News
Suzume Manga Artist Denki Amashima to Attend, Speak at 'Manga Talk Session' in Mumbai
posted on by Adriana Hazra
The manga adaptation of the film launched in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon magazine on October 25.
The film will open in Indian theaters on April 21. Shinkai will partake in an autograph session on April 19 before attending the premiere event itself and participating in a Q&A session with attendees on April 20.
The cast for the Hindi dub includes:
- Palvi Shetye as Suzume jr.
- Dipinti Anil Bhobaskar as Suzume
- Surbhi Srivastva as Tamaki
- Rajesh Shukla as Souta
- Pauravi Pandya as Daijin
- Shubham Mullick as Minoru
- Ayushi as Chika
- Saanwari Yajnik as Rumi
- Sparsh Korde as Serizawa
- Mahendra Bhatnagar as Munakata
The film will also open in India in Japanese with English subtitles.
The film opened in Japan at #1 on November 11 and sold 1.33 million tickets to earn 1.88 billion yen (about US$13.49 million) in its first three days.
The film has earned a cumulative total of 14,310,602,380 yen (about US$109 million) as of March 26, surpassing the 14.23 billion yen (about US$108 million in current conversion) lifetime Japanese box office earnings of Shinkai's previous film Weathering With You (Tenki no Ko). The film has thus become the 14th highest-earning film of all time in Japan, as well as the eighth highest-earning anime film of all time in Japan. Hayao Miyazaki's Ponyo is directly above it in both rankings, with 15.50 billion yen (about US$118 million).
Actress Nanoka Hara voices the heroine Suzume Iwato in the film. SixTONES idol group member Hokuto Matsumura (live-action Liar × Liar film's Tōru, live-action xxxHOLiC film's Shizuka Doumeki) made his voice acting debut in the film as Sōta Munakata, a young man who embarks on a journey with Suzume as the "Door-Closing Master."
Shinkai (your name., Weathering With You) directed the film and wrote the screenplay. He is also credited with the original story. Masayoshi Tanaka (your name., Weathering With You) designed the characters. Kenichi Tsuchiya (your name., Garden of Words) was the animation director. Takumi Tanji (Children Who Chase Lost Voices) was the art director. CoMix Wave Films and Story Inc. produced the movie. TOHO is distributing the film. Seattle-based Hollywood film composer Kazuma Jinnouchi (Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045, RWBY: Ice Queendom) scored the film alongside RADWIMPS. TikTok performer Toaka performed one of the film's theme songs "Suzume."
Sources: Supersugoii's Instagram account
