In addition to the anime film that became the weekend box office winner with 930 million yen, both the novel version of Kimi no Na wa./your name written by the director Makoto Shinkai himself and the film's soundtrack album performed by four-member Japanese rock band RADWIMPS are taking No.1 spots in the latest weekly sales charts.

The novel was originally published from Kadokawa's Kadokawa Bunko imprint 85 days ago, June 18, and its highest ranking was 2nd makred twice in ealy July and late August. But after the huge opening of the film last weekend, it sold 74,000 copes, taking its first top spot in the Oricon weekly bunko sales charts. The 27-song soundtrack album was released on August 24 and sold 57,878 units in its first week, becoming the band's first weekly No.1 album in their career.

The film has already earned 1 billion yen from its first three days run, and distributor Toho expects it to

finish with a gross of about 6 billion yen. If their expectation is fulfilled, there is a possibility that it will

become one of the top-grossing Japanese films of the year.

Novel cover

"Zen Zen Zense" (movie version) by RADWIMPS

Soundtrack album limited edition CD jacket

Regular edition

Related publications:

"Official Visual Guide" (Kadokawa Shoten)

"Kimi no Na wa." Manga 1st volume (illustrated by Ranmaru Kotone/Kadokawa Media Factroy)

"Kimi no Na wa. Another Side:Earthbound" spin-off novel (written by Arata Kanoh/Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko)

"Shinkai Makoto Walker" (Kadokawa Magazines)

"Newtype" September 2016 issue (Kadokawa Shoten)

"MdN" October 2016 issue (MdN Corporation)

"CG World" October 2016 issue (Born Digital)

"Febri" vol.37 (Ichijinsha)

"Eureka" September 2016 issue (Seidosha)

Japanese trailer

Poster visual

Source: Oricon Style