Your name.'s Trailer Gets Reworked Into Horror Film 

your name.\'s Trailer Gets Reworked Into Horror Film

"Wherever you are in the world, I\'m going to go and see you... NO MATTER WHAT"

tells the tale of two seemingly ordinary youngsters who switch bodies in their dreams and become determined to meet each other in real life. It is very sentimental and romantic, like

\'s other films, but also has an optimistic, hopeful tone. But could its premise have been used for a horror story instead? @nobu_llllllllll reworked

\'s trailer on Twitter, demonstrating both how unsettling the premise is and how easily editing and scoring can influence our perceptions.

First, here is the original trailer, with translated dialogue for reference:

Boy: I\'ve been searching for something for a while.

Text: A high school boy who lives in the heart of the city - Taki

Mitsuha: The guys are starting! I\'ve gotta watch out for my skirt.

Text: The switched up daily life of two people who would never have met each other.

Taki: Don\'t mess with my relationships, alright?

Text: The dream that they should have seen.

Operator Voice: The number you have dialed is out of the coverage area...

Mitsuha: If we don\'t do anything, everyone will die tonight.

Text: A story of a miraculous day when the stars fell.

Grandmother: Dreams eventually disappear when you wake up.

Taki: Don\'t worry. I\'m sure we\'ll make it.

Taki: I had been thinking to tell you that wherever you are in the world, I\'m going to go and see you no matter what!

Taki: The scene looked like something out of a dream.

Taki: I\'ve been searching for something for a while.

Taki: That day, when the stars fell, was almost like...

Mitsuha: The scene looked like something out of a dream.

Text: Wherever you are in the world... I\'m going to go and see you no matter what.

The edit suggests that the movie isn\'t even about body-switching anymore, yet the dream connection remains... in a much more sinister context. The new trailer struck a chord with Japanese fans, garnering 85,000 retweets and over 20,000 views on

itself, meanwhile, has struck a chord with Japanese audiences as well. It has earned 10 billion yen (about $99 million) at the box office, a record for an anime film unassociated with

made in an equivalent amount of time. According to the director, "This box office revenue is not exactly proportional to my own ability... I don\'t have 10 billion yen worth of merit."

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