Makoto Shinkai is rapidly making a reputation for himself in the anime industry, in part because of his critically and award-winning films like Your Name and Weathering With You.
The anime movie, Suzume, is creating a lot of buzz at the box office in China as it prepares to open in theaters in North America for the first time later this month. In fact, judging by the trajectory of the anime film, it may very well be the biggest Japanese animated film to ever open in Chinese theaters.
Suzume made almost $50 million USD in China over the course of its first three days, which suggests that the earnings may surpass Japan’s total. After his most recent success, Shinkai has yet to declare what his next endeavor will be, but it appears that he won’t have any trouble coming up with new animated works based on his prior accomplishments. It will be fascinating to see if an anime movie will unseat Mugen Train in the near future given how popular anime is becoming in general.
Suzume anime will open in North America on April 14.
The anime’s English dub cast includes:
- Nichole Sakura as Suzume
- Josh Keaton as Sо̄ta Munakata
- Jennifer Sun Bell as Tamaki Iwato
- Joe Zieja as Tomoya Serizawa
- Lena Josephien Marano as Daijin
- Bennet Hetrick as Suzume (Young)
- Rosalie Chiang as Chika Amabe
- Roger Craig Smith as Minoru Okabe
- Amanda C. Miller as Rumi Ninomiya
- Mela Lee as Miki
- Cam Clarke as Hitsujiro Munakata
- Allegra Clark as Tsubame Iwato
- Abby Trott as Aya
- Jennie Kwan as Mami
- Jake Eberle as Shige
Suzume no Tojimari anime movie premiered in Japan on November 11.
CoMix Wave Films portrays the anime film as following:
“On the other side of the door, was time in its entirety—
17-year-old Suzume’s journey begins in a quiet town in Kyushu when she encounters a young man who tells her, “I’m looking for a door.” What Suzume finds is a single weathered door standing upright in the midst of ruins as though it was shielded from whatever catastrophe struck. Seemingly mesmerized by its power, Suzume reaches for the knob…
Doors begin to open one after another all across Japan, unleashing destruction upon any who are near. Suzume must close these portals to prevent further disaster.
The stars
The sunset
The morning sky
Within that realm, it was as though all time had melted together in the sky—
Drawn in by this mysterious door, Suzume’s journey is about to begin.”
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The anime movie’s staff includes:
- Makoto Shinkai as the director and screenplay writer
- Masayoshi Tanaka as the character designer
- Kenichi Tsuchiya as the animation director
- Takumi Tanji as the art director
- CoMix Wave Films and Story Inc. are producing the movie
- TOHO as the distributor
Your Name, the Japanese romantic/fantasy anime movie debuted on August 26, 2016, and it managed to sell tickets worth US$380.15 million.
Weathering With You romantic/fantasy anime movie opened on July 19, 2019 in Japan and managed to sell tickets worth US$ 193.65 million.
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