The problem with j. J. Abrams giving ‘your name’ a live-action makeover

The Problem With J. J. Abrams Giving ‘Your Name’ a Live-Action Makeover

ByElise Yeakley-Nelson

Last year, one of the greatest films in anime history came to us from CoMix Wave Films. It was a story following the ancient Japanese legend of the red string of fate, which tells of how two people are bound together by an invisible red string, binding them together by fate. They are destined to…

Your name: anime about body-swapping teenagers is breaking records

Your Name: Anime about Body-Swapping Teenagers is Breaking Records

ByChelsea Hinkofer

Your Name, a Japanese animated film originally titled Kimi no Na wa, is quickly breaking records other major anime have set. The only other animators to come close in popularity is Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli. The creator of the film, Makoto Shinkai, has been dubbed Miyazaki’s successor. Your Name is now the ninth-highest grossing Japanese film, and the…