A decade on, Your Name. is still the anime that converts people who swear they don't watch anime: two strangers, a Tokyo boy and a small-town girl, wake up in each other's bodies while a comet streaks toward Earth. Shinkai's skies, trains and sunsets were built for a theater screen, and MoMI is showing it subtitled, the way it was made. If you only ever saw it on a laptop, this is the anniversary to fix that.
What to expect
The screening is in one of the museum's cinemas in Astoria, a proper big-screen room rather than a gallery. The film runs 106 minutes in Japanese with English subtitles. Arrive early and you can browse the museum's moving-image exhibits before or after.
Good to know
- It screens in Japanese with English subtitles, not dubbed.
- The museum is at 36-01 35th Avenue in Astoria; Steinway St (M/R) and 36 Av (N/W) are the nearest stations.
- Film tickets and museum admission are sold through the museum's site; buy ahead for anime screenings, which draw crowds.
- Good for teens and adults; younger kids may struggle with subtitles.
- The museum café and exhibitions make it easy to turn this into an afternoon.
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Common questions
Is Your Name. dubbed or subtitled at MoMI?
The museum lists it in Japanese with English subtitles.
How many screenings are there?
MoMI lists one screening each day of the weekend, a midday show and an afternoon show.
Who made Your Name.?
Makoto Shinkai wrote and directed it in 2016; it became one of the highest-grossing anime films ever.
