‘Suzume’: an epic adventure of magic and self-discovery, worms and all. すずめの戸締まり. Even the spot where the chair "Souta" was holding the worm in the movie looked like the fallen meteor. Read the topic about Suzume no Tojimari Episode 1 Discussion on MyAnimeList, and join in the discussion on the largest online anime and manga database in the world! Join the online community, create your anime and manga list, read reviews, explore the forums, follow news, and so much more! (Topic ID: 2057098) (100 - )Read the topic about Suzume no Tojimari Episode 1 Discussion on MyAnimeList, and join in the discussion on the largest online anime and manga database in the world! Join the online community, create your anime and manga list, read reviews, explore the forums, follow news, and so much more! (Topic ID: 2057098) (100 - )Tapping into the Japanese national zeitgeist once again with “Suzume,” writer-director Makoto Shinkai surpasses his peers in making films for and about teenagers. Read the topic about Suzume no Tojimari Episode 1 Discussion on MyAnimeList, and join in the discussion on the largest online anime and manga database in the world! Join the online community, create your anime and manga list, read reviews, explore the forums, follow news, and so much more! (Topic ID: 2057098) (100 - )EditSynopsis. . The core of the film is really about Suzume finding a way to step out of her past, closing the door on those painful memories and moving forward. The cat, Daijin, is originally a stone. Building a fantasy around a real tragedy. Souta is about to depart when the cat returns and turns Souta into a three. Their body is primarily made of a brain with a nerve cord attached internally with a skin-like texture externally. Suzume meets Souta and Daijin, who show her the existence of an entire world in Japan. Earthworms do not have eyes, so they cannot see. (See: Blackberry, Tetris, Flamin' Hot. After all, that was the film that put Shinkai on the map and made him a household name for anime fans all over the world. Abandoned Area: Doors appear in abandoned areas because the disappearance of the emotions from those who previously lived there creates an imbalance with the Ever After. Suzume is a true-blue Makoto Shinkai film, which means it has all of the director’s strengths and weaknesses. While the magical journey that Suzume undertakes is fictional, her backstory, and the idea for the plot as a whole, came from a very real event. Not this one, not this one. Rmaniak. 2. Both guided the female lead. It’s up to the. Earthquakes are a repeated motif in Suzume. Why can Suzume see the Worm and Ever-After? As a little child, Suzume entered a door that took her to Ever-After; this seems to have given her the ability to see the Worm and Every-After. There were also many other foreshadowing clues scattered throughout the story, such as Suzume only being able to see worms, Tamaki not being her real mother, and the chair only. When Suzume finds one of such doors near her hometown, she unwillingly releases a guardian deity, freeing the supernatural force it was guarding, called "the Worm". Suzume sees a giant worm from legend floating in the sky and being pursued by a mysterious boy named Souta. One day, Suzume meets. The concept for Suzume no Tojimari was first pitched by Makoto Shinkai on April 12, 2020 ( see tweet ), which would’ve been in the depths of the first wave of the COVID pandemic. Writer-director Makoto Shinkai continues to reap the rewards of building his ecological cinematic universe. Suzume can't walk through the opening; instead, she's left peering at the enticing evening-hued realm lurking within its frame. Suzume opens the door to discover a darkly familiar netherworld beyond, but in so doing unwittingly transforms the idol guarding the portal from its stone form into a cat, who scampers away, and unleashes an oddly phallic worm-shaped whirlwind monster of black smoke and fire into her own dimension. It was the place she found a door and she could see Souta pushing back the door, which spewing the black thing. The worms are accumulations of people's feelings connected to places, that manifest as earthquakes. Yes, giant doors with large worm-like forces bursting through them causing earthquakes are unreal in every sense of the word but you won’t think about that while watching. While Suzume’s journey kicks off when she meets Sōta, the movie isn’t solely. Suzume and Souta rushed to find a new door that had opened again somewhere. The natural phenomenon at the heart of Suzume, Shinkai’s latest ecological fantasy tale, is the earthquake. (spoilers abound btw!!) Rather easy to see actually: the disaster in Weathering, climate change, is caused by human hands. The task of holding that monster at bay — of keeping this Worm from literally turning — falls to the unlikely figure of