![]() ![]() He eventually finds shelter and employment from a man named Suga, a detective who runs a shady occult and conspiracy magazine. Weathering with You is the story of 16-year-old runaway Hodaka, who moves to a perpetually rainy Tokyo with nothing but the clothes on his back. This connection between the heart and the surrounding land permeates the very scenery of his films, all lovingly rendered in lavish, beautiful digital paintings. While not as overtly focused on the environment as Hayao Miyazaki, a filmmaker Shinkai is often compared to, his past films Your Name, Garden of Words and Children Who Chase Lost Voices have all pondered the effect that changes in the seasons have on our emotions, particularly love. ![]() Makoto Shinkai’s Weathering with You feels familiar, but foregrounds something that has always resided in his anime films: a deep and intense connection to the natural world. ![]()
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