Tag: Andrew Osmond
November 4, 2017 · 0 comments
Books: Your Name
By Andrew Osmond. In the afterword to his Your Name novel, now available in English from Yen On in hardcover and on Kindle, Makoto Shinkai says the book isn’t just an adaptation of his film. Rather, it was part of the film’s production process. The novel was written while Your Name was being animated, with […]
November 1, 2017 · 2 comments
The End of Your Name
By Andrew Osmond. SPOILERS! This article discusses the end of Makoto Shinkai’s Your Name. If you’ve not seen it yet, do not read on unless you’re really okay with knowing how a film ends in advance. And we honestly think that with Your Name, that would take away a lot of the viewing experience. So […]
September 28, 2017 · 2 comments
Your Name in Hollywood!
By Andrew Osmond. We wake to the news that Makoto Shinkai’s blockbuster Your Name is being developed as a live-action Hollywood film, with no less a name attached than J.J. Abrams as producer – though it may be more significant that the on-board writer is Eric Heisserer, who scripted Arrival. We should stress that most […]