Interesting Facts about the Anime Suzume no Tojimari

Suzume no Tojimari is the 13th anime by Makoto Shinkai, who is also the director of the anime Your Name and Weathering With You.

This anime was first released in Japan on November 11, 2022 and in Indonesia on March 8, 2023.

Suzume no Tojimari tells the story of Suzume, a 17 year old girl who lives in Kyushu.

Suzume meets a mysterious man who gives her the task of closing the doors that are causing disaster throughout Japan.

Like other Makoto Shinkai films, Suzume no Tojimari also has visuals and graphics that are pleasing to the eye.

So, for those of you who are curious about interesting facts about the anime Suzume no Tojimari, let's take a look at the following discussion!

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Use of Aspect Ratio

This anime is Makoto Shinkai's first film produced with an aspect ratio of 2.39:1.

Where previous films from Makoto Shinkai such as The Garden of Words, Kimi no Nawa (Your Name), or Weathering with You only used an aspect ratio of 1.78:1.

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Collaborating Again with RADWIMPS

After previously Makoto Shinkai collaborated with RADWIMPS to provide the soundtrack for the anime Your Name and Weathering With You.

Now in this anime they are working together again. In this collaboration, RADWIMPS contributed the opening and ending songs. 

Apart from that, they also worked with composer Kazuma Jinnouchi on the entire background music for this anime.

Has a Road Movie Concept

The concept of "Road Movie" literally means a road movie. This means that in this anime you will be invited to explore several regions in Japan through the anime Suzume no Tojimari.

Using this concept provides quite a challenge for Shinkai. This is because this anime must be able to show different details from each location. And this concept seems to be successfully implemented in this anime.

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Became the Best Selling Film in Japan

When it was broadcast in Japan, this anime managed to sell around 1.33 million tickets in just three days of broadcast.

During its broadcast in Japan, this anime managed to achieve a profit of around 13.9 billion Yen or the equivalent of IDR 157.2 billion rupiah. 

This extraordinary income also beat Makoto Shinkai's other two films, namely Your Name and Weathering with You. 

The story is taken from Japanese mythology

Suzume no Tojimari is taken from the mythology about earthquakes and cats. As a country prone to earthquakes, it is not surprising that Japan has a mythology about this natural disaster.

In Japan they believe that earthquakes that occur are caused by the presence of a giant dragon called Namasu moving underground.

Apart from that, the cat character in this anime, namely Daijin, is also taken from Japanese mythology.

Where cats are believed to be animals that can take humans into another world. That's why there is a Daijin character in this film.

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So, those are some interesting facts about Makoto Shinkai's 13th film.

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