nevertheless, its popularity continued and even increased because for many of its readers, the only reason they liked it was that it was popular.

>>147252120
6 billion yen? So like, what, 300 dollars?

>>147258150
He wasn't talking about how Shinkai movies work anon.
All you did with your post was confirming what a hack Shinkai is. Good job.

>>147258333
60 million USD.

>>147255688

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>if you don't like it you're a contrarian
OK OP.

I'm actually highly disappointed that this'll make Shinkai only more popular. He's probably the most mediocre large-name director in Japan.

>>147258372
>what a hack
>look guys I'm using a cool word, am I cool already?

>>147258141
>if you asked someone why they like Marvel capeshit, they would respond with "the quips were funny" or "CGI explosions."
Really that depends on a persons ability to articulate their opinion, you could just as easily say "good story" or "meaningful character arcs", you're strawmanning pretty hard here buddy.

>>147252120
Koe no Katachi is now guaranteed success because of Kimi no Na wa.

>>147258372
>the way Shinkai choose to end his movies got nothing to do with how his movies work
Yeah, nice try.
If you can't even understand his style, how do you expect to discuss this movie?
Just leave already.

>>147258847
>you could just as easily say "good story" or "meaningful character arcs"

But when they do, and you press them more and ask why they think the story or characters were good, they have no response. They can only say "other people say it's good, and it's popular, therefore it must be good." Same with Re Zero. They can't properly articulate why they think the story is good (mainly because it's not), and if you asked them why Rem is a good character, they can only list waifubait characteristics and how she is defined by the protagonist's dick. A further example of the definition of a meme is the idea that Donald Trump is racist. Donald Trump isn't actually racist, but since the media and their liberal friends say he's racist, the average person thinks he's racist. But once they are asked why they think Donald Trump is racist, they stumble and fall.

>>147259115
>But once they are asked why they think Donald Trump is racist, they stumble and fall.
He literally wouldn't rent apartments to blacks

We all agree that Koe no Katachi > Kimi no Ni wa right?

>>147257951
No. That's cliché. "I love you" on the palm literally made everyone in the audience at Anime-Expo leap out of their seats and cheer with all the girls swooning. You're stupid.

>>147260100
no

>>147258441
Or an autist, angry Shaftfag or KyoAnuslicker, or a shitposter that probably hasn't even seen the movie and is just going off of what he heard on Wikipedia or other sources.

I laughed loud at the 一 on the palm. I was the only one in the whole japanese cinema.

>>147260100
No.

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>>147260100
>Koe no Floptachi
>better than anything

>>147260810
What food do Japanese cinemas serve? Is it just popcorn and stuff like American cinemas?

>>147260493
Get back to /v/ with your console wars mentality.

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>>147260892
>m-muh /v/ bogeyman

>>147260874
Yeah American style. Popcorn, Pepsi and milkshakes for some reason.

>>147260874
Pretty much.

>>147261015
That's lame. I thought they'd be serving sushi and ramen. Come to think of it, I think a sushi buffet in a theater would be very popular.

>>147261015
milkshakes seem great

>>147257691
>>147258304
This isn't what memetic is at all.
Go to /pol/ they will teach you.
And stay there, anime isn't for you.

>>147255756
You cant have a movie that is objectively good because objectivity is always quantitative whilst your opinions on anime is qualitative, sorry to break it to ya bud.

>>147260810
No you didn't. You're too poor to travel all the way to Japan.

>>147260979
>bogeyman

>>147261067
I can totally imagine the ramen. Like if slurping Pepsi wasn't enough.
Might work. On the other hand, you can usually just buy at the supermarket based on some other floor.

>>147261385
Spot on. That's why Japanese Government pays me to study here.

>>147261418
Why ramen? You actually wanna listen to some obnoxious fucker slurping ramen in the middle of the theater?

>>147261623
How does that work? What's the name of the program?

>>147252120
I don't want to sound like a hipster just kidding, of course I do but I've liked Shinkai since Voices from a Distant Star.

>>147261976
Good for you. How does it feel to see Shinkai evolve as a filmmaker over the years?

