Alright, if you’ve ever watched Your Name (Kimi no Na wa), then you already know that it’s not simply an anime movie, it’s an emotional meteor that crashes into your soul, lights it on fire, and then softly pats you on the back of the head while you cry into your blanket at 2 Am. Directed by the master of heartbreak and stargazing romance himself, Makoto Shinkai, Your Name quickly became a global sensation when it was released in 2016.

It had body-swapping. It had time travel. It had two beautifully crafted characters: Taki and Mitsuha, whose paths were so intertwined by fate that you’d swear the universe itself was hard-shipping them more than we were. But just when the story built up this intense, soul-melting connection between them, bam! The movie’s over. On a stairway. With a “What’s your name?” Are you kidding me, Shinkai?...