Makoto Shinkai's 'your name.' Novel Sells Over 1 Million 

Makoto Shinkai\'s \'your name.\' Novel Sells Over 1 Million

All tie-in books have sold 1.82 million copies

\'s original novel that inspired the film of the same name, has sold about 1,029,000 copies as of Tuesday. The novel and other tie-in books have collectively sold 1,820,000 copies. Related books and publications include the

spinoff novel by Arata Kanō, a children\'s book tie-in with illustrations by Chiko, the first volume of the manga adaptation by Kotone Ranmaru, the

The film sold 800,000 tickets over the past weekend for 1,076,000,000 yen (about US$10.6 million), to maintain its #1 ranking for the fourth straight weekend. As of Monday, the film earned 9.1 billion yen (about US$89 million) and sold 6.98 million tickets after 24 days in theaters. The film is poised to be the first anime film not made by

to earn over 10 billion yen (about US$98 million).

The film held its world premiere on July 3 in Los Angeles during Anime Expo, and it is slated to open in 85 countries and regions.

The film\'s "story of miracles and love" revolves around Mitsuha and Taki. Mitsuha is a female high school student who lives in a rural town nestled deep in the mountains. Her father is the mayor and isn\'t at home much, and she lives with her elementary school-aged little sister and her grandmother. Mitsuha has an honest personality, but she doesn\'t like the customs of her family\'s Shinto shrine, nor does she like her father participating in an election campaign. She laments that she lives in a confined rural town, and yearns for the wonderful lifestyle of living in Tokyo. Taki is a male high school student who lives in central Tokyo. He spends time with his friends, works part-time at an Italian restaurant, and is interested in architecture and fine arts. One day, Mitsuha has a dream where she is a young man. Taki also has a dream where he is a female high school student in a town in the mountains that he has never been to. What is the secret to their dreams of personal experience?

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