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 about love ...

The magic of animated filmmaking creates many opportunities for characterization and storytelling that are unavailable in live-action. Through the combination of moving drawings and voiceover acting, ...

2016’s Your Name wasn’t the first project from director Makoto Shinkai, but it was his first huge success, becoming the third highest-grossing anime film internationally and establishing him as a ...

Marco Vito Oddo is a writer, journalist, and amateur game designer. Passionate about superhero comic books, horror films, and indie games, he formally worked as a Senior Writer for Collider. When he's ...

Suzume follows in the vein of Shinkai’s most recent films as the otherworldly drama brings romance and adventure to its forefront. We meet a high school student named Suzume who lives a quiet life in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. Considering