Suzume (voiced by Nanoka Hara in the Japanese-language version), a 17. Seemingly mesmerized by its power, Suzume reaches for the knob…. Suzume, the latest CoMix Wave Films Makoto Shinkai movie, is centered around Suzume Iwato, a girl living in rural Japan with her aunt Tamaki. A large, black cat transforms into a white creature and begins fighting the worm. Read the topic about Suzume no Tojimari Episode 1 Discussion on MyAnimeList, and join in the discussion on the largest online anime and manga database in the world! Join the online community, create your anime and manga list, read reviews, explore the forums, follow news, and so much more! (Topic ID: 2057098) (100 - )The Heavenly Demon Cant Live a Normal Life. Sadly yes, the cat does die in the film. the magnificent atmosphere of the sky when the 'Giant Worm' starts to come out of the door, and the. I don't quite understand if that is another version of herself or if it is her past that she was able to let go. When Suzume first discovers one of those doors, she looks into it and recognizes the interdimensional place on the other side, though she can’t. Written and directed by the man behind such esteemed anime outings as Weathering with You and Your Name. It’s a theme that the Ever-After and its Monsters, Inc. 10/31/2023. When Suzume returns to school, the earth trembles, and she notices a massive red creature known as “the worm” appearing from the door she just left. The narrative is stronger, deeper, and holds up way better than Your Name does. The premise was truly intriguing with several doors at abandoned places in need of getting closed in order to stop the gigantic worms from causing natural disasters. brought a chair to life. The entire story revolves around Suzume and Souta trying to stop Daijin from. However, with the release of Suzume, there is considerable confusion about the film’s connection to Shinaki’s previous works, such as Your Name and Weathering With You. Admittedly, Suzume features more giant-earthquake-worm battles, just enough that the immediate comparison fades away. Suzume is a story about resilience and peopleSuzume and chair-Sōta trek across Japan together, closing doors and containing the worm all the way to Tokyo. In a recent Q&A at. A recap of Suzume‘s ending. Still and all, Suzume ultimately stands. trying to stop them before Tokyo is destroyed by the worm. Suzume, to me, is ultimately a film about finding and achieving closure. Suzume is named after its heroine, voiced by Nanoka Hara – a high-schooler in a coastal town who is destined to be this story’s world-saving Chosen One, à la Harry Potter or Neo in The Matrix. 5) "Cat" is cute and holds a few surprises for you. Suzume is suddenly thrust into the role of protector after she accidentally dislodges a keystone meant to entrap an otherworldly worm. "The" worm. Suzume opened in Japan late last year and earned $103 million. S. On her way to school one day, Suzume Iwato stumbles upon Souta Munakata, a young man searching for abandoned areas. She ends up following him to find a door in her hometown, and in so doing. There is some action uncommon for a Shinkai film, from battling the forces of destruction to chairs chasing cats. -esque magic doors have been clearly crafted for, but it finds itself a little crowded out by all the other passengers the narrative picks up. The flooding of Tokyo depicted in Weathering With You could play a crucial role in Makoto Shinkai's upcoming project. Why it turned Souta to the chair and said it cannot turn him back again because he is now a keystone. Suzume falls into a fiery heap, but Daijin breaks her fall. The new film delves into the topic of dimensions. That's the primary quest that propels the story's plot. It earned over $322 million worldwide in its initial theatrical run. These underworld dwellers, controlled by Gods using Kaname-ishi stones, form a. it was so beautiful!Yes, but not super accurately. The cat was. The lack of Makoto Shinkai's typical, knee-slapping humor and RADWIMPS and Toaka's prosaic theme song "Suzume" also leaves a relatively dull impression. The film helps people understand how crucial. 7/10. Suzume and the women she meets on her journey are connected by the act of giving. Suzume provides examples of:. #1. Tapping into the Japanese national zeitgeist once again with “Suzume,” writer-director Makoto Shinkai surpasses his peers in making films for and about teenagers. When Suzume inadvertently sets an apocalyptic event in motion, she must then join forces with Souta to contain the Worm so it doesn't destroy Japan. 