Live-action adaptations of anime seem to be the latest Hollywood trend as Your Name has just been announced to be in development from J.J. Abrams and Paramount Pictures. Your Name or Kimi No Na Wa is a 2016 acclaimed (98 percent on Rotten Tomatoes) Japanese animated drama that took the world by storm. Written and directed by Makoto Shinkai (The Garden of Words, Journey to Agartha), Your Name tells the story of a high school girl in rural Japan and a high school boy in Tokyo who swapped bodies.
Your Name wasn’t just a hit among critics, but a huge financial success as well, raking in over $355.2 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing Japanese film of all time. Your ...
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