UK distributor Anime Limited has announced plans to offer a double bill theatrical screening for two of Makoto Shinkai’s latest films for the United Kingdom.

Fans in the UK will be able to watch the critically acclaimed 2016 film Your Name (Kimi no Na wa.) and the recent 2019 film Weathering With You (Tenki no Ko) together in the cinema in select locations as a double bill screening. These special screenings will be available on Wednesday 15th January 2020, a few days before the official UK nationwide screening of Weathering With You on Friday 17th January 2020.

The double-bill will be presented in Japanese audio with English subtitles and there will be a 10-minute interval between the two films.

Anime Limited and cinema distributor National Amusements have a special UK focused website dedicated to providing the cinema locations for the film, which includes the following below:

ODEON:

Odeon at the Quay

Odeon Belfast

Odeon Birmingham Broadway Plaza

Odeon Bournemouth

Odeon Covent Garden

Odeon Kingston

Odeon Liverpool One

Odeon Trafford Centre

Picturehouse:

Arts Picturehouse

Bromley Picturehouse

Cameo Cinema

Cinema City

City Screen Picturehouse

Crouch End Picturehouse

Greenwich Picturehouse

Hackney Picturehouse

Picturehouse at FACT

Ritzy Picturehouse

Showcase:

Showcase Bristol Cinema de Lux

Showcase Cardiff Nantgarw

Showcase Coventry Cinema de Lux

Showcase Leeds Cinema de Lux

Showcase Nottingham Cinema de Lux

Showcase Southampton Cinema de Lux

Vue:

Vue Cambridge

Vue Gateshead

Vue Islington

Vue Manchester Printworks

Vue North Finchley

Vue Norwich

Vue Sheffield

Vue Westfield London

Vue Westfield Stratford City

Others:

Dukes at Komedia (Brighton)

Fulham Palace (London)

Light House Cinema (Dublin)

Plot Synopsis (via Anime Limited):

“High school freshman Hodaka Morishima leaves his home on an isolated island and moves to Tokyo, but he quickly finds himself in financial trouble. Living his days in isolation, he eventually lands a job as a writer for a shady occult magazine. Then one day in an alley, Hodaka meets a young girl named Hina Amano, bright and strong-­willed, who possesses a strange and wonderful ability: the power to stop the rain and clear the sky.”

Makoto Shinkai directs the film at studio CoMix Wave Films. Anime Limited have the UK & Ireland theatrical and home video rights for both Your Name and Weathering With You.

For more information about the double bill screenings, you can visit the AllTheAnime blog for more details.