The following words have been attributed to a statement by Makoto
Shinkai on the matter:
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” ‘Your Name.’ is a film created with the innate imaginations of a Japanese team and put together in a domestic medium,” Shinkai said in a statement released by Japanese distributor Toho Co. “When such a work is imbued with Hollywood filmmaking, we may see new possibilities that we had been completely unaware of — I am looking forward to the live-action film with excited anticipation.”
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- via
Japan Times, Alex Martin -who observed in his article:
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"[...], the film became a social phenomenon, prompting “anime pilgrimages” to areas linked to the story in Shinjuku and the city of Hida, Gifu Prefecture."
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[Mone Kamishiraishi is not from Hida, Gifu and Ryunosuke Kamiki is not from Shinjuku, Tokyo. 石原まき子 is from Tokyo and -as far as I know- does not have Ainu ancestors, but that may be a different story -with the same name (1953).]