The Greatest Thing About... Your Name.

About this episode

The hosts discuss the animated film Your Name, exploring various themes and personal feelings about the movie.

Hello everyone and welcome to The Greatest Thing About Your Name… Zac is fairly new to the anime of it all, makes his quibbles, but mostly lets the folks who love this movie do the talking. Body swaps, craters, creepy origins, we cover it all! This release is part of animation month, as we clear out a bunch of animated films from the backlog! Download. Listen. Enjoy! Show Notes: (Time:Stamp) General Thoughts…, Zac is an Anime Dummy, Some Spoiler Free Debate (0:01:00) Lauren & Ben Dive Deeper Into Their Feelings (0:13:00) Star Ratings & Spoilers for Your Name (0:21:00) What Don't You Like, Craters and Characters (0:25:00) Ending Chat (0:40:00) @middleofrow #nothe Want some more Middle of the Row in your life? Follow the site @MiddleofRow, Zac @ZacOldenburg, Lauren @BewareOfTrees, & Ben @WeirdestWizard

Topics covered

• anime
• Your Name
• body swaps
• animated films

Keywords

• animation month
• film discussion
• spoiler free debate

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Greatest Thing About... Your Name

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