Just before we get into this review, I would like to say that this review will have spoilers so if you want to watch the movie without spoilers maybe do not read this review.

_Weathering with you. it is an anime movie that was released on July 19, 2019. this movie was done by Makoto Shinkai. the same guy who made your name, 5 centimeters per second, the garden of words, etc. I had very high expectations for this movie. because I consider your name the best anime movie out there and it is made by the same director. and I'm happy to say that weathering with you has exceeded my expectations. it is about a boy who runs away from his family and town to go to Tokyo to find a good job and a place to live. there he finds a girl named hina, she can manipulate the weather whenever she wants, so thus she is called a sunshine girl. and the two decide to start a business with this ability of hers. and everything starts well, they're getting money, more and more people want sunshine so more people come to hina and hodaka so they keep getting money. until one day
the police knock on hinas door because hodaka, our main character's parents have filed a missing person report. and life goes south from there. I just really enjoyed this movie, from the animation, the soundtrack, to the ending, the characters. everything was fantastic about it. everything was just as good if not better than your name except._

Story

the story starts off as a simple story about a runaway kid who is trying to find a place to live and a job but when you pass the first half of this movie, you realize that it is much more than that. the story starts off so simple and ends so complex. the last half of this movie was so amazing and so action-packed, from a chase scene[which was amazing by the way] to hina disappearing to hodaka pulling a damn gun on suga, to escaping the police. you can say the final act of this movie was super action-packed. but my favorite part of this movie was definitely the 2nd act just because the chemistry between hina and hodaka in that act is so amazing. some of my favorite scenes in this movie include the chase scene, hodaka rescuing hina from those weird guys, suga letting hodaka run away from the police by punching them, and the entirety of the sunshine girl scene and especially my favorite scene from this movie is when they're falling down at the end but they grab hands and hodaka says "I want you more than any blue sky ever''. such a beautiful scene and the music and the animation help that scene so much. the ending was so fantastic, they used the same formula of your name and it worked just as well. # Characters I loved the characters of your name, and I had high expectations for the characters of this movie. I'm happy to say that the characters in this movie are better than your name. your name had some good characters like the main ones and whatnot, but I didn't really love the friends of mitsuha or taki. but in this movie, I love every character. some great characters include the main ones, of course, suga was great and super helpful, especially at the end. Natsumi is my personal favorite character in this movie just because she is funny CUTTEEEE and very helpful, especially in the chase scene. the chemistry between hina and hodaka really is amazing. and I can't believe I liked hina's brother as much as I did. he's not a brat who just cries every 5 minutes. he actually is good. I can't believe I'm saying this, there is a kid in anime that is not annoying. yea the characters are all fantastic. # Some Stuff I Missed The animation is actually amazing. the music is great and fits with the movie really well. Yuuki Kaji voices someone so that is an automatic win. omg, the characters from your name are in this movie. the rain animation or the water animation in general looks sooo good. the voice acting is great. the food looks so good, especially when hina makes food for hodaka, it looked so damn good. # Overall I really enjoyed weathering with you. I loved almost everything about it. the voice acting, the animation, the characters, the story, the ending. but I just don't know why I didn't like it as much as your name. I don't have any reason for it. I just didn't like it as much. but still, this movie was amazing. if I have one bad thing to say about it is that everything is very plot convenient as an example when he is running away from the police Natsumi just happened to be there. but that is just one gripe I have overall I very much enjoyed the movie and I can't wait for the next movie coming out from Makoto Shinkai which is this year actually.