3. When Suzume removed the stone from the ground, she unleashed the deity. The first 3 reasons are spoiler-free, as long as you’ve seen the. advertisement. Maggie Dela Paz. As Suzume travels, closing the doors to the afterlife/other-world and preventing the worm from wreaking havoc, she realises her rare ability to see the worm is because she has gone into the realm. As Suzume travels, closing the doors to the afterlife/other-world and preventing the worm from wreaking havoc, she realizes her rare ability to see the worm is because she has gone into the realm. Home; News. One day, she meets Souta, a young man looking for ruins in the area. Suzume is about a 17-year-old girl who teams up with a young man to close interdimensional rifts across Japan, through which a supernatural worm might enter our world and cause catastrophic seismic events. Suzume (Nanoka Hara) is a normal 17-year-old high school girl, who lives with her aunt in the south of Japan. ”. Rating: 4/5. As if drawn by something, Suzume reaches for the. An alternate theory is that Suzume’s mother was a Closer, too, so their family can see the Worm. Crunchyroll has announced the upcoming streaming debut of 2022’s acclaimed anime film Suzume, which hails from Your Name director Makoto Shinkai. However, the movie left me a little disappointed in one part, as not even one of the songs was. Now 50 years old, the anime master christened his latest blockbuster after its heroine, Suzume Iwato (voiced by Nanoka Hara), a 17-year-old orphan on the southwestern. When Suzume inadvertently sets an apocalyptic event in motion, she must then join forces with Souta to contain the Worm so it doesn't destroy Japan. He explains that Suzume's ability to see the worm and the Ever-After through the doors, means that in some point in her life she entered the realm through one of the doors. Suzume is a Japanese movie set in Japan, with a Ja. I believe the worm in "Suzume" is the meteor from "Your Name". The first hour or so follows a road trip format, while the rest deals more about actually stopping the worm. The mischievous. With your name. By setting Daijin free, Suzume has also released the Worm, a giant smoke-like, semi phallic, gargantuan entity that sprouts out of the door, rises into the air and, if not stopped, will cause an. [0:11′] Suzume helps the quy to close and lock the. Shinkai explained that “Suzume’s” giant, supernatural worm was inspired by Japanese mythology about a giant catfish that lived deep beneath Japan and caused earthquakes and other disasters. Since then, she’s been looked after by her aunt Tamaki. Makato Shinkai weaved an intriguing romance-fantasy as expected in Suzume, but there are still some plot inconsistencies and disjointed threads. Many things in society will come to a dramatic end, or be dramatically changed. Suzume is a 17-year-old girl who lives in Kyushu. 😩. It’s only fitting then that his latest film Suzume carries a different message—dealing with Japan’s collective grief a decade after the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Or at least, that is what I chose to believe. There are a few ways to watch Suzume online in the U. The high school girl directs Souta to a nearby ruin, but out of pure curiosity, she herself. Hit me with some trivia As per IMDB : Makoto Shinkai cites the short story Super-Frog Saves Tokyo and the novel Kafka on the Shore , both by Haruki Murakami, as well the anime film Kiki’s Delivery. Suzume saved Souta in the Ever-After. DevelopAn image of humans battling a Namazu. When she sees Suzume running on the road, the girl offers her a lift. Finally, I noticed that Morisaki Sensei (forcefully) opened the door to Agartha with a key while in Suzume, Souta and his family are closing doors with a key. I’m eager to see how this film translates to international audiences: what makes sense, what. Following. Below, we look at some of them. You notice that when they close the gates they have to feel the emotions. The film was released on November 11, 2022. Each time she closes a door, she is overcoming her grief as well as preventing other people from experiencing the same thing. Jokes & giggles are less frequent. For most of. See? Watch, check this out! Won’t open. Director Makoto Shinkai (Your Name) explains how his team of animators created a 3D chair that could run along pavement, and why he put a character in that form. She receives from them and also gives to them. In the movie, we see Suzume when she's still a kid, blacken out all of the dairy after 11th of March, shows that how people in Japan just wanted to buried it but yet still. if you’re from Japan. To have Suzume see her younger self, to find hope and a willingness to go on, in ways to find herself back through a different version of her?. ago. Maybe it triggered a motherly response to see her daughter spurned so, especially by someone who was supposed to be her mother figure. The high school girl directs Souta to a nearby ruin, but out of pure curiosity, she herself decides to. Fans of famed animator Makoto Shinkai might find parts of his latest effort familiar, but