Weathering With You

"This is the story of the world's secret that only she and I know."

- Hodaka Morishima; Tagline

Tenki no Ko (天気の子) is a 2019 Japanese animated romantic fantasy film written and directed by Makoto Shinkai. The film was produced by CoMix Wave Films, Wakana Okamura, Kinue Itō, and Story Inc., and the music was composed by Radwimps. Weathering with You was released in Japan on July 19, 2019, one day after the publication of the light novel. A manga adaptation illustrated by Watari Kubota was first serialized in Kodansha's Afternoon on July 25 the same year. The film was selected as the Japanese entry for Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards.[8] It also received four Annie Award nominations including Best Independent Animated Feature, which makes it the third anime film tying with Spirited Away and Millennium Actress to have four nominations; the highest for an anime film at the Annies.

Plot
The story is set in 2021 and on an era where the balance of the weather is irregular.

High schooler Hodaka Morishima runs away from his island home to move to Tokyo. When his ferry to the city is hit by a freak rainstorm, he is saved by Keisuke Suga, who gives Hodaka his business card. As Hodaka struggles to find work, a teenage McDonald's employee, Hina, takes pity on him and gives him food. Later on, Hodaka finds an abandoned gun in a trashcan he fell onto. After tracking down Suga's business location, he meets Suga's niece Natsumi. Suga hires him as his assistant at a small publishing company, where they investigate urban legends relating to the unusually rainy weather in Tokyo. From a psychic, they hear the legend of a "weather maiden" who can control the weather.

Hodaka sees Hina being intimidated into working at a back-alley club. Thinking it was a toy, he scares off its owners by firing his gun into the air, and he and Hina escape. She takes him to an abandoned warehouse with a shrine on its roof, where he throws the gun away. Hina astonishes Hodaka by demonstrating her ability to clear the sky by praying. Inspired by the legend of the weather maiden, Hodaka proposes that they start a business: Hina will clear the weather for events such as weddings and parties. Their business quickly becomes a success.

The police search for Hodaka, who was caught on a security camera threatening the club owners. Officers arrive at the apartment where Hina lives with her younger brother Nagi and interrogate her; Hina realizes that because they have no legal guardians, with their mother having died recently, social services are going to take them into custody. Hodaka visits Suga, who has also been visited by the police. Suga fires him, explaining that the police suspect him of kidnapping Hodaka. Hodaka, Hina and Nagi try to run away, but they are halted by a heavy rainstorm and falling snows. Sheltering in a hotel, Hina reveals that she is slowly turning into water. She explains that she is the cause of the abnormal weather and is intended to be a human sacrifice; her disappearance will return the weather to normal. Hodaka promises to protect her, but the next morning, Hina has vanished into the sky and the rains have stopped.

Hodaka and Nagi are arrested. Having already fallen in love with Hina, Hodaka decides to bring her back to Earth and escapes from the police with the help of Natsumi and her Honda Super Cub. After her Super Cub is immobilized, Hodaka resumes on-foot to the warehouse to reach the shrine. Inside, he encounters Suga, who attempts to stop him. The police surround Hodaka, but Suga, now inspired by Hodaka's desperation to see Hina, helps him escape. On the roof, Hodaka jumps through the shrine gate and is transported into the sky, where he finds Hina and asks her to leave with him, insisting that Hina let go of her worries about the weather and start living for herself. Upon descending to the rooftop shrine, Hina, Hodaka, Natsumi, Nagi, and Suga are all arrested, and the heavy rains resume.

Three years later, the rain has fallen without end in Tokyo, submerging much of the city. Having finished his probation, Hodaka graduates from high school and returns to Tokyo. He meets with Suga, who has expanded his business. After Suga encourages him to find Hina, Hodaka finds her praying on a street overlooking the drowned city. They reunite, with Hodaka promising her that they will be alright.

Inspirations
Makoto Shinkai was inspired by the art of weather of this film, since it is a familiar topic for everybody. Shinkai states that he has been working on creating "a very real entertainment piece that will make you laugh, cry and say". He also says "It’s so thrilling, as well as arouse your intellectual curiosity".

Production
On August 2, 2018, Makoto Shinkai revealed that he has a new feature film in production. The film will be produced by Genki Kawamura and Story inc with the production company CoMix Wave Films. It will be distributed by Toho.

Tenki no ko released after the arson incident in Kyoto Animation(KyoAni)'s first studio at Uji in the Kyoto Prefecture.

Animation staffs
Masayoshi Tanaka, previous character designer for Kimi no Na wa., will illustrate the characters and dresses. Atsushi Tamura (The Cat Returns, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin) is the animation director and Hiroshi Takiguchi (The Garden of Words) is the art director. Yojiro Noda is the animation storyboard script and lyrics checker. Other key roles are filled by returning crew members from Kimi no Na wa.

Voice cast auditioning
More than 2,000 Japanese voices actors auditioned for the film's two protagonists, from which Kotaro Daigo (Sakamichi Onoda in the Yowamushi Pedal stage play) and Nana Mori (Hell Girl and Last Letter) were eventually the chosen ones.

The film's voice recording sessions began on April 27, 2019.

Theme song
On August 26, 2017, script and lyrics checker Yojiro Noda received the script of the movie from Makoto Shinkai, as well as the song Ai ni Dekiru Koto wa Mada Aru kai (愛にできることはまだあるかい) by RADWIMPS, which is the theme song of the film. The theme song is performed by Japanese actress Toko Miura in the movie, but the version performed by Yojiro Noda from RADWIMPS was featured in the 60-second teaser trailer streamed in the official site on April 10, 2019.

Marketing
On December 13, 2018, a press conference was held to reveal the film, and announced that it would be released on July 19, 2019. The first teaser trailer debuted on April 10, exactly 100 days before the premiere. The second trailer was released on May 28. Producer Genki Kawamura is set to present a work in process screening, open to industry professionals and students but not the general public, in June 2019 at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in France.

Anime
The film was released in Japan on July 19, 2019. Shinkai has confirmed that the film will get a worldwide release, and releases have already been decided for North America, Europe, Asia, and South America. In Asia, Edko Films announced that the film will be released in Hong Kong on August 8, Encore Films announced that the film will be released in Singapore and Indonesia, and Pioneer Films confirmed that they will release the movie in the Philippines. In English-speaking regions, GKIDS announced that they had acquired the North American rights to the film, and will screen an awards-qualifying run in 2019, followed by a theatrical release in early 2020, with Japanese and English language options.

Light Novel
The light novel of Tenki no Ko is written by Makoto Shinkai himself and it will be published on July 18, 2019, one day before the film's debut in Japan and other announced countries. The light novel has the same name as the film.

Manga
One  shot spin-off manga was released

Receptions
Tenki no Ko is one of highest grossing anime films in 2019

Characters
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 * Hodaka Morishima: Kotaro Daigo
 * Hina Amano: Nana Mori
 * Keisuke Suga: Shun Oguri
 * Natsumi: Tsubasa Honda
 * Tomi: Chieko Baisho
 * Nagisa Amano: Sakura Kiryu
 * Takai: Yuki Kaji