Weathering with You

Synopsis

In a Tokyo drenched by relentless rain, Hodaka Morishima, a runaway high school student, fights to survive while working at a small publishing company. Hina Amano, an orphan striving to support her younger sibling, is also searching for employment. Their lives intersect when Hodaka saves Hina from a group of menacing men, and the two flee together. Hodaka soon discovers that Hina holds a unique power: through prayer, she can summon sunshine. Observing Tokyo's peculiar weather, Hodaka sees an opportunity and proposes that Hina become a "sunshine girl," using her ability to bring light to people during difficult times. While their circumstances initially improve, they soon realize that wielding such power carries severe consequences.

Background

Tenki no Ko sold more than 1.1 million tickets, grossing 1.6 billion yen (about US$15.22 million) in its first three days in more than 350 theaters. The film ranked #1 in its opening weekend and is currently the #7 highest-earning domestic film of all time in Japan and the highest-grossing film in Japan in 2019. Tenki no Ko is also Japan's submission for the Best International Feature Film category at the 92nd Academy Awards—the first anime that Japan has submitted in the category since Mononoke Hime in 1998. It won the prize for Animation of the Year award at the 43rd annual Japan Academy Prize ceremony. It also won the Social Impact Award on the 23rd Japan Media Arts Festival.