>>147262055
It's great. It's a totally different experience going through it in real time than it was going through Miyazaki's catalogue in the late 2000s.

>>147252120
Can't say the movie is perfect, but can't say is bad either, because is really enjoyable.
People talking shit about it are pretty much shitposters or people that hated Shinkai's previous works and didn't give this one a chance.

Got to see it over at Anime Expo earlier this year. It's pretty tight and i'd recommend you prunes wait for the blue rays or watch it in theater if you can. The shitty rips don't do the movie justice.

>>147262440
What do you think could be improved?

how did it find a way?

>>147262167
Lucky you.

My first Shinkai movie was 5cm, then I watched Place Promised in our Early Days, then Garden of Words, now Kimi no Na wa. It's awesome to see Shinkai's evolution.

Haven't yet seen Hoshi no Koe or Children Who Chase Lost Voices though. How do they compare to Shinkai's other works?

>>147259583
false, in the early 70s investigation the government claimed what you did. But Trump's apartments did in fact have black tenants, look it up. What they did discourage was renting to those on welfare. After two years of wrangling the Justice Department and Trump made a deal whereby Trump had to advertise his apartments were open to all races in newspapers for a period of time.

The Justice Department declared a huge victory for the Fair Housing Act.


What a bunch of B.S.

>>147262966
A few scenes that should had more impact felt kinda lackluster to me. And like a lot of people have said already, showing a little bit more of Taki and Mitsuha falling in love with each other would have been great. Movie should have been at least 2 hours.
Also musica was nice and fitting, but kinda missed Tenmon.

>>147259115
>>147259583
>>147263687
Will you faggots fuck off back to /pol/?

>>147263668
Voices of a Distant Star was the first he did having theme of couple in love separated by circumstances, it's like the starting point of the classic Shinkai theme

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>>147257691
>A meme is something that is popular only because other people like it,

>>147263717
I think the relationship stuff was handled well. It's a fairly logical progression to go from "I'm interested in this other person since we're the same age, we know each other intimately due to our shared circumstances, and he/she is pretty cute" to "I want to try giving a relationship with this person I really like and who also likes me in return a shot."

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>>147263668
Not the anon you're talking to but just giving my 2cents;
Hoshi no Koe was his flagship for quite a while. Somehow Beyond the Clouds didn't appeal too much for elevens (probably because of the prologue/epilogue mess, I don't know) so it quickly acquired somewhat of a "cult" status.
It's definitely worth watching if you enjoy his style of melodramatic romance. Also if I'm not mistaken a upscale was released few years ago, so it's better than watching the crispy 360p we had to deal with back in those days.
Hoshi wo ou Kodomo, on the other hand, is definitely up there among his weakest projects so far. It tried too hard to be a family friendly movie and the way he pushed morals and values like a mildly-creative Ghibli movie was a disaster.
VA and char. design was cute, but not enough to make up for story.

>inb4 blog shit
It really seemed for me that he was losing his way with the last couple of movies (Hoshi kodomo and Kotonoha), giving up on the sci-fi drama and embracing a more down-on-earth dumb romance. Hopefully this movie here came to bring his good stuff back.

>>147264240
plus he fondled her body and she had to hold his penis to go to the bathroom at least

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>>147257228
Also hanging on here.

>>147255659
>a highschool student anime movie
>not otaku

>>147260100
Movie isn't even out yet. Wait until it is before you compare.

>>147260740
so everyone in this thread who circlejerks the movie they havent even watched yet

>>147264240
>>147263717

The way the ending fizzles out was unsatisfying. Perhaps Shinkai thought a fairytale ending would be hackneyed, but the buildup deserved it. He builds up Taki and Mitsuha's relationship, only to show the very beginning of their reunion.

>>147257900
> Not remembering the best line "I hate sand"

Come on anon

Let's be honest, guys.

>makoto shinkai
>same shit different anime

>>147265901
Honestly I wanted one of them to say I don't remember you name, but I love you instead of Have we met before?

