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Movie · 2016

This breathtakingly animated Japanese fantasy follows two teens who mysteriously swap bodies and slowly fall in love across time and distance. It is rated PG but carries genuinely mature themes, including a comet disaster that kills hundreds, and recurring body-curiosity humor that is best suited to older viewers.

Confident readers and tweens who enjoy emotional stories with a touch of fantasy and romance, roughly ages 12 and up.

Scary imageryPeril & tensionViolenceLoss & griefBig emotionsLanguageBehavior modeledLoud or startling soundsRomance & innuendoDrinking, drugs & smokingOld-school gender roles

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Romance & innuendoearly scenes, recurring through the first actMild

Each morning after a body-swap, both teens check and adjust to the other's body in ways played for awkward comedy rather than anything explicit; a good moment to gauge whether the humor suits your child before the story deepens.

Old-school gender rolesearly scenes, recurring through the first actMild

Each time Taki wakes in Mitsuha's body, he touches her chest as a comedic beat; this happens several times and is the film's main source of body-related humor.

Loss & griefthe midpoint turnModerate

Taki discovers that the town and everyone in it, including the girl he has been connecting with, was destroyed by a comet years earlier; the shift from light fantasy to grief-heavy drama is abrupt and may catch kids off guard.

6 more moments are in the full report. See all of them, checked against your own family’s settings, in Little Longer.