Your Name: parents' guide
Best for ages 10 and up. Rated PG for thematic elements, suggestive content, brief language and smoking.
A gorgeous, emotional anime romance that works for most kids about 10 and up. A country girl and a Tokyo boy start waking up in each other's bodies, and the story turns into a race to save her town from a falling comet. The PG comes from a running gag in which the boy touches the girl's breasts each time he wakes up in her body, a little crude talk, and some smoking. The comet disaster kills many people, mostly off screen, and a major character's fate brings real grief, but the ending is hopeful. There is no gore and no sex.
What's in it
Violence
MildLittle physical violence: a comet destroys a town and kills hundreds, largely off screen, and in the girl's body the boy roughly grabs her father by the collar. A few falls and a bike crash.
Language
MildMild: an unfinished 'son of a...,' one 'dick,' plus 'sucks,' 'pervert,' 'stupid' and 'boobies,' and a father telling his daughter to shut up.
Sex and nudity
MildPlayed for laughs: the boy repeatedly touches the girl's breasts after waking in her body, she touches his crotch in a panic, and her bare back is seen in underwear. Nothing sexual happens between the leads.
Drinking, drugs and smoking
ModerateCigarette smoking appears in a couple of scenes, adults drink sake at gatherings, and a high schooler drinks a ritual sake offering at a shrine. No drunkenness.
Scary or intense scenes
ModerateTense evacuation scenes as a comet fragment heads for the town, the shock of learning many people died, and strong grief and longing. Not scary in a horror sense.
Worth talking about
Taki and Mitsuha come to understand each other by living each other's lives. Talk about how seeing the world from someone else's position changes the way you treat them.
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Checked October 13th, 2026 against Common Sense Media, movieguide.org, bbfc.co.uk, the MPA. The age is our judgment, not an official rating, and every family draws its lines differently: read the notes, not just the number. Spotted something we missed? Tell us. How we rate.