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Still, Shinkai demonstratively puts far too much work into his visually breathtaking scenes to dismiss ‘Suzume’ as a half-hearted cash grab. Like an artist who paints the same composition repeatedly, Shinkai appears to be on a tireless quest for perfection, tweaking earlier versions of his works to reflect his evolving philosophy, trying to make them better by leaving stronger impressions on his audiences. Like a modern Alice, she opens it – and appears to unleash vast cosmic forces and earthquakes. It appears that Souta’s mission was to seal up these calamitous portals; he says that his vocation is that of a “closer”, for which he needs a “keystone”. But a bizarre quirk of fate transforms Souta into a broken-down child’s chair that hobbles about talking in Souta’s voice, and as for the keystone, it takes the form of a talking cat called Daijin (Ann Yamane). Time Travel Mechanics (3) – The concept of a camera taking photographs of the future is not original. Some of the apparent paradoxes are handled by the film elegantly by creating branches in the flow of time.Misawa Homes (in Japanese). September 30, 2022. Archived from the original on November 11, 2022 . Retrieved November 11, 2022.

Engelen, Aurore (April 24, 2023). " Halfway Home bags the Silver Méliès at the BIFFF". Cineuropa. Archived from the original on January 23, 2023 . Retrieved May 12, 2023. Base Coherence (5) –The single timeline is kept in pristine condition by ensuring that all the events that happen are predestined—even small ones like a trashcan falling from above. The crux of the movie is not the romance between Suzume and Souta, although, in the ending, Souta does return to meet Suzume. Clearly, they like each other. In an interview with director Makoto Shinkai , he mentions that he made Souta an inanimate object to take the attention away from the boy-girl romance. The movie was about Suzume’s growth, not pegged only on falling in love with one person. Suzume: What is it about then?At moments there appears to be one timeline and other times it is shown to be two separate timelines. Loo, Egan (December 1, 2022). "Top-Selling Light Novels in Japan by Volume: 2022". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on December 2, 2022 . Retrieved December 1, 2022. The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami served as an influence for the themes in the film. While the Tiamat comet in Your Name (2016) and the concept of Weathering with You (2019) were ideas influenced by the natural disaster, Shinkai felt that he should "express the impact [he] felt through the earthquake and tsunami, instead of continuing to depict it as a metaphor." [12] [13] He feared that people's memories of the disaster start to become "hazy" over time, and by depicting the earthquake and tsunami in his film or novel, he could also share his memories with teens who were unaware of the disaster. [12] Shinkai also cited Kiki's Delivery Service, Guardian: The Lonely and Great God, and Haruki Murakami's novel Kafka on the Shore and short story "Kaeru-kun, Tokyo o Sukuu" ( かえるくん、東京を救う, "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo") as influences for the film. [13] [15]

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Coherence (4) – The final Coherence score stands corrected against the Repercussion score to 4 (4 x 5/5). Rewatchability (3) – What is unique about this film is that the character that is experiencing time travel, unlike most movies, is not a person of science. BD＆DVDが、2023年9月20日(水)遂に発売！ コレクターズ・エディションは計12時間超えの映像特典を収録. Animate Times (in Japanese). May 27, 2023. Archived from the original on May 27, 2023 . Retrieved May 27, 2023. RADWIMPS、映画『すずめの戸締まり』の主題歌「すずめ feat.十明」の先行配信が決定. The First Times (in Japanese). September 29, 2022. Archived from the original on March 22, 2023 . Retrieved March 21, 2023.

Their minor actions create an eventuality where they become celebrated legends. As glorious as the future appears, they need to choose if it’s the right one for them.Suzume, who lost her mother when she was a small child, now lives with her aunt in a small rural town in Kyushu. While cycling to school one morning, Suzume crosses paths with the aforementioned stranger who asks Suzume for directions to an abandoned town andexplains that he is searching for a particular door. Puzzled yet smitten by the stranger, Suzume points him in the direction of an abandoned hot spring town in the nearby mountains and continues on her commute to school.