After a long wait Since 2019 When Makoto Shinkai released his film 'Weathering With You' he has finally announced his new upcoming movie 'Suzume No Tojimari'. The film is set to be produced by CoMix Wave Films, written and directed by Makoto Shinkai. It features character designs by Masayoshi Tanaka, animation direction by Kenichi Tsuchiya, and art direction by Takumi Tanji.
The film is about Suzume, a 17-year-old girl who lives in a quiet town in the Kyushu region of southwestern Japan. The story begins when Suzume meets a young man looking for a "door". The two travel together and find an old door at an abandoned house in the mountains. As if pulled by something, Suzume reaches out her hand towards the door and is pulled in. "Doors of Disaster" begin to appear across Japan, which started a series of unfortunate disasters.
The film is a journey through Japan as Suzume needs to close and lock the "Doors of Disaster" one by one to stop the disasters, as well as an adventure and battle in the modern world in search of a girl's maturity and freedom.
Release Date
As of now the exact date of the film release hasn't been decided however, the film will be theatrically released in Japan in Late 2022. We can expect the film to be released anywhere between September - November during the Autumn period. We will update the information on the release date once it is confirmed.
Japanese: すずめの戸締まり
Hepburn: Suzume no Tojimari
Literally: Suzume's Locking-Up
Directed by: Makoto Shinkai
Written by: Makoto Shinkai
Production Company: CoMix Wave Films
Distributed by: Toho
Release date: 2022
Country: Japan
Original Language: Japanese
BONUSES
- Shinkai has been called "The New Miyazaki" in several reviews, including those by Anime Advocates and ActiveAnime—comparisons he calls an "overestimation".
- Voices of a Distant Star was followed by the 90-minute The Place Promised in Our Early Days, which was released nationwide in Japan on November 20, 2004. It was critically acclaimed, winning many honors. Shinkai's next project was 5 Centimeters per Second and premiered 3 March 2007. It consists of three short films: Cherry Blossom, Cosmonaut, and 5 Centimeters per Second. The total run time is about 63 minutes. In September 2007 Nagano's leading newspaper, Shinano Mainichi Shinbun, released a TV commercial animated by Shinkai.
- After winning the grand prize, Shinkai began thinking about a follow-up while he continued working for Falcom. In June 2000, Shinkai was inspired to begin Voices of a Distant Star by drawing a picture of a girl in a cockpit grasping a cell phone. Some time later, he was contacted by Manga Zoo (today a smartphone app), which offered to work with him, giving him a grant to turn his idea into an anime they could sell. In May 2001, he quit his job at Falcom and began to work on Voices. In an interview, Shinkai noted that production took around seven months of "real work".