Written by Ross Locksley on 21 Jan 2020
Weathering With You has smashed anime box-office records, taking £221,320 in it's opening weekend, almost 10 times that of the popular Your Name.
Due to the incredible demand, the screenings are expanding from the original 40 screens to over 250 nationwide, making it more accessible than ever.
Screenings are listed on the Fetch website.
Synopsis:
High school freshman Hodaka Morishima leaves his home on an isolated island and moves to Tokyo, but he quickly finds himself in financial trouble. Living his days in isolation, he eventually lands a job as a writer for a shady occult magazine. Then one day in an alley, Hodaka meets a young girl named Hina Amano, bright and strong-willed, who possesses a strange and wonderful ability: the power to stop the rain and clear the sky.
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Ross founded the UK Anime Network waaay back in 1995 and works in and around the anime world in his spare time. You can read his more personal articles on UKA's sister site, The Anime Independent.
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