there’s enough here to make. It is still pretty, but it is pretty in roughly the same way as Your Name or Weathering With You. Drama Mystery Supernatural Thriller. I swear suzume characters can be expanded much much more if its a 1 season of anime instead of 1 movie. During Suzume's first venture into the abandoned public bath, she jumped over the railing that cordoned off the area. Suzume feels like Shinkai’s answer to a Marvel movie, as close as he’ll ever get to a superhero blockbuster, where a menacing worm that threatens to destroy Japan. Suzume is also way more action packed (in a good way!) but sorta less accessible than Your Name and Weathering With You in terms of mythology (which isn't bad). With Nanoka Hara, Hokuto Matsumura, Eri Fukatsu, Shôta Sometani. Now 50 years old, the anime. theaters now. Upon locating the door in her hometown, Suzume passed through the door with Daijin and located Sota, only to pull him from the worm. Now 50 years old, the anime master christened his latest blockbuster after its heroine, Suzume Iwato (voiced by Nanoka Hara), a 17-year-old orphan on the southwestern island of Kyushu. The worm lives up to its moniker, sprawling high into and across the sky, and sending its red tendrils far and wide. With “Suzume,” he references the 3/11 tremors and tsunami outright in the film’s prologue as Suzume stumbles through what seems like a parallel dimension alone, facing the surreal. Overall: The important thing to understand is that the worm, just like the keystones, isn’t good or bad. Unchecked, and for some fateful reason. In zowel Suzume als Blind Willow ontstaan aardbevingen door een kwade worm die onder de grond leeft. The Disappointing Localization Suzume, directed by Shinkai Makoto, is an animated film that showcases abundant craftsmanship and ambition. Suzume feels like Shinkai’s answer to a Marvel movie, as close as he’ll ever get to a superhero blockbuster, where a menacing worm that threatens to destroy Japan and only a junior high school girl and a sentient chair stand in its way. One of its legs snapped off, though Suzume can't remember how. Now 50 years old, the anime. For example, if I'm talking about another way, rather than showing you like a scientific earthquake, I can show it like a giant worm that is crashing and causing natural disasters. Which means that Souta who came after Suzume, rather than jumping over it, he. “The First Encounter” (二人の出逢い, Futari no Deai) – Yojiro Noda [0:03′] Suzume meets a cute guy who asks her about some ruins in the area. Tapping into the Japanese national zeitgeist once again with “Suzume,” writer-director Makoto Shinkai surpasses his peers in making films for and about teenagers. For example, Suzume lost her mother during the Fukushima tsunami and is haunted by that experience. Suzume (すずめの戸締まり, Suzume no Tojimari) is the seventh feature film produced by Makoto Shinkai. When Suzume and Souta close the doors that allow the earthquake-causing worm to enter our world, they call upon the memories of the people who once lived in the abandoned areas destroyed by these. Annelids (segmented worms) include garden earthworms, but their ocean relatives come in many colors, shapes, and sizes. The stranger is named Souta Manakata (Hokuto Matsumura). SPOILER ALERT: This interview includes details about Crunchyroll’s Suzume. Read the topic about Suzume no Tojimari Episode 1 Discussion on MyAnimeList, and join in the discussion on the largest online anime and manga database in the world! Join the online community, create your anime and manga list, read reviews, explore the forums, follow news, and so much more! (Topic ID: 2057098) (100 - )Now 50, the anime master named his latest blockbuster after heroine Suzume Iwato (voiced by Nanoka Hara), a 17-year-old orphan from the southwestern island of Kyushu who embarks on a cross-country journey to prevent a. Suzume brings Sota back to her house since he is. Honestly though, I love that. In the finale of Suzume no Tojimari, Suzume and Souta effectively seal the worm, preventing it from being released into the real world. Characters are mature. . Still, this goes against progressive storytelling, diversity and equality -- which may be why Shinkai reached a cheeky compromise and made Souta a chair. The entire. Now 50 years old, the anime. On her way to school one day, Suzume Iwato stumbles upon Souta Munakata, a young man searching for abandoned areas. Suzume is the fourth highest-grossing anime film of all time. As you tend to your garden this summer, there's a creepy, crawly creature to be on the lookout for: an invasive worm that moves like a. Fascinated by the. The worm lives in the Ever-After, seen through the gates, beneath all of Japan. There is a connection between suzume and the worm. Souta and Suzume seal the worm back into its cage time and time