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Your Name.

Your Name.

High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.

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Japanese Producer of Anime Hits ‘Suzume,’ ‘Your Name’ Arrested on Child Pornography Charges

Japanese Producer of Anime Hits ‘Suzume,’ ‘Your Name’ Arrested on Child Pornography Charges

Prominent anime industry figure Koichiro Ito stands accused of coercing a 15-year-old girl he met over social media into sending him nude selfies

Lee Isaac Chung To Direct ‘Your Name’ Live-Action Reimagining From Toho, Paramount And Bad Robot

Lee Isaac Chung To Direct ‘Your Name’ Live-Action Reimagining From Toho, Paramount And Bad Robot

EXCLUSIVE: Lee Isaac Chung will rewrite and direct Paramount, Bad Robot and Toho’s live-action adaptation of Your Name, the reimagined adaptation of the 2016 animated romantic fantasy drama f…

‘Amazing Spider-Man’s Marc Webb To Direct ‘Your Name’ Remake For Toho, Paramount, Bad Robot

‘Amazing Spider-Man’s Marc Webb To Direct ‘Your Name’ Remake For Toho, Paramount, Bad Robot

EXCLUSIVE: Toho, Paramount and Bad Robot have set Marc Webb to direct Your Name, a reimagined version of the 2016 animated romantic fantasy drama film that became a classic in Japan. Webb followed …

'Your Name' U.S. Remake Will Be "Through the Lens of a Western Viewpoint"

'Your Name' U.S. Remake Will Be "Through the Lens of a Western Viewpoint"

The U.S. Your Name remake is currently being written by Eric Heisserer, who reveals that Bad Robot plans to approach it from a "Western" perspective.

'Your Name' Director Makoto Shinkai Announces New Anime Feature

'Your Name' Director Makoto Shinkai Announces New Anime Feature

'Weather Child,' the follow up to the 2016 megahit is scheduled for a release in Japan in July 2019, with distribution already settled for major global markets.

Japan's Anime Industry Grows to Record $17.7B, Boosted by 'Your Name' and Exports

Japan's Anime Industry Grows to Record $17.7B, Boosted by 'Your Name' and Exports

Revenue at animation houses climbed by nearly 10 percent, but a lack of capacity is likely to hamper further growth, with most studios now fully booked for years.

J.J. Abrams Developing Remake of Japanese Hit ‘Your Name’ With Paramount

J.J. Abrams Developing Remake of Japanese Hit ‘Your Name’ With Paramount

Paramount Pictures and J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot have won the rights to adapt the blockbuster Japanese animated movie “Your Name.” The two companies announced Wednesday that they wil…