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Makoto Shinkai's Weathering With You Film to Air Opening Scene on TV on June 30
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The official website for AbemaTV on the same evening at 8:45 p.m.
The Weathering With You film will dub in early 2020.
GKIDS describes the film:
The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, and quickly finds himself pushed to his financial and personal limits. The weather is unusually gloomy and rainy every day, as if to suggest his future. He lives his days in isolation, but finally finds work as a writer for a mysterious occult magazine. Then one day, Hodaka meets Hina on a busy street corner. This bright and strongwilled girl possesses a strange and wonderful ability: the power to stop the rain and clear the sky...
The film will star Nana Mori as Hina Amano. (Note: last name romanizations are not confirmed.) Other cast include:
(Note: character name romanizations are not confirmed.)
Yūki Kaji as Takai
Shinkai is credited with the original work, and is also directing and writing the film's scripts for sing RADWIMPS' "Grand Escape (Movie edit) feat. Tōko Miura" theme song for the film.
Shinkai is also Afternoon magazine on July 25.
Update: Hodaka's name spelling updated based on GKIDS' correction.
Sources: Weathering With You film's website, Animate Times
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