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>>147266249
The ending was the worst Right when they frantically chase each other and finally meet they decide to WALK AWAY until the last minute. What the fuck

>>147257566
See >>147258040 , I still be able to quote "The Room"'s line even when I never watch it.

>>147266400
Yeah, it was pretty anticlimatic in my opinion, but seems Shinkai likes his endings to be that way. Still loved the movie a lot, would watch it again, and I'm happy a fuck it's doing that well, but I can't say is a 10/10.

>>147254168
Wow, I underestimated just how well this would do.

>>147266505
Shinkai probably loves >muh subtlety and ambiguity, but he doesn't use it well here.

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>>147266505

I really wished it ended just like 5cm Difference being once the train finished passing, it would be a scene of them two on opposite sides of the crossing, walking towards each other.

>>147266505
>>147266583
I'm sure it was done not to keep the ending ambiguous so much as out of a desire to keep a sense of suspense until the very last moment while wrapping up the story. While Mitsuha and her town got saved, you don't know if she and Taki are actually going to get together, even when they come face-to-face, because of Shinkai's track record with this sort of thing. It was very effective in that respect.

>>147266728
Gaijin only consider a romance movie has good ending if there's a kiss onscreen.

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>>147255659
The mainstream became otaku in some way. The biggest box office hits of the last months are Godzilla Resurgence and Kimi no Na wa

>>147267004
Pepe killed Hillary Clinton.

>>147259115
>>147258141
>>147257691
>>147257487
>>147252383

Holy shit nigger what is wrong with you? Apart from crippling autism that is.

BD WHEN

>>147267112
That shit is like if Ken Levine wrote movies; perfect example of a writer who who doesn't understand time travel logic but uses it in their movies because it sounds like a good idea.

>>147267261
Yeah, it wouldn't be a Shinkai movie otherwise. They never end explicitly perfectly.

So I wanted to watch Shinkai's stuff for a while now but I heard all his movies end in either NTR or some unsatisfying bittersweet bullshit. Is it true?

>>147260100
Hoshi no Koe > Kimi no Nawa

>>147266728
>>147267052

Subtlety is not to be confused with sloppiness. How does the current ending satisfactorily complete the narrative and provide closure?

>>147267474
Generally speaking I'd say so. I wouldn't say unsatisfying but some are bittersweet. They are supposed to capture realistic love and relationships. Sometimes it doesn't work out.

>>147255659
They can't. Hosoda and nowadays Shinkai can because they're big names that can attract people. But imagine any other run of the mill anime director, do you think people will go see his movies? I mean even Kon who was far removed from Otaku pandering had garbage sales.

>>147257426
But Shinkai's last movie had less viewers than Chu2Koi's recap movie. The reason this movie did well was because of the media blitz and the ads plastered literally everywhere in Tokyo.

>>147267474
He doesn't do convenient resolutions if that's what you're after.

>>147266659
That makes me think of Entrapment. Really liked that ending.

>>147267534
This.

>>147267534
I think it was. They met each other. They can talk about how they might know each other and then maybe their memory will spark. For a Shinkai movie this one was probably the most cut and dry.

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>Get the 480p that's on nyaa
>Try to watch it
>Audiovisual equivalent of an abortion

I think I'll wait for the BDs

>>147268074
I could write a better script for The Force Awakens, and that's a billion dollar movie.

>>147268173
George already wrote a better script for TFA, it's called A New Hope.

>>147267534
Your assumption there is that every story has to end neatly.

Life isn't so simple, friend.

>>147268074

>Armchair writers

You don't need to be an Ivy league graduate to write something that can sell millions. Just the right connections

>>147268468
The way you make those connections is by being good at what you do.

Your statement is self defeating.

>>147252120
I still have no clue of what this is about

>>147268212
No because this is a full feature movie while GoW was a 46 minute special. Had GoW been a 2 hour movie and didn't have the old/young controversial relationship but a vanilla one like in Kimi no na wa then yes it would have sold a fuck ton more. Before this started showing in cinemas you couldn't even watch TV for 2 hours without seeing an ad for the movie or a segment about it.

>Hailed as ushering the beginning of a new age in anime
Can we please stop with this low kind of shitposting?