again with a prayer to the gods, symbolically returning the land to the forces that existed before humans. She was the Seal Stone that Suzume accidentally removed. Suzume helped him and closed up the door. The movie follows Suzume around as she embarks on a bizarre adventure around Japan. What Suzume finds is a single weathered door standing upright in the midst of ruins as though it was shielded from whatever catastrophe struck. Shinkai’s latest feature, Suzume, has been more than four years in the making and it looks at a listless 17-year-old who finds herself on an unexpected mission to protect Japan from paranormally. Earthworms cannot use these cells to see, but they help worms detect light and changes in light intensity. In a bizarre turn of events, Suzume opens the door to the afterlife that only she can see. Suzume. After its international premiere in Berlin, the film will roll out in international markets throughout the spring, likely becoming. How a Murakami story about a worm inspired two new animated films You wait ages for a film about a giant, earthquake-causing worm, then two come along at. Hell, we don’t even need to consider themes, just look at the plot! The world is under threat from a. It should come as no surprise, then, that one of the movie’s biggest strengths is. -esque magic doors have been clearly crafted for, but it finds itself a little crowded out by all the other passengers the narrative picks up. Her mother might have even also be a Closer herself, which would give Suzume the ability to be a. Shinkai himself said in regard to his film, "Over the decades of our lives, we’ll experience many forms of disaster, I think. We follow 17-year-old schoolgirl Suzume as she meets a beautiful stranger named Souta. The film holds. Going back to school and trying to forget what happened, Suzume is startled to see a red force shaped like (and referred to as) a worm coming from the horizon. The age difference between Suzume and Souta—a gap of five years—is one topic that many fans have brought up and are vehemently debating online. In Your Name, Mitsuha’s hometown was in Itomori which was part of the Gifu Prefecture, while Taki was an inhabitant of Tokyo. She directs him to the remains of an onsen resort, then later decides to. With the new film 'Suzume,' the Japanese filmmaker recounts it directly for the first time. This would have fleshed out an inexplicable pull to Suzume, with the Worm and white cat luring her in from young. Now the cat wants Suzume out of the way for himself and Sōta. by Fanboy SEO · March 8, 2023. Crunchyroll Reviewer Bob Hoose Movie Review When Suzume was only four, she lost her mother in a horrible tsunami that destroyed her family’s small town. With the new film 'Suzume,' the Japanese filmmaker recounts it directly for the first time. Some fantasy violence. My interpretation is that probably the two Keystones were unleashed and that the Closers at that time were unable to stop the worms on time. Suzume realises that it is her 4-year-old self when she got lost. Tapeworm. In Makoto Shinkai 's newest film, the main character, Suzume, picks up a cat statue only for it to turn into a real cat. The closer's job is to literally close to the door to the past, and Suzume's story is about learning to move on from her tragic past and look forward to the future. Firstly, there's the physical act of closing doors in lonely, abandoned places. Ana Carballosa/Prime. Suzume and a man named Souta Munakata. Everyone can see that cat except the two who need to find it the most: Suzume and Sota. Instead a young man wanders Japan, closing magic doors to shut out an otherworld worm that could cause a new earthquake. Together they reach the spot, where they find the door in an old abandoned school with the cat greeting them on their arrival. Now 50 years old, the anime master christened his latest blockbuster after its heroine, Suzume Iwato (voiced by Nanoka Hara), a 17-year-old orphan on the southwestern island of Kyushu. The keystone Daijin is a god in the form of a cat. Suzume excavates it out of the earth at the location of a magical door. In an attempt to follow a cute boy and see what he’s really up to, Suzume decides to skip class to chase. Tapping into the Japanese national zeitgeist once again with “Suzume,” writer-director Makoto Shinkai surpasses his peers in making films for and about teenagers. Shinkai films (especially after Kimi no na Wa) generally follow a similar pattern: Supernatural disaster + Couple + Poorly Defined Romantic Relationships = Movie. Swirling, worm-smoke creatures can burst forth from these interdimensional portals and create a massive and deadly earthquake in our world unless someone closes and locks the gate with a special key. This makes it clear that despite the gleaning gloss of its color palette, Suzume has an eye