Makoto Shinkai

Two brothers turn their uncles' luxurious house into a motel for an entire summer.

In June 2021, first year high schooler Hodaka Morishima escapes to Tokyo in order to get away from his troubled home life in Kozu-shima. When his ferry to the city is hit by a torrential rainstorm, he subsequently meets Keisuke Suga, after he saved his life. As Hodaka begins to struggle financially due to a lack of job opportunities, he later finds a Makarov PM handgun that was abandoned in a trash can. He meets Hina Amano, an employee of a McDonald's restaurant, who takes pity on him and gives him food. Suga hires him as his assistant at a small occult magazine publishing company where they investigate urban legends related to the unusually rainy weather in Tokyo. They hear the legend of "sunshine girls" who can control the weather. Hodaka sees Hina being intimidated into working at a club. He attempts to intervene, but is attacked by the club owner. He draws the gun, and out of panic, fires it, barely missing him. Hina grabs him and takes him to Yoyogi Kaikan, an abandoned building with a shrine on the roof, where he throws the gun away after realizing his mistake. Hina shocks him by demonstrating her ability to clear the sky by praying. He later discovers that Hina lives alone with her brother Nagi, and they have no adult guardian. Seeing how they are also in financial trouble, Hodaka proposes to start a business together: a job to clear the weather for large social gatherings, such as weddings and parties. Their business becomes a success, however, Hina was filmed and broadcast on television after being hired to clear the sky for a fireworks display, leading to their site getting flooded with requests. They decide to temporarily suspend business to give them some time to rest. Meanwhile, the police are searching for Hodaka, as his family had filed a missing person report. They later trace Hodaka using a security camera, where he was captured using the gun. Officers arrive at Hina's apartment and interrogate her; Hina realizes that because they have no legal guardians, social services are going to separate her and Nagi. Suga, having also been visited by the police, fires Hodaka, explaining that police suspect him of kidnapping him. Hodaka, Hina, and Nagi try to run away but are halted by the weather, which is worsening, subsequently causing delays on public transport. Two police officers find them walking in the street, and tackle Hodaka to the ground, however, he is set free by Hina, who unintentionally uses her powers to send a bolt of lightning to a nearby truck, causing it to explode, distracting the officers. They eventually take shelter in a hotel. Hina reveals that her body is slowly turning transparent the more she uses her power, and reveals that her sacrifice will allow the weather to return to normal. The next day, Hina has vanished and the rain has stopped. The police track Hodaka to the hotel and take him into custody. Nagi is sent to the children's counseling center. Hodaka, realizing that he has fallen in love with Hina, wants to bring her back, and escapes from custody with the help of Suga's niece Natsumi. The police surround Hodaka in the abandoned building, but Suga, inspired by Hodaka's desperation to see Hina, helps him escape. At the rooftop shrine, Hodaka jumps through the shrine gate and is transported into the sky, where he finds Hina and asks her to leave with him, insisting that Hina let go of her worries about the weather and start living for herself. As soon as they come back to the rooftop shrine, Hina, Hodaka, Natsumi, Nagi, and Suga are all arrested, and the heavy rains resume. Hodaka is sentenced to a three-year probation and sent back to his home in Kozu-shima. Three years later, the rain has been falling without end in Tokyo, submerging much of the city. In the spring of 2024, having finished his probation, Hodaka graduates from high school and returns to Tokyo to start college. He meets with Suga, who has expanded his business. After Suga encourages him to find Hina, Hodaka finds her praying on a street overlooking the drowned city. They reunite, with Hodaka promising her that they will be all right.

On a rainy morning in Tokyo, 15-year-old Takao, an aspiring shoemaker, decides to skip class to sketch designs in a beautiful garden. This is where he meets Yukari, a beautiful yet mysterious woman. They strike an unlikely friendship. Takao, who dreams of becoming a shoemaker, skips school and is sketching shoes in a garden in the middle of Tokyo. He meets a mysterious woman, Yukino, who is older than him. Then, without arranging the times, the two start to see each other again and again, but only on rainy days. —unknown This short film follows Takao Akizuki, a 15 year old amateur shoe-maker who often skips classes to practice. With an unsupportive and broken family, he tends to visit the Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden when it rains for the peace it provides as well as a place to make his shoes in solitude. One rainy day he comes across a mysterious 27-year-old woman named Yukino. Both looking for a friend, they wind up unconsciously wanting to meet on rainy mornings, and it soon becomes a tradition between the two. While Takao is skipping his classes to design shoes, Yukino is also avoiding work due to deep personal problems. When Takao learns Yukino's identity, the two grow closer and both learn that they have been teaching each other "how to walk". Shinaki perfectly demonstrates feelings of longing and sadness, with just a glimmer of hope in this melancholic masterpiece. —Anonymous Takao, who is training to become a shoemaker, skipped school and is sketching shoes in a Japanese - style garden. He meets a mysterious woman, Yukino, who is older than him. Then, without arranging the times, the two start to see each other again and again, but only on rainy days. They deepen their relationship and open up to each other. But the end of the rainy season soon approaches. —yusufpiskin

Told in three interconnected segments, Takaki tells the story of his life as cruel winters, cold technology, and finally, adult obligations and responsibility converge to test the delicate petals of love. Takaki and Akari are two classmates in elementary school. During their time together they have become close friends. Their relationship is tested when Akari moves to another city because of her parents' jobs. Both of them struggle to keep their friendship alive, as time and distance slowly pulls them apart. When Takaki finds out that he is moving further away, he decides to visit Akari one last time. —Anonymous Takaki and Akari, two very close friends and classmates, attended elementary school together. One day, they cannot be together anymore because of Akari's family. Their plans to attend the same middle school are now shattered. The two continue to keep in touch via mails. However, as time goes by, the distance between the two grows larger and larger, making the possibility for them to meet again almost impossible. What fate awaits Takaki and Akari, and will they be able to meet again? —Scientiiaa

In an alternate postwar timeline, Japan is divided into the Union-controlled North and the US-controlled South. The story takes place in a alternate postwar period, in 1996, where Japan is divided. Hokkaido is ruled by the "Union" while Honshu and other southern islands are under US authority. A tall tower was built on Hokkaido, which could even be seen from Tokyo. In the summer of 1996, three middle-school students make a promise that they'll cross the border with a self-constructed plane and unravel the tower's secret, but their project was abandoned after the girl, Sayuri Sawatari, became mysteriously ill and transferred to Tokyo. Years later on the brink of another war Hiroki Fujisawa finds out that Sayuri had been in coma since then, and he asks Takuya Shirakawa to help him finding a way to wake her up. —Anonymous