Director Makoto Shinkai's film Your Name, released in 2016, is the highest-grossing anime film in box office history, surpassing Spirited Away. It's a humbling coming of age feel-good film with a seemingly naive plot until your holding your breath for the next heart-wrenching scene. It perfectly encapsulates the emotion of longing, a relatable feeling that everyone will go through at least once in their lifetime. The animation is a masterpiece of two teens that have very different lives, but somehow, their fates keep pulling them together with the catch of each time they start to figure out fate pulls them away from each time and time again. Finally, will they be able to beat the odds and come together in the same lifetime...