too for the somber and mournful. The film is Suzume, or Suzume no Tojimari (Suzume Locking. Suzume is an important film, and I’d like to talk about it, as well as the many complaints leveled against the film’s writer-director, Makoto Shinkai. An alternate idea is that Suzume’s mom was a Nearer, too, so their household can see the Worm. There are three distinct types of closure in the movie. Suzume seals the worm away to prevent the death of Tokyo, and she falls to the ground when the worm explodes. Suzume and Souta set out to stop the spirit of a worm-like creature from wreaking havoc and causing earthquakes. Various types of intestinal worms can affect people. That is until one fateful encounter with a mysterious and handsome man named Souta changes everything. Only Closers (and Suzume) can see the Eldritch Abominations and do something about. Suzume has grossed more than $220 million worldwide since its release last year, becoming the fourth-highest grossing film in Japan last year. The devastating events of March 11th, 2011, have greatly influenced Shinkai’s last three movies. Suzume felt that they had met before when she first met Souta. As I talked about at the beginning. SUZUME. The 17-year-old lives in Kyushu with her aunt Tamaki (Eri Fukatsu and Jennifer Sun Bell), when a mysterious and very pretty. The mythological reference behind the cats in Suzume no Tojimari. Secondly, there's the closure of a temporal loop. With the new film 'Suzume,' the Japanese filmmaker recounts it directly for the first time. However, a determined teenager named Suzume sets out on a mission to save her country. What Suzume finds is a single weathered door standing upright in the midst. ' List of Suzume characters 🏠 Official website News Anime News Network - Mysterious Doorways to Nowhere Appear in Suzume's Real-Life. • 8 mo. Shinkai is one of the most successful animators in Japan, often drawing comparisons to Hayao Miyazaki. The now-speaking chair Sōta tells Suzume that the cat was formerly a keystone, a creature that holds the doors to the afterlife shut and prevents the worm that causes earthquakes from coming out. 4. Tapping into the Japanese national zeitgeist once again with “Suzume,” writer-director Makoto Shinkai surpasses his peers in making films for and about teenagers. Suzume no Tojimare is the story of a 17-year-old girl, Suzume embarking on a perilous journey to save Japan from a supernatural "worm" causing earthquakes. As his grandfather was, plus a long line of other relatives before that, Souta is a closer, which. With Daijin and his twin deity Sadajin turning into. Writer-director Makoto Shinkai continues to reap the rewards of building his ecological cinematic universe. Suzume runs to help him, and he uses a key to seal the entity, called “The Worm”, back into the door, causing its essence to burst into rainfall. The protagonist is Suzume, a girl who joins his mission by accident. Maybe it triggered a motherly response to see her daughter spurned so, especially by someone who was supposed to be her mother figure. She opens the door not realizing what she is doing and soon notices that. When Suzume finds one of such doors near her hometown, she unwillingly releases a guardian deity, freeing the supernatural force it was guarding, called "the. Read Now. "Suzume" is an extremely busy film, and it takes a while for its real thematic thrust to come into focus. Souta's grandfather said that door in Suzume's hometown are the only door that allows the living to enter Ever After, when Suzume insisted on saving Souta. whatever the hell this is also seems to have similarities with the material of the large Tokyo worm in Suzume. Nichole Sakura, who voices Suzume in the English-language dub, gave us some of her time to discuss moving from live-action to animation, the rising tide of anime, and joining Ghosts. Suzume is the latest film by Your Name director Makoto Shinkai. The "worm" as seen in Suzume no Tojimari (Image via CoMix Wave Films) Directed by Makoto Shinkai, Suzume no Tojimari is a film that takes its inspiration from real-life events, turning them. Suzume's aunt worries that she's having a boy over. Suzume can be read at one level as about the seismic changes of adolescence and adulthood, but isn’t only (or maybe at all) about sex: it’s about status, respect and being seen. Suzume revolves around a teenage girl named Suzumi who discovers a single door in the middle of an abandoned building. After opening the door and unleashing both the keystone and the monstrous “worm” which is capable of causing earthquakes. Instead a young man wanders Japan, closing magic doors to shut out an otherworld worm that could cause a new earthquake. In 'Suzume' movie, a director confronts a deadly earthquake - Los Angeles Times The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake