Suzume is a modern action adventure road movie in which a 17-year-old girl named Suzume assists a strange young man in closing exterior portals that are spewing calamities all around Japan. Suzume is directed and written by Shinkai, and he also wrote the screenplay of the film. Shinkai wrote[…]
On January 23, Jiji Press announced that Makato Shinkai’s anime film Suzume no Tojimari has been nominated at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival. The film is the first Japanese film to compete for the Golden Bear award since 2021, when director Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Guzen to Sozo” won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize.
Additionally, Suzume is […]
Suzume continues to hit milestone after milestone since its release last year. Not only it is standing strong in the top 10 highest-grossing films every week but has also become one of the highest-grossing films of all time. As of Sunday, which marks the movie’s tenth weekend, it has earned 12.49[…]
The new year brings a lot of new announcements and releases. For international manga readers, nothing is better than official English versions of manga. With that said, the popular manga publishing company Yen Press has made some big announcements lately. On Friday, Yen Press announced its first[…]
Makoto Shinkai’s latest work, Suzume, has taken the #10 spot among the highest-grossing anime films of all time in Japan.
Makoto Shinkai, the movie magician, has wreaked havoc with his latest film Suzume no Tojimari. The film dethrones One Piece Film: Red from the #1 spot in Japan and has been ruling there since its release. After conquering the Japanese box office, it’s time for the film to head for the global[…]
Makoto Shinkai’s ‘Suzume no Tojimari’ opened in Japan recently and has become a hot topic among otakus. Being a successor to a global superhit like ‘Your Name,’ the movie had an incredible amount of expectations tied to it. In terms of box office success, the movie has been doing splendidly[…]
Makoto Shinkai movies are the reason for the anime industry’s recent global popularity. After films like ‘Your Name’ and ‘Weathering With You,’ it’s only natural that his latest ‘Suzume no Tojimari’ breaks records at the box office. The film is based on Shinkai’s usual fantasy elements related[…]
On October 22, the official Twitter account of Makoto Shinkai’s new film Suzume no Tojimari (Suzume’s Door-Locking) announced that the film contains scenes of an earthquake and earthquake alert sounds.
The film’s production committee wishes to caution the audiences that although the earthquake alarms featured will sound realistic[…]
Suzume no Tojimari is Makoto Shinkai’s upcoming brainchild that every otaku has been looking forward to. After films like Your Name and Weathering With You, it’s only natural for the world to look forward to Shinkai’s next endeavor. This time, the movie magician is bringing us the concept of[…]
Doors often signify new beginnings and closures, but Makoto Shinkai has taken it to another level with Suzume no Tojimari. The film is, quite literally, about closing magical doors called ‘Doors of Disaster’ that have appeared all over Japan. These gates unleash various sorts of catastrophe[…]
Makoto Shinkai is making a solid comeback after three years with Suzume no Tojimari. After what we got from masterpieces like Your Name and The Garden of Words, I can only imagine how marvelous this one will be. There’s no doubt that the scenery and animation will be so mesmerizing that we[…]