One character that undoubtedly made a mark on audience members who went to watch Suzume no Tojimari was Daijin. A supernatural white cat, it was soon revealed to be more than a simple feline with ...

Harry Nugraha is a contributor from Indonesia. He is an anime addict first and a freelance writer second. He's been writing about anime and manga since 2020, and he loves to watch an unhealthy amount ...

Although one might feel weary in advance to hear Suzume is yet another anime in which a young person is enlisted into a struggle to save their family/hometown/Japan/the world, this one’s a keeper. A ...

Makoto Shinkai’s Suzume is an openhearted romantic adventure about inheriting a broken world. Photo: Crunchyroll It’s also about saving the day and falling in love under the skies that are Shinkai’s ...

SPOILER ALERT: This interview includes details about Crunchyroll’s Suzume. Writer-director Makoto Shinkai continues to reap the rewards of building his ecological cinematic universe. Following the ...

Admirers of the gifted Japanese writer-director Makoto Shinkai will recognize his touch from the opening moments of his often entrancing new animated feature, “Suzume.” An affecting story about love ...

Perhaps the most influential anime auteur of the last decade, Makoto Shinkai has a knack for making immense emotional stakes feel small. In his latest film, Suzume, a teen girl races against time to ...

In many of his recent films, director Makoto Shinkai has been influenced by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. With Suzume, Shinkai wanted to create a film with a disaster backdrop, but have the ...

A hit in its home territory of Japan late last year, the film now rolls out internationally after playing in competition at the Berlinale. By Leslie Felperin Contributing Film Critic Although one ...