Teenagers, time travel, body swapping, natural disasters, and one of those cross-dimensional fated romances. Haruki Murakami's already done all of it, and done it better. I've always been kind of "meh" about Shinkai's work, which is probably why most of it is lingering, started but never finished, on my "want to watch" list. So maybe I'm not the right audience for this. In any case...it's cute, and a fine way to waste a couple hours, but I'm not gonna run around recommending this to all my friends and family as the "must-see" anime movie. Sorry, but... See full review