Weathering With You Vol. 03

Weathering With You Vol. 03

Come Rain or Shine

The skies have reclaimed the Weather Maiden, and Hodaka is on the run! All Hodaka cares about is saving the girl who took his world by storm, but is he willing to tempt the fates to bring sunshine back into his life?

In Weathering With You, Makoto Shinkai dives into topics like love and sacrifice to show how far one boy goes to protect the thing he loves most. This manga reveals the backstories and true thoughts of the characters who stole the hearts of fans and critics worldwide.

Final Volume!

Biographical Notes:

Makoto Niitsu, better known by the pen-name Makoto Shinkai, is a Japanese film director, animator, and voice actor. A native of the Nagano prefecture in Japan, he studied Japanese literature at Chuo University. He traces his passion for creation to the manga, anime, and novels he was exposed to while in middle school.

Considered one of the best animators in the world today, he is often called the “next-Miyazaki”. Shinkai developed his abilities as a video game designer for FalCom, where he worked on the cult-classic role-playing game Y”S. Shinkai is unique as an animator as he cut his teeth by producing almost all elements many of his works – from animation to music composition to voice acting.

He has won numerous awards: 12th DoGA CG Animation Award; 1st New Tokyo International Animation Festival Grand Prize; 7th Kobe Animation Prize; 6th Japanese Media Art; Award for Digital Media; 34th Nebula Award (World Con); 59th Mainichi Films Animation Prize; 2007 Asia Pacific Film Award; and the Lancia Platinum Grand Prize (Italy).

His film credits include: Voices of a Distant Star, The Place Promised in Our Early Days, 5 Centimeters Per Second, and Children who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below

Wataru Kubota is the artist of the manga adaptation of Makoto Shinkai’s Novel “Weathering With You”.

Title Notes:

Shinkai has become a household name since his breakout movie Your Name.

Your Name was such a hit success and tremendously boosted sales of his books (novel/manga/artbook).

Movie released in January 2020, premeired with much hype and acclaimed reviews from NY Times, The Verge, Washington Post, NPR, Wired and more!

WWU theater released handled by major distributors GKids Entertainment and Fathom Events.

More details on Makoto Shinkai & Wataru Kubota:

Makoto Shinaki’s Twitter Page

More works by Makoto Shinkai

More works by Wataru Kubota