changed his career. The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake changed his career. Parasites are organisms that live in and feed off a living host. None of ’em open!Translation mistake. Original dialogue of grandpa FYI: 人がくぐれる後ろ戸は、生涯にひとつだけ. The. The Most Interesting Articles, Mysteries and Discoveries. In the film, Suzume is only 17 years old, while. I can see what you mean by super-subtlety, but personally it still touched my heart. Suzume focuses on the main character, Suzume Iwato, a high school girl who lost her mother when she was young and now lives with her aunt in Kyushu. Also Makoto Shinkai knows how to make his movies beautiful, whether its scenery or animation, he truly nails it and i appreciate his work fully, also huge respect to. As the skies turn red and the planet trembles, Japan stands on the brink of disaster. Suzume learns there are magical doors all over the country, which Sota must close to prevent the escape of monstrous mythical “worms”, or great devastation will occur. Moments later, a swirling vortex forms that only Suzume can see. In this article, why this film is so loved and lauded is summed up in 5 reasons. The grandfather explains that Suzume had unknowingly entered the realm of the Ever-After before, given her ability to see the worm and the Ever-After through the doors. With “Suzume,” he references the 3/11 tremors and tsunami outright in the film’s prologue as Suzume stumbles through what seems like a parallel dimension alone, facing the surreal. Following that, Suzume meets her younger self in the Ever. As Suzume enters, it is like the earth is on fire and the worm is a black, lava-like creature. Question 1: Understanding that, the Daijin easily returned to being the stone because it accepted its role in the universe. An alternate theory is that Suzume’s mother was a Closer, too, so their family can see the Worm. Suzume. With Daijin and his twin deity Sadajin turning into keystones, they help in trapping the supernatural earthquake-causing worm in the Ever-After realm. ago. Masaki Enomoto: Suzume receives different things from these women. At its core, ‘Suzume’ is based on the massive disaster that occurred in Japan twelve years ago. Seconding this, Souta character barely fleshed out and I still cant understand why suzume going so far for a person she know just about 3 days. Warning: MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD…obviously. In 2016, Your Name took the world by storm. The grandfather explains that Suzume had unknowingly entered the realm of the Ever-After before, given her ability to see the worm and the Ever-After through the doors. Suzume took a big role in her to save the world, otherwise many people could've died if the worm fell down, and the scene where Suzume rescues Souta was truly heartwarming. Written and directed by Shinkai and distributed by Toho, the. Suzume: An Ambitious Yet Flawed Animated Film The Intriguing Original Title vs. The music was okay, but it has a feel of “now, the action scene is happening, let’s turn an epic song“. Ltd. In 'Suzume' movie, a director confronts a deadly earthquake - Los Angeles Times The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake changed his career. Why can Suzume see the Worm and Ever-After? As a little bit youngster, Suzume entered a door that took her to Ever-After; this appears to have given her the power to see the Worm and Each-After. The task of holding that monster at bay — of keeping this Worm from literally turning — falls to the unlikely figure of Suzume (voiced by Nanoka Hara in the Japanese. And the fight could have a few explanations. Like the two films prior, Suzume’s plot revolves around a supernatural creature: a worm that causes earthquakes based on the mythological catfish Namazu. It coils like a suffocating ceiling, ready to crush the city and unleash disaster. Here we have giant worms that live below Japan, infiltrate the surface with gates, and produce earthquakes. ” The storyline of Suzume no Tojimari is actually quite simple and predictable. When Suzume comes to, she confronts Daijin before setting off to find Sōta’s grandfather, learning that the reason why she can interact with The Worm is because she previously had passed into the Ever-After, and moreover, while there is a way to save Sōta, the only way for her to enter the Ever-After is to find the original door she’d. However, there are still more vocal songs worth listening to on the official album like Tamaki. Not long after they close the door and prevent a disaster, Suzume and Sota encounter a small white cat named Daijin (Ann Yamane). This may seem intuitive. Suzume no Tojimari (Suzume) Introduction and Story (No Spoilers) [sourceLink asin=”” asin_jp=”” cdj_product_id=”” text=”Suzume no Tojimari” url=”” ] Quite possibly one of the best anime directors of all time, Makoto Shinkai is a legend in the anime world, and for good reason, his movies are masterful. 