However, if you pay attention to the background details of both films and use that information to build a timeline, you’ll see that while Weathering with You and Your Name share characters, they can’t, in fact, take place in the same world. Later, a couple that appears to be Mitsuha’s friends Tessie and Sayaka (along with their young child) also appear looking out a window during the film’s climax. Mitsuha is working in one of the shops–and she’s even sporting her iconic kumihimo ribbon. Mitsuha herself appears later in the film as Hodaka goes shopping in a mall. With this little cameo, it seems reasonable to assume that the two films take place in the same world–and this isn’t the only blatant connection. As Hina gets to praying, it’s revealed that the old woman’s grandson is Your Name ’s Taki. On one such job, the two are hired to let a little old lady enjoy the sunshine in her yard. Desperate to make money, they start a business to wipe away the clouds for anyone willing to pay. With perpetual rain falling on Tokyo, the pair learn that Hina has the power to bring out the sun through prayer. Weathering with You, on the other hand, is the story of Hodaka–a highschooler boy from and island who has run away to Tokyo–and Hina–an orphan teenage girl who is attempting to support her little brother after the death of their mother. It deals first with their humorous everyday life and later their attempts to save Mitsuha’s friends and family from an imminent meteor strike. is the story of Mitsuha and Taki–two high schoolers who swap bodies regularly. *Note this article contains major spoilers for both Your Name. But it’s far more than just the creative team that connects these two films together.

Weathering with You is the newest film by Makoto Shinkai, the writer and director of hit anime film Your Name.

Kimi no na wa weathering with you