>>147268555
A boy and a girl swap bodies and try to meet each other.

>>147268519

>The way you make those connections is by being good at what you do

lmao you can't be serious

>>147268559
You're forgetting the fact that garden of words set that up for this movie.

Without his previous works the movie would not have had the advertising it needed to be such a success despite having what appears at first to be a very simple and honestly generic premise.

>>147268659
I see, thanks. While we are at it can you please explain why this can't stop being shitposted here 24/7 for the last weeks

and when the ost will be released because I enjoy that song

>>147268685
Yeah mate you're right everybody but you is stupid and nobody has any work ethic, talent or integrity.

You're the little engine that shouldn't.

>>147268754
Not him but it's because the director's previous works hit a soft spot with YA audiences by being bittersweet teen romances and scenery porn, and /a/ loves how close they hit to home with themes of unrequited love and loneliness. They also love shitposting and shilling for new anime projects.

>>147268754
At first it was because of the Keit Ai meme. Then it turned out to be genuinely good and became a big hit in Japan.

>>147268211
If you read Lucas's original script for Star Wars it was an absolute mess. It had to go through a fuckton of rewrites through various writers including Lucas's wife before it was even presentable as a script. Lucas didn't write Star Wars. He pitched the idea and had a bunch of more talented people take over. He is the very definition of a hack.

>>147253272
>anime fans
>not unhinged spree killers
PICK ONE

>dont touch my waifu you filthy casual!!!

>>147268911
Yep. You don't pander to the widest demographic with a relationship like that.

>>147268960
I have an idea for a spin-off to the Nolan Batman trilogy called CIA vs Bane: The Fire Rises.

>>147268417
Given how the entire point of Shinkai's narrative was quite literally the POWER of LOVE defeating continuity itself, it is reasonable to expect a firm ending that wasn't an abbreviated cop-out. Then again, that would have been expecting too much from Shinkai.

>>147268021
And no, I wasn't the anon who suggested that they should forget each other's name but confess to each other. That's just as ludicrous. Even a timeskip like Tamako Love Story would have been better than leaving a cliffhanger/bittersweet ending where there wasn't any reason to do so, unlike 5 cm/s or Garden of Words.

>>147254168
>>147254924
>otaku getting this blown the fuck out
I really hope this gives the sad state of the industry some light and teach them that you can still make something actually good and profit with that. Otaku are literal cancer, obnoxious, and keep killing the medium year after year to the point it will cease to exist someday.

>>147268754
Because of Keit-Ai memeposters and the fact that this movie turned out to be a materpiece, so /a/ naturally has to go into a full blown contrarian shitposting frenzy.

>>147269066
They had so much EU material to base the movie off of, and they chose to rehash A New Hope. Really hammers in how uncreative Hollywood is.

>>147263668
Hoshi no koe was all Shinkai and gf. He animated it himself. Even did the voice acting with his gf. You knew then he had skill and vision. He's been getting better and better with each film. Sure some of them haven't been good but you can tell how he has been learning and evolving. It shouldn't come as a surprise that Kimi did Spirited Away level numbers. Also this film has major level talent backing him.

>>147268959
>we promise, they were siblings all along
>that's why we thought it was a good idea to have them romance

Anon they were all hacks.

>>147254669
DOUJINS WHEN

>>147269117
>>>/tv/

>>147268960

>Spoken like a true loser.

You sound like someone who couldn't get in touch with the right people to publish their brilliant work

>>147269196
No, she clearly confesses her love at the end of the movie.

>>147269124
Reasonable sure, but that doesn't mean it has to end a certain way. If you don't like the ending it doesn't make it shit, it just means you don't like it.

>expecting too much
Like expecting them to change the ending to suit your tastes when literally thousands of people are a-fucking-okay with it and understand it perfectly well?

>>147269230
>Shinkai actually lurks /a/

Would explain a lot, even his love for Yamada

>>147257993
Oh god so much this.
>make an average story
>made countless times already
>implement fantastic visuals to your shit and that's it
This is revolting. Meanwhile actual good directors and way better than him are struggling with shit while plebs from cancerous shitholes like MAL praise trash technical writing values as the best thing ever, even in the West of all places. I really hope he dies.

