Makoto Shinkai's Suzume His Most Successful UK Film

Makoto Shinkai’s critically acclaimed film Suzume is officially his most successful film in the UK and Ireland. The film, released by Crunchyroll in the UK and Ireland, has now ed the lifetime grosses of Your Name (£621,000) and Weathering With You (£558,000) with a current gross of £842,410.

Suzume was released in both Japanese language and an English dub version led by Nichole Sakura in cinemas across North America, Latin America and Europe earlier this month. The cumulative gross from these releases stands at approximately $19M, which may not be world breaking figures. For Anime or even foreign language film it’s fantastic.

Our writer Calum Cooper watched the film, giving it 4 stars calling it a ‘compelling, beautiful story from one of the anime’s richest minds. As Guillermo Del Toro has rightfully been championing, animation is cinema. Suzume is cinema‘.

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On the other side of the door, was time in its entirety—

Suzume 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 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 farewell. A myriad of challenges await her on her journey. Despite 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.