Your Name.

Makoto Shinkai's 2016 Japanese animation follows two high-schoolers who have never met. Mitsuha lives in the countryside and Taki in Tokyo, and they wake in each other's bodies. They manage the situation by leaving notes. The film breaks its own rule in the second half; what separates them turns out not to be only distance, and the narrative becomes a story about a disaster. The animation is known for its landscapes and light. The music runs inside the narrative. It took an extraordinary sum at the Japanese box office. Who it's for: those who like Japanese animation and emotional science fiction. Who it's not for: viewers expecting consistent logic about time; the film keeps its rules loose.