Makoto Shinkai’s Suzume Anime Film Passes 4 Billion Yen in 2nd Weekend
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Even in Suzume’s second weekend, the Makoto Shinkai anime film continues to astound audiences in Japan. Today the latest box office figures for the film were released, confirming that it had a monster of a second weekend and has so far brought in over 4 billion yen at the Japanese box office, showing once again that Shinkai continues to dominate the anime film landscape.
As of November 20, Suzume has made 4.154 billion yen (US$29.07 million) on the back of 2.99 million tickets sold. Compared with Weathering With You’s second weekend, Suzume has an increase of 154 million yen and that was with Weathering With You being released in summer rather than November. Suzume is also ahead of your name’s 38.7 billion yen gross at the end of its second weekend but will likely see the 2016 film outpace it in the next week and steamroll ahead.
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Suzume is directed by Makoto Shinkai, who also penned the screenplay for the film alongside Masayoshi Tanaka as the character designer, Kenichi Tsuchiya as the animation director and Takumi Tanji as the art director with animation production at CoMix Wave Films.
Suzume was released in Japan on November 11 with Crunchyroll teaming up with Sony Pictures and Wild Bunch International to bring the feature to global audiences outside of Asia in early 2023.
The film is described as such:
On the other side of the door, was time in its entirety—
“Suzume no Tojimari” is a coming-of-age story for the 17-year-old protagonist, Suzume, set in various disaster-stricken locations across Japan, where she must close the doors causing devastation.
Suzume’s journey begins in a quiet town in Kyushu (located in southwestern Japan) 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 drawn 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, then sunset, and the morning sky.
Within that realm, it was as though all time had melted together in the sky…
Never-before-seen scenery, encounters and farewells… A myriad of challenges await her on her journey. Despite all the obstacles in her way, Suzume’s adventure shines a ray of hope upon our own struggles against the toughest roads of anxiety and constraints that make up everyday life. This story of closing doors that connect our past to the present and future will leave a lasting impression upon all of our hearts.
Drawn in by these mysterious doors, Suzume’s journey is about to begin.
Source: Mantan Web
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Daryl Harding is a Senior Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs a YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram.
