![]() ![]() For Japan, it’s little things like hanging teru teru bozu to invite good weather the next day or tales of a water dragon that brings the rain wherever it goes. Whether it is a festival to invite good weather for crops, a dancing ritual to call forth the rain, or tales detailing magic and monsters that causes natural disasters man has always had superstitions and rituals that involve the weather across all cultures around the world. Humans has always had a mystical relationship with the weather. The movie dabbles in the supernatural, specifically in the Shinto faith. In the city that has been plagued by continuous storm and rain, he met a girl with the power to clear the sky. Written and directed by Makoto Shinkai, ‘Tenki no Ko’ (translated as Child of the Weather) or ‘Weathering With You’ starts with a runaway boy, Hodaka who ran away from home with a goal to earn a living in Tokyo. This is what happens when Japan tries to make another worldwide hit like the movie ‘Kimi no Na wa’ (Your Name). But this movie is the culmination of serious amounts of effort, planning and funding. Not to put down conventional anime a whole lot of effort is put into making these episodes. ![]() Even the big budget anime are a level below this. The usual anime that is released every season could not even measure up to this one. ![]() It has been a long while since I’ve seen anime refined into a masterpiece of art. Q-ichi: Hey, apparently your recommendation of the cicada dragon story got a lot of views. ![]()
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