天気の子
"A story about the secret of this world that only I and she know."
Weathering with You - Easter Eggs & Hidden Details
Easter Eggs
Taki Tachibana and Mitsuha Miyamizu, the protagonists of Makoto Shinkai's previous film "Your Name," make cameo appearances.
Taki appears as the grandson of an elderly woman who hires Hina to bring sunshine for an Obon ceremony. Mitsuha appears as a jewelry store clerk who sells Hodaka a ring for Hina. According to Shinkai, these events take place before the final reunion scene in "Your Name," though this creates timeline discrepancies as Tokyo is not flooded in that film's epilogue.
Other characters from "Your Name," including Mitsuha's friends Tessie and Sayaka, and her younger sister Yotsuha, also make brief appearances.
Tessie and Sayaka are seen on a Ferris wheel during a sunny period created by Hina. Yotsuha is seen among a group of students marveling at the sky. These cameos solidify the idea of a shared Shinkai universe, rewarding attentive fans of his work.
Yukari Yukino, the teacher from Shinkai's 2013 film "The Garden of Words," appears as a teacher at Mitsuha's high school in a flashback within "Your Name," and by extension, is part of the same connected universe.
While not a direct cameo in "Weathering with You," her appearance in "Your Name" establishes a tradition of interconnected characters across Shinkai's films, suggesting that all these stories inhabit different corners of the same world.
In a scene where Hodaka and Hina are in a karaoke booth, images of Godzilla, Hatsune Miku, and Aqua from "KonoSuba" can be seen in the background.
These are fun pop culture references. Godzilla is another iconic Toho property (the distributor of this film). The inclusion of popular anime and Vocaloid characters serves as a nod to wider Japanese pop culture.