JAPANESE ANIME SETS RECORDS IN ASIA「君の名は。」アジアで人気沸騰

A Japanese animation has been smashing box-office records in Asia. "Kimi no na wa," or "Your name.," is now the highest-grossing Japanese movie of all time in China and Thailand.
The film is a bittersweet love story about two high school students who swap bodies. It has been winning director Makoto Shinkai a lot of international attention.
The film's distributor says box-office sales in China have topped nine billion yen, or about 76 million dollars, in less than three weeks. It broke the record set by another Japanese animation, "Stand By Me Doraemon."
"Kimi no na wa" has also earned more than one million dollars in Thailand.
◆smash box-office records 　興行成績の記録を塗り替える
◆gross ～の総収益をあげる
◆of all time 史上最も～な
◆distributor 　配給会社
◆box-office sales 　興行収入

Daily Vocabulary(2017/01/12）

19221.be chained to(～に繋がれている）
It is as if we are chained to our smartphones.
19222.grow by leaps and bounds(飛躍的に成長する）
The technology in fields like smartphones is growing by leaps and bounds.
19223.put one's foot down(断固とした態度を取る）
You have to put your foot down and tell yourself to stop it.
19224.motive oneself(自分を奮い立たせる）
I try to motive myself by visualizing the time saved and all the meaningful activities I can spend it on instead.
19225.make a conscious effort to(～しようと意識的に努力する）
I think we all have to make a conscious effort to slow down.

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