>>147265889
the only difference is that it is actually fun in their board and they are original

>>147269457
Of course I did, you literally hear her say "Mochizou, I love you". Nothing inconclusive about that.

>>147269362
>Everybody but me has shit taste
Is that your only trick? Can you do a flip?

>>147269552
That video is blocked for me but here's another one, right there at the end she says it.

https://youtu.be/kH-Xd2gOKlk?t=129

>>147269140
this is for you, maltard >>147268596

>>147269627
Not the guy you're arguing with and I haven't seen tamako market, didn't find it interesting. Have to ask though, how does her saying it off camera change the fact she said it? His argument is nonsense, but that part of what you're saying I genuinely don't get.

>>147254924
>*1.　106,418　552,099　Kimi no Na wa. (Kadokawa Bunko)
>*3.　*19,874　*58,440　Kimi no Na wa. (Kadokawa Tsubasa Bunko)
What's the difference?

>>147269759
He deleted his comment because he knew he was wrong.

>>147269577
Great argument, newfriend.

>>147266400
japanese betaness strikes again.

Y-y-y-y-y-you too senpai!!!

>>147268211
dear child, you know not, for knowledge of such dark things leads unto madness.

read "THE STAR WARS" the last SW series taht Dark Horse put out as a giant FUCK YOU to disney.

its based on the original scripts, and its fucking dreadful.

You are really, really weak.

>>147269135
>keep killing the medium
More like saving it.

>>147269811
Yeah he may have had a point about the ending not needing to be neat and tidy but it got obscured by the name calling and the cut and run at the end when he got called out.

>>147269810
#3 is special edition.

>>147269004
Also C-3PO was originally supposed to speak like "A used car salesman." Whatever the fuck that means.

>>147270134
They're the only fuckers that buy the $300 box sets and the merch.

Should probably use their autismbux for something more productive, but without them the industry would fail as it's run now. You know nips though, no telling them that until it's already happened.

>>147270262
But the industry could survive without relying on selling out to Otaku. Belgian and French animation markets don't rely on anything of the like and they are booming hard right now.

>>147270336
That's exactly what I implied in the second half of that post.

Why did you feel the need to repeat what I just said?

>>147270253
bronx or brooklyn accent, which was interchangeable in his eyes.

>>147270336
not to be an ass, but as a dumb american, i only vaguely know of wakfu. what are other cartoons from europe?

>>147270253
Formal but without compassion?

>>147270534
I was talking about movies and I don't know what gets on your side of the Atlantic but there is one that is screening in the US. The red turtle, a French Belgiian Dutch collaboration with Ghibli. It's a silent full feature movie and it rocks. Honestly much better than anything Japan has produced this year bar for Koe no Katachi and maybe Kono Sekai.

>>147269316
>doesn't mean it has to end a certain way

Of course not. I already showed why it was shit: inconsistent with the entire purpose of the narrative, abrupt and entirely formulaic. Wistful bittersweet endings worked for Garden of Words and 5cm/s because of the themes of loss, regret and acceptance. This film had quite the opposite. Ending the film there does a disservice to Mitsuha, Taki and the viewer who is invested at that point.

>>147270752
Either that or the point was that you can live in someone else's shoes and still not know them until you ask about it. Maybe you just missed that when you got angry at the movie for not ending the way you assumed it would.

>>147271275
Fucking this. Also the overwhelming reception from prescreenings at venues like Anime-Expo quantified the hype.

>>147270845
>you can live in someone else's shoes and still not know them until you ask about it

So the time displacement and bodyswaps did not serve any narrative purpose at all?

>>147270668
>Honestly much better than anything Japan has produced this year bar for Koe no Katachi and maybe Kono Sekai
>It's much better than anything Japan's produced this year except these two things that aren't out yet
Wow, great opinion, really reliable.

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Pretty much everyone loves it in Japland.

