Kodoani.com – Anime streaming service Crunchyroll announced on Tuesday the worldwide release date of Makoto Shinkai’s 2022 original anime, Suzume no Tojimari , known simply as “Suzume”. Crunchyroll initially announced its intention to release the film in theaters globally in May, with the film being released in Japanese theaters on November 11.
Crunchyroll’s announcement has set the film for a spring release, with April 12, 2023 slated to be the film’s first official release date. Suzume’s global release will be provided by Crunchyroll, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Wild Bunch.
The release date of the new Makoto Shinkai movie is as follows:
April 12: France and Malta
April 13: Australia, Brazil, Germany, Mexico and New Zealand
April 14: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Gibraltar, Ireland, Luxembourg, UK and USA.
There is no release date for LATAM and EMEA territories yet. The film was originally announced by Shinkai on December 15, 2021, and he is responsible for writing the script for the film; while the animation production is by CoMix Wave Films. Suzume’s producers are Genki Kawamura and Kōichirō Itō; with character design by Masayoshi Tanaka, who produced the famous movie Your Name by Makoto Shinkai released in 2016, and a series of other famous works such as Toradora, AnoHana: The Flower We Saw That Day and Darling in the FranXX.
Other staff involved in Suzume production include Kenichi Tsuchiya as the Animation Director and Takumi Tanji as the Art Director. The main actors in Suzume include Nanoka Hara and Hokuto Matsumura, members of the idol group “SixTONES”, who will both make their voice acting debuts in the upcoming film as the characters Suzume Iwato and Sōta respectively. Munakata. Experienced voice actress Kana Hanazawa (Akane Tsunemori, PSYCHO-PASS )
The plot of Suzume is described as a coming-of-age story centered on the 17-year-old protagonist Suzume, who begins her journey in a small town in the Kyushu region of Japan, where a man The old man told her that he was looking for a certain door. When Suzume sees an old, weathered door standing among the ruins, she is immediately drawn to it, and as she turns the knob, many doors leading to disaster open across the country. . It was up to Suzume to close each door; doors that connect the past, present, and future, and lead to untold disaster. Suzume was released in Japan on November 11, and has since earned more than $50 million at the box office. The worldwide release for the upcoming film will begin on April 12, 2023.