Toho Co. Ltd. released the first trailer for Suzume No Tojimari, the new movie from Your Name director Makoto Shinkai.
The trailer introduces the movie's titular protagonist, Suzume, and the mysterious door that's at the center of the new film's plot. In addition to showcasing the new film's art style and animation, the trailer also reveals a Japanese premiere date for the movie, November 11.
The film tells the story of Suzume, a 17-year-old girl who lives in a quiet small town in Japan's southern Kyushu island. Suzume discovers a door standing by itself in the middle of an abandoned and ruined building, and is compelled to open it. When she does, however, similar doors suddenly sprout up all over Japan, unleashing destruction and chaos wherever they appear.
As with many of his previous films, Suzume No Tojimari was both written and directed by Shinkai. The movie will see the celebrated director reunite with character designer Masayoshi Tanaka, who also served the same role on Your Name and Weathering With You. Takumi Tanji, who previously worked on Shinkai's 5 Centimeters Per Second and Children Who Chase Lost Voices, serves as the new film's art director. The animated film is being produced at CoMix Wave Films and Story Inc., with Toho distributing.
Shinkai is one of the biggest names in the anime industry today, and his work is now frequently compared to Studio Ghibli's most well known auteur, Hayao Miyazaki. The director began his career at video game developer Falcom (Ys, Trails in the Sky) before moving on to anime with his directorial debut, the self-produced short She and Her Cat in 1999. Shinkai continued with the critically acclaimed Voices of a Distant Star in 2000 and his first feature length production, The Place Promised In Our Early Days, which was released in 2004 to widespread praise. Shinkai's breakout hit arrived in 2016 with the runaway success of the romantic comedy Your Name, which was the first non-Studio Ghibli anime film to earn over $100 million at the Japanese box office.
Details about the Suzume No Tojimari's international release, including an official translation for its title, have yet to be released.
Your Name is currently available on DVD, Blu-ray and on-demand video from Funimation. Weathering With You is currently streaming on HBO Max. Distributor GKIDS recently announced that it has licensed four of Shinkai's earlier works and will be re-releasing the films on home video.
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