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ABS-CBN's Adds Filipino-Dubbed your name. to iWant TV Streaming Service

ABS-CBN added its Filipino-dubbed version of Makoto Shinkai's your name. (Kimi no Na wa.) anime film to its iWant TV streaming service on Tuesday.

ABS-CBN previously aired the anime during the channel's "Kapamilya Blockbuster Family Weekend" block on February 18, which also served as the film's television premiere in the Philippines. It earned a ratings average of 9.2%, and ranked #18 in the ratings on Sunday.

ABS-CBN's TAG channel was originally slated to air the Filipino-dubbed version of the film, but the channel recently shut down without airing the film.

your name. centers on Taki, a high school boy living in Tokyo who works part-time at a restaurant, and Mitsuha, a high school girl living in a town in rural Japan who wants to live in the city. One day, they begin switching bodies every time they sleep, and have to find a way to communicate with each other to manage each other's lives. Later, when they try to meet up physically for the first time, Taki discovers a secret that will lead to a race against time to try and save each other.

The film opened in Japan in August 2016, and has become the fourth highest-grossing film of all time in Japan, the second highest-grossing Japanese film, and the second highest-grossing anime film, with earnings of more than 25 billion yen (about US$225 million). The film opened in 92 countries and territories, and earned box-office achievements in South Korea, China, Hong Kong, Thailand, and Taiwan, in addition to Japan.

your name. opened in the Philippines in December 2016.

A live-action Hollywood adaptation of the film by Paramount Pictures and J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot Productions is in the works. Eric Heisserer (Arrival, Final Destination 5) is penning the script.

Thanks to Ian Pete Titular for the news tip.