English Version of 'your name' Manga to be Published

One of the most notable anime movies last 2016 would be Makoto Shinkai’s box office anime movie hit your name. The movie had conquered movie theaters worldwide and has even surpassed the international gross sales of Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away.

An announcement on Friday by Malaysian publisher Gempak Starz revealed that it will release Ranmaru Kotone’s manga adaptation of the anime movie this month. If you can’t get enough of your name., then this manga is definitely worth buying. Kotone first launched the manga in Comic Alive last May with its final chapter ended in January. Aside from Gempak Starz, Yen Press will also be released a separate English version of the manga and novel for the North America region.

Here’s a synopsis of the manga as described by Gempak Starz:

An encounter between two who have never met. your name. More than a thousand years ago, a comet appeared in the skies of Japan. In the present day, only a month remains until its return. Mitsuha is a high school student who lives in a rural town deep in the mountains. Her daily life is depressingly boring because of her father, the town mayor, as well as the age-old traditions of her family"s shrine. Her small-town existence and her adolescent hypersensitivity to the opinions of others make her yearn for the big city. One day, she dreams that she has turned into a boy. In her dream, she sees a home she has not seen before, friends she does not know, and the huge city of Tokyo right before her eyes. Although confused, Mitsuha still enjoys the big-city life that she has always wanted. “What a weird dream…” Meanwhile, Taki – a Tokyo high school student – has a dream where he lives as a high school girl, in a town deep in the mountains that he has never been to before. What is the truth behind their dreams? This is an encounter between two who have never met before. Thus begins the miraculous story of one boy and one girl.


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