Makoto Shinkai's Your Name. opens in Japan, a body-swap romance between a Tokyo boy and a countryside girl who begin waking up in each other's lives.
CoMix Wave Films' original film aired Aug 26, 2016; 1 hr 46 min, produced with TOHO and Kadokawa, licensed by Funimation and NYAV Post[1]
Countryside high schooler Mitsuha Miyamizu yearns to live in Tokyo and awakens in the body of Tokyo student Taki Tachibana while he lives her life; they begin to search for one another[1]
Awards listed include the LAFCA Animation Award (2016), Best Animated Film at the Mainichi Film Awards (2017) and the Grand Prize at the 20th Japan Media Arts Festival[1]
MAL score 8.82 (about 2.11 million users), ranked #38 at capture[1]
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myanimelist.net· Posted Sep 15, 2026· Starts Aug 26, 2016· 100% of score
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CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE84%14.8 years agoJapanese theatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1]/AniList listing.
K-ON!: The Movie releases in Japanese theaters, sending the Light Music Club's graduating members on one last overseas trip to London before they part ways.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE82%3.9 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Makoto Shinkai's Suzume opens in Japanese theaters, following a teenage girl who joins a mysterious young man in closing doors across Japan that unleash disaster when left open.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE81%10.6 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
A-1 Pictures' Doukyuusei -Classmates- opens in Japanese theaters, a quiet romance between honor student Sajou and band guitarist Kusakabe as they bond preparing for their school's chorus festival.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE79%19.0 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Sword of the Stranger opens in Japanese theaters, an original samurai-era action film from Bones about a nameless ronin who takes on the job of protecting a young boy from Ming assassins.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE82%4.6 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
TMS Entertainment's Fruits Basket -prelude- releases in Japanese theaters, a film completing the Fruits Basket manga adaptation by telling the earlier love story of Tooru Honda's parents, Katsuya and Kyoko.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE81%9.0 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Production I.G's Haikyu!! The Movie: Battle of Concepts opens in Japanese theaters, a compilation film recapping Karasuno High's decisive third-season showdown with reigning champion Shiratorizawa Academy.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE82%22.9 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Satoshi Kon's Tokyo Godfathers opens in Japanese theaters, a Christmas Eve dramedy following three homeless Tokyo residents who discover an abandoned baby and set out to find her parents.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE80%9.0 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Haikyu!! The Movie: Talent and Sense opens in Japanese theaters, a Production I.G compilation film revisiting Karasuno's match against Aoba Johsai with new footage, released as a same-day double feature with its companion film.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE83%4.7 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
MAPPA's JUJUTSU KAISEN 0 releases in Japanese theaters, a prequel film following Yuta Okkotsu as he enrolls at Tokyo Jujutsu High under teacher Satoru Gojo to control the curse formed from his dead childhood friend, Rika.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE84%31.2 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Studio Ghibli's Whisper of the Heart releases in Japanese theaters, a coming-of-age story following bookish schoolgirl Shizuku as she chases a mysterious cat and discovers her own ambitions as a writer.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE86%2.2 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Studio Durian's Look Back opens in Japanese theaters, adapting Tatsuki Fujimoto's one-shot manga about two aspiring young manga artists, Fujino and Kyomoto, whose creative partnership and rivalry shapes both their lives.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE80%7.2 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
CoMix Wave's Weathering With You opens in Japanese theaters, Makoto Shinkai's romantic fantasy following runaway teenager Hodaka Morishima and Hina Amano, a girl who can part the clouds, across a rain-soaked Tokyo.
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