New anime Your Name breaks Irish and UK records

Your Name is a new anime from director Makoto Shinkai which has just kicked off a limited run at cinemas across Ireland and the UK. And it's managed to break box office records at the same time!

Yesterday it expanded to 104 cinemas across Ireland and the UK and brought in a massive €127,350. That's a record breaker for a single day gross and also the largest number of screens ever for an anime release.

Which is excellent news as it might spur local cinemas to take on more high quality releases from Japan another Asian nations. We caught the film last night and it's an utterly gorgeous thing, a story of a young girl and guy with a strange connection.