If you loved The Garden of Words, try Weathering with You
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Makoto Shinkai, and they both carry the bittersweet, foreign gem, tender mood tags, and they sit in Animation / Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Garden of Words, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Weathering with You is
Tokyo streets, rainy summer, neon lights reflected in wet pavement. A teenage boy finds work at a mysterious magazine, then meets a girl who can clear the sky. Makoto Shinkai grounds fantasy in everyday Japanese life.
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