The next day, after parting with Chika, they hitch a ride to Kobe with a kind woman named Rumi Ninomiya, who asks Suzume to babysit her twin children. It is a road trip movie around the country of Japan, it’s a story about “closing doors” rather than opening them, and it’s a reason to visit the movie theater. Suzume's Locking Up') is a 2022 Japanese animated coming-of-age fantasy adventure film written and directed by Makoto Shinkai, produced by CoMix Wave Films, and distributed by Toho. The two end up going on a mysterious journey which leads to doors all around Japan opening and bringing trouble from the other side. A children's paperback edition, which adds furigana and illustrations drawn by Chiko, was released on October 13 under the Kadokawa Tsubasa Bunko imprint.

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On September 20, 2022, it was announced that the band Radwimps, which had previously collaborated with Shinkai on Your Name and Weathering with You, would be composing the score for the film, along with composer Kazuma Jinnouchi.

But her curiosity unleashes a calamity that endangers the entire population of Japan, and so Suzume embarks on a journey to set things right.

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In China, director Shinkai participated in marketing activities in Beijing and Shanghai from March 16 to 20, becoming the first foreign film director to travel to mainland China for promotions since the emergence of COVID-19, fueling the popularity of Suzume in China. Tamaki takes Suzume to the ruins of Suzume's old house, where Suzume finds the old door and enters with Daijin and Sadaijin. Thus, making the partner a chair was decided upon both to avoid the film becoming "too much of a romance," [18] and also to lighten the mood of the film, which would "inevitably become quieter" if the story focused on mourning a place. After reaching Ehime, Suzume and Souta find social media posts from locals, who have photographed and named the cat "Daijin". Richard Eisenbeis, writing for Anime News Network, graded the film 'A', praising the story, characters, animation, and music, but found the plot structure to be similar to Your Name and Weathering with You, making the film "more predictable.It was also revealed that TikTok singer Toaka provided the vocals for the first theme song, "Suzume" ( すずめ), [22] which debuted on music streaming services on September 30, 2022. On her way, Suzume runs into Souta's friend, Tomoya Serizawa, who wants to help her to find Souta, along with Suzume's aunt, Tamaki, who has been looking for Suzume to take her back to Kyushu. A novel adaptation, also written by Shinkai, and a manga series illustrated by Denki Amashima both debuted prior to the film's release. 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. Initially, he wanted Suzume's companion to be another girl, with a " sisterhood type of romantic story," as he believed that he had exhausted the potential of the "boy meets girl" formula in previous films.

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If you’ve seen either of Makoto Shinkai’s previous two films, you probably have an idea of what to expect. In January 2023, Yen Press announced that it licensed the series for English publication in digital and print formats. Suzume began its general screening on April 12, 2023, in France, Malta, and Switzerland; April 13 in Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Brazil, Central America, Chile, Denmark, Ecuador, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Uruguay, Uzbekistan and Venezuela; April 14 in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Estonia, Gibraltar, Ireland, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Southern Africa, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States; April 20 in Colombia and Portugal; April 21 in Bulgaria, Finland, Poland, and Romania; April 27 in Italy, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates; April 30 in Iceland; May 25 in Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Albania; and May 26 in Czech Republic and Madagascar. A manga adaptation illustrated by Denki Amashima began serialization in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon magazine on October 25, 2022.Shinkai noticed that there were more empty or abandoned areas in Japan due to the country's declining birth rate and aging population, so he thought of writing a story about "mourning deserted places. After finishing the script in August, the storyboards were drafted from September 2020 to December 2021, while the production of the animation started in April 2021.