Updated on April 13, 3:30 p.m. (GMT+8): Added Taiwan release date, improved relevancy.

With blockbuster films like Marvel Studios’ Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and A24’s Everything Everywhere All At Once, filmmakers have been keen to explore the idea of multiple universes existing at the same time.

The anime industry also has its own contender when it comes to the genre, with the release of companion films “To Every You I’ve Loved Before” and “To Me, The One Who Loved You” by Bakken Record and TMS Entertainment.

TMS Entertainment or Tokyo Movie Shinsha is one of the oldest animation studios in Japan and is known for working on classics such as Detective Conan, Fruits Basket, Lupin The Third, D.Gray-Man, and Magic Knight Rayearth, as well as new anime like Dr. Stone, ReLIFE, and Rent-A-Girlfriend.


To Every You I’ve Loved Before and To Me, The One Who Loved You release dates

To Every You I've Loved Before and To me, The One Who Loved You movie posters
Credit: Bakken Record, TMS Entertainment

Both films premiered on October 7, 2022, in Japanese theaters nationwide. The movie was also shown in Taiwan on February 10.

The two movies complement each other and can be watched in any order. They are based on Otono Yomoji’s Japanese science fiction romance novels, both of which were published on the same day, June 23, 2016.

The films follow the story of two boys who share the same name, Koyomi Takasaki, who later fall in love with two different girls in their own worlds.


To Every You I’ve Loved Before story and synopsis

In “To Every You I’ve Loved Before,” Koyomi Takasaki lives with his mother after his parents’ divorce. One day, his college prep school classmate, Kazune Takagawa, approaches him and tells him she is from World Line 85, where she and Koyomi are lovers.



To Me, The One Who Loved You story and synopsis

In “To Me, The One Who Loved You,” Koyomi Takasaki’s parents are also divorced, but he lives with his father instead.

He meets and falls in love with a girl named Shiori Satou at his father’s research lab. In an unfortunate turn of events, their parents also get into a relationship and eventually decide to marry each other.

Koyomi and Shiori then decide to travel to a parallel world where they are not stepsiblings.


To Every You I’ve Loved Before and To Me, The One Who Loved You characters and voice actors

To Me, The One Who Loved You trailer
Credit: Bakken Record, TMS Entertainment
CHARACTERJAPANESE VA
Koyomi TakasakiHio Miyazawa
Kazune TakigawaAi Hashimoto
Shiori SatouAju Makita

To Every You I’ve Loved Before movie trailer



To Me, The One Who Loved You movie trailer



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