Man… Makoto Shinkai. While you say he’s sticking to what he is good at and nailing it, I can’t feel any excitement about for the exact same reason. I saw Garden of Words at the premiere, sure, it was beautiful and I loved it, but after eventually watching Your Name after hearing so much praise… it felt like I had watched an updated version of the exact same movie I had already seen. I do enjoy rewatching things often, but somehow I am even less excited to see his new movie than than I would be to rewatch Garden of Words. Is Weathering with You different enough to get me over this hang-up?
And on to the porny stuff. Ecchi anime has had literally two jokes for the last 20 years:
- Highschool boy inadvertently opens door on girl getting changed, boy gets nosebleed, boy gets hit in head with heavy object.
- Highschool boy trips and lands on girl and his hand touches her boob, boy gets hit in head with heavy object.
It’s trash, but when the alternative for that audience is 20 years of Love Hina clones I can see how it could get popular just by being honest about what it is.