>>147271472
Because I watched everything else that ahd came out already and they don't compare positively to The red turtle. Kono Sekai and KnK have great names working on them and come from well established stories with good themes so that's why they can compare with Ghibli's latest production. Everything else was mindless Japan stuff.

>>147271275
I already saw the movie but no you don't get that opening weekend with word of mouth. Fuji TV and NTV shilled the movie for a whole week. You obviously don't know what you're talking about. Even Asahi had segments about Kimi no wa Na.

>>147258304
You really have no idea what a meme is, do you?
"memetic" and "popular" are not synonyms.

And Harry Potter never "declined in quality". It merely evolved from a children's series into a young adult series, both of which have a pretty low bar when it comes to literature.

Was it all one person or are the mods fags?

>>147274385
one really wrong person

https://youtu.be/PPY79IvW1as

>>147252120
Yes.

>>147274916
I like the song in the CM.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDSkFeMVNFs

>>147255659
>>147255756

Consider suicide

>>147263687
Source?

>>147259115
Nobody thinks Rem is a good character you fucking retard.

so much fucking bait and autism in one thread

>>147276086
You my friend are a hero

>>147276166
actually, please, please consider suicide

>typical shitposters who probably haven't even seen this movie, right?
Have you?

Successful movie doesn't always mean it's good, and while I don't agree with shitposters shitting on it for no reason (although I do understand people disliking some of Shinkai's methods) you discuss nothing when you haven't watched it yourself.

>>147276142
>Blair Witch Project

Damn that shit is funny when i first fund it on our nearest Video Rental 8 years ago.

>>147276598
I'm not. Read my entire post before you respond. It's not that long.

>>147252120
This movie just shows his progress as a director and a story teller

>>147252120
you realize the public that like it most are normalfags right? there's no way otaku have the power to earn it 6.2 billion yen. does that mean popular shit like SAO and Naruto is good as well?

>keep making movies with the same plot with only minute differences and great art
>they keep flopping for some reason
>spam the pasta for your new movie with a few different details till it becomes a meme
>then when it's gone far enough all over the internet release the trailer
>it instantly goes viral because of the meme
>???
>profit

Bravo Shinkai.

>>147269362
The reason why this shit blew out of proportions in the first place is simple
>Animu has shitloads of garbage
>1 Guy makes something interesting from the rest of the shit dished out.
>Animu fans be like OH GOD THIS IS THE START OF A NEW AGE FOR ANIMU !!!
Rinse and repeat

Is it Kino though?

>>147277097
No, it's a flick disguised as a kino.

>>147260344
>swooning
I saw that coming from a mile away and I still squeaked when it happened.

>>147277008
>normalfags like it
>therefore it's bad
Wew lad

>>147277022
>an English meme is responsible for a roaring box office success in Japan

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>>147277245
All part of his keikaku to spread it worldwide.

>>147252120
>#1 in Japan
So it's garbage. Thanks for the info.

>>147252120
So, the inevitable question.

Subs when?

>>147252120
Now that Your Name is successful i just gonna wish that In The Corner Of This World do well.

It's like 5 centimeters per second, only more pandering.

>>147277022
>>147277245
Wait, Is this actually a keit-ai anime? Are we confirmed saving anime?

>>147252277
>watching 240p camrip
Kill yourself.

What differentiates classic from just a hyped trendy stuff? Which would be remembered in the future.

And the one worth of remembereing which value doesnt diminish with time, but elevated and truly unfolded by the connosieurs will be Koe no Katachi.

>>147252383
No. The movie has litterally zero value.

Was the teacher at their school the one from Kotonoha no Niwa?

>>147281098
yes

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>>147281098
Yep. Kana Hanazawa herself even reprised her role for the cameo.

>>147269688
Cry some more over your Koe no Floptachi KyoAnuslicker.

>>147280549
>And the one worth of remembereing which value doesnt diminish with time, but elevated and truly unfolded by the connosieurs will be Koe no Katachi.
This is what KyoAnifags ACTUALLY believe.

>>147282723
None of Shinkai stuff is relevant. This one is no differen.

>>147282783
Again, this is what KyoAnifags ACTUALLY believe.