2011
24 eps
TV Saitama / Crunchyroll
Sci Fi Thriller Drama
A self-proclaimed mad scientist accidentally invents a method of sending messages to the past using a microwave. What starts as gleeful tinkering becomes a nightmare when he realiz…
If you loved Your Name's time travel used to explore what we'd change — and what we can't, Steins;Gate delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about fate as both comfort and cruelty — the sense that this was always coming. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2018
13 eps
Kyoto Animation / Netflix
Drama Romance Fantasy
Violet Evergarden was raised as a weapon — a child soldier with no knowledge of herself outside of orders and combat. When the war ends, she survives with mechanical arms and a sin…
Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. Same beautiful and emotional energy throughout.
2021
Toho
Romance Sci Fi Drama
Takeshi Sorekara is a young robotics engineer in 1995 Tokyo on the verge of a breakthrough — until his business partner and fiancée betray him and steal his work, leaving him with …
If you loved Your Name's two souls pulled together by something bigger than either of them, The Door into Summer delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about fate as both comfort and cruelty — the sense that this was always coming. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2022
Toho / JKHD
Anime Fantasy Drama
Seventeen-year-old Suzume lives in a quiet seaside town in Kyushu when a mysterious young man named Souta passes through, searching for ruins. She follows him into an abandoned res…
If you loved Your Name's two souls pulled together by something bigger than either of them, Suzume delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about fate as both comfort and cruelty — the sense that this was always coming. Same beautiful and emotional energy throughout.
2021
20 eps
NHK / Crunchyroll
Drama Supernatural Adventure
An immortal being is cast to Earth with no purpose, no form, and no feelings. It learns by copying: a rock, a wolf, a dying boy who walks alone across a frozen tundra hoping to fin…
Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. Same beautiful and emotional energy throughout.
2019
CoMix Wave Films / Netflix
Romance Fantasy Drama
Hodaka is a runaway teenager in Tokyo who meets Hina, a girl who can stop the rain and make sunshine appear. She's been using her ability to help people, selling 'sunshine girl' se…
If you loved Your Name's love story the universe keeps trying to destroy, Weathering With You delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. Same beautiful and emotional energy throughout.
2014
22 eps
Fuji TV / Crunchyroll
Romance Drama Music
Kosei Arima was a piano prodigy until his abusive mother's death left him unable to hear his own playing. Then he meets Kaori Miyazono, a free-spirited violinist who plays with so …
If you loved Your Name's love story the universe keeps trying to destroy, Your Lie in April delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. Same beautiful and romantic energy throughout.
2001
Kwak Jae-yong
Romance Comedy Drama
A college student meets a strange, unpredictable girl on a subway and falls into an unlikely, turbulent love.
Both are built around fate as both comfort and cruelty — the sense that this was always coming. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2019
Jung Ji-woo
Romance Drama
Two young people meet and keep missing each other over a decade as fate and circumstances keep them apart — until one radio show brings them back together.
If you loved Your Name's two souls pulled together by something bigger than either of them, Tune in for Love delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about fate as both comfort and cruelty — the sense that this was always coming. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2004
Theatrical (Studio Ghibli)
Romance Fantasy Adventure
Sophie, a young hatter, is cursed by a witch and aged into an old woman. She stumbles into the mysterious, traveling castle of the wizard Howl — vain, brilliant, and hiding somethi…
Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. Same beautiful and romantic energy throughout.