Unboxings

Unboxing: Your Name. Limited Edition Boxed Set


Retail Price: $79.99
Publisher: Funimation
Is This a Review Copy?: No

What is it?

Your Name. is a 2016 film from director Makoto Shinkai (5 Centimeters Per Second, The Garden of Words). Shinkai helmed and wrote the movie, which features character designs by Masashi Ando (Paprika, Spirited Away) and Masayoshi Tanaka (anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day, Toradora!). J-Rock group RADWIMPS scored the soundtrack.

Your Name. revolves around two characters: Mitsuha, a high school girl living in the mountains of Japan’s Hida region, and Taki, a high school boy living in Tokyo. The two, who couldn’t be more different, find their lives and dreams growing entangled with one another as a comet approaches the Earth.

One day, the two find their lives, well, switched. Taki wakes up as Mitsuha, and vice versa. For a few days, these switches continue, until the contact between the two is severed altogether. Now, Mitsuha and Taki are in a race against time, to find out why the switches have stopped, and what it means for both as the comet draws ever closer to the planet in its unyielding path.

The feature has garnered critical acclaim and commercial success, bringing in over $350 million at the box office, and cementing its position as the second-highest grossing anime film in Japanese film history (the first being Spirited Away). It’s sparked the imaginations of anime fans, and will likely endure as a true staple of the average anime fan’s diet for some time to come.

What’s in the Box?

  • Your Name. Blu-Ray
  • Your Name. DVD
  • Your Name. CD Soundtrack
  • Companion Booklet

Extra Features

  • Interview with Director Makoto Shinkai
  • “Makoto Shinkai Filmography” Featurette
  • Your Name. TV Special

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Boxart Blurb

In Your Name, Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives until they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This occurrence happens randomly, and they must adjust their lives around each other. Yet, somehow, it works. They build a connection by leaving notes for one another until they wish to finally meet. But something stronger than distance may keep them apart.

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About the author

Samantha Ferreira

Samantha Ferreira is Anime Herald’s founder and editor-in-chief. A Rhode Island native, Samantha has been an anime fan since 1992, and an active member of the anime press since 2002, when she began working as a reviewer for Anime Dream. She launched Anime Herald in 2010, and continues to oversee its operations to this day. Outside of journalism, Samantha actively studies the history of the North American anime fandom and industry, with a particular focus on the 2000s anime boom and bust. She’s a huge fan of all things Sakura Wars, and maintains series fansite Combat Revue Review when she has free time available. When not in the Anime Herald Discord, Samantha can typically be found on Bluesky.

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