For 15 years, Spirited Away has remained the quintessential anime film for Westerners, Studio Ghibli’s fantasy adventure quickly becoming the highest grossing anime film ever.
However, thanks to a record-breaking run in Japan, a new film has dethroned Spirited Away – Kimi no Na wa, better known as Your Name.
In the UK, Your Name did surprisingly well: on the film’s first-day of wider release (at 104 screens) the film grossed £108,372, breaking the record for single day gross for an anime film.
Your Name follows the story of high schoolers Taki and Itomori, from Tokyo and a rural town respectively, who switch bodies in a Freaky Friday-type story.