Makoto Shinkai's your name. Film's Trailer Previews RADWIMPS Music 

Makoto Shinkai\'s your name. Film\'s Trailer Previews RADWIMPS Music

Film\'s world premiere to take place at Anime Expo in Los Angeles on July 3

Note: the linked video is blocked in some regions

). The official Twitter account of the film revealed that the video previews a track titled "Sparkle," one of 20 musical pieces that RADWIMPS is composing for the film\'s soundtrack, and also features the film\'s theme song "Zen Zen Zense," also by RADWIMPS.

Boy: I\'ve been searching for something for a while.

Text: A high school boy who lives in the heart of the city - Taki

Mitsuha: The guys are starting! I\'ve gotta watch out for my skirt.

Text: The switched up daily life of two people who would never have met each other.

Taki: Don\'t mess with my relationships, alright?

Text: The dream that they should have seen.

Operator Voice: The number you have dialed is out of coverage area...

Mitsuha: If we don\'t do anything, everyone will die tonight.

Text: A story of a miraculous day when the stars fell.

Grandmother: Dreams eventually disappear when you wake up.

Taki: Don\'t worry. I\'m sure we\'ll make it.

Taki: I had been thinking to tell you that wherever you are in the world, I\'m going to go and see you no matter what!

Taki: The scene looked like something out of a dream.

The official website is also streaming a 30-second teaser version of the trailer.

Anime Expo will host the film\'s world premiere on July 3 in Los Angeles. Shinkai will attend the screening. The film opens in Japan on August 26.

film\'s "story of miracles and love" revolves around Mitsuha and Taki. Mitsuha is a female high school student who lives in a rural town nestled deep in the mountains. Her father is the mayor and isn\'t at home much, and she lives with her elementary school-aged little sister and her grandmother. Mitsuha has an honest personality, but she doesn\'t like the customs of her family\'s Shinto shrine, nor does she like her father participating in an election campaign. She laments that she lives in a confined rural town, and yearns for the wonderful lifestyle of living in Tokyo. Taki is a male high school student who lives in central Tokyo. He spends time with his friends, works part-time at an Italian restaurant, and is interested in architecture and fine arts. One day, Mitsuha has a dream where she is a young man. Taki also has a dream where he is a female high school student in a town in the mountains that he has never been to. What is the secret to their dreams of personal experience?

(Top row, from left to right in image above)

Umi) will play Miki, an older schoolmate whom Taki admires, and

(Bottom row, from left to right in image above)

will play Mitsuha\'s classmates Katsuhiko Teshigawara and Sayaka Natori, respectively.

will play Taki\'s classmates Tsukasa Fujii and Shinta Takagi, respectively. Child actor

will play Mitsuha\'s younger sister Yotsuba Miyamizu.

Shinkai published the original novel that inspired the film on June 18, ahead of the film\'s opening. Shinkai has previously written novels tied to his

films have received novelizations by different authors.

Thanks to South Pathnet and Dennis R. for the embedded videos.

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