your name.. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 2016 comic book
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your name.
Makoto Shinkai, 2016
movie vs comic book
Makoto Shinkai, 2016

High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.


your name.. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the book novelization
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your name.
Makoto Shinkai, 2017
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Makoto Shinkai, 2016

High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.


Belle. Poster of the 2021 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Belle
Mamoru Hosoda, 2021
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Mamoru Hosoda, 2021

Suzu Naito is a seventeen-year-old high school student who lives in the rural Kōchi prefecfure of Japan. For years, she has only been a shadow of herself. But when she enters “U”, a massive virtual world, she escapes into her online persona as Belle, a gorgeous and globally-beloved singer. One day, her concert is interrupted by a monstrous creature chased by vigilantes.


Belle. Poster of the 2021 movie and cover of the 1740 book, The Beauty and the Beast
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The Beauty and the Beast
Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, 1740
movie vs book
Mamoru Hosoda, 2021

Suzu Naito is a seventeen-year-old high school student who lives in the rural Kōchi prefecfure of Japan. For years, she has only been a shadow of herself. But when she enters “U”, a massive virtual world, she escapes into her online persona as Belle, a gorgeous and globally-beloved singer. One day, her concert is interrupted by a monstrous creature chased by vigilantes.