2 of 8 |. As of WHY he took control of the aunt, Daijin and Sadaijin seem to represent a yin/yang relationship. Like it's definitely more out there unlike those two where even non-anime fans can digest the concepts easily. So, what does a. Action Girl: A Downplayed Trope example, but. Instead, you’ll laugh at Suzume’s struggles, cry at the revelations of her past, and grab your seat as you debate what life would be like if you end up in Souta’s. Suzume’s journey of trying to forget and forgive the psychological trauma of losing her mother is, in fact, the actual most essential part of the whole story. The worm is a harbinger of natural disasters. Suzume takes place in a universe where people have watched Miyazaki’s films and post, “OMG, I feel like I’m in Whisper of the Heart!” as the caption on a picture of Daijin on the train. It couldn’t be Suzume’s freewheeling cat because it’s actually the Keystone. Suzume opens the door to discover a darkly familiar netherworld beyond, but in so doing unwittingly transforms the idol guarding the portal from its stone form into a cat, who scampers away, and unleashes an oddly phallic worm-shaped whirlwind monster of black smoke and fire into her own dimension. if you’re from Japan. Your login. It's like watching the layers of a person's growth, one by one, until you understand their motivation in the end. Suzume no Tojimari is the most recent movie released by Makoto Shinkai, which have made 14 billion yen so far at the Japanese box office. <style> body { -ms-overflow-style: scrollbar; overflow-y: scroll; overscroll-behavior-y: none; } . You can rewatch the first official trailer for Shinkai's Suzume no Tojimari here, or the early teaser again. The film depicts Suzume's liberation and growth, as she closes the doors that are causing. we see them learn to work well together and care about one another. He will later describe himself to Suzume as a “Closer” — someone tasked with closing a series of mystical portals, lest a giant Worm escape and wreak disaster on the country — but at first glance, he’s little more than a crush. “Abandoned Resort” (廃墟の温泉街, Haikyo no Onsengai) – Kazuma JinnouchiNoda [0:09′] Suzume runs to the old building and there meets the mysterious guy. Here’s my Suzume review from Warner Bros Pictures and SM Cinema directed by Makoto Shinkai who also did Weathering With You and Your Name. Everything changes as she is approached by a mysterious man named Souta (Hokuto Matsumura) on her way to school. Suzume must close these portals to prevent further disaster. Even after finishing the movie, it's unclear what worms are, who closers are, why Suzume was able to meet in the ever-after, what exactly the seals were, etc, etc Suzume and Souta's romance was way too rushed and took a backseat to the supernatural adventure, which felt like the cart was being put before the horse, as the film plays out. , Suzume is an animated fantasy adventure that revolves around its eponymous heroine, a seemingly normal 17-year-old. This is another Makoto Shinkai. Director: Makoto Shinkai. To get around, the worm’s skin produces mucus which is why smooth and slimy to make movement easy. "Poor Daijin, just wanted to be Suzume's cat". Suzume no Tojimari is no different, even with the perspective switch to a female main character. Fol…Through a traumatic series of events that involves godly horrors that only Suzume and Sota can see, we learn that Sota specializes in closing doors to another world. In general, I am happy to see Shinkai trying different things and being able to experiment, while having high budget and world-class animation team. However, a determined teenager named Suzume sets out on a mission to save her country. But what gets Suzume racing up a steep hill toward the ruins isn’t a desire to see Sōta; it’s a horrific vision she has of a massive worm-like creature made of smoke bursting into the sky. As a visually stunning coming of age tale, it. After its international premiere in Berlin, the film will roll out in international markets throughout the spring, likely becoming. It was, certainly, a movie. A nematode found deep in frozen sediment has proven its ability to survive extreme environments long term. What Suzume finds is a single weathered door standing upright in the midst of ruins as though it was shielded from whatever catastrophe struck. Suzume, the latest CoMix Wave Films Makoto Shinkai movie, is centered around Suzume Iwato, a girl living in rural Japan with her aunt Tamaki. Chapter 91 . That mole made me weak. The main theme of Suzume is "moving on". Tapping into the Japanese national zeitgeist once again with “Suzume,” writer-director Makoto Shinkai surpasses his peers in making films for and about teenagers.