Admirers of the gifted Japanese writer-director Makoto Shinkai will recognize his touch from the opening moments of his often entrancing new animated feature, “Suzume.” An affecting story ...

Makoto Shinkai’s Suzume is his most exuberant movie yet and a powerful rumination on holding space for the past. Charles Pulliam-Moore is a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture.

By Leslie Felperin Contributing Film Critic Although one might feel weary in advance to hear Suzume is yet another anime in which a young person is enlisted into a struggle to save their family ...

Petrana Radulovic is an entertainment reporter specializing in animation, fandom culture, theme parks, Disney, and young adult fantasy franchises. Fans of anime writer-director Matoko Shinkai may ...

SPOILER ALERT: This interview includes details about Crunchyroll’s Suzume. Writer-director Makoto Shinkai continues to reap the rewards of building his ecological cinematic universe. Following ...

Makoto Shinkai’s latest animated film, about a girl who accidentally unleashes chaos over Japan, is at once mythical and thoroughly modern. By Maya Phillips When you purchase a ticket for an ...