I am greatly honored to work with these incredible creators in bringing to audiences the Hollywood live action version of Your Name.”
“Your Name is a film created with the innate imaginations of a Japanese team and put together in a domestic medium,” said Shinkai in a statement (via The Hollywood Reporter).
J.J. Abrams has set his sights on one of the biggest hits of all time in Japan.
It’s also the first anime not directed by Hayao Miyazaki to earn more than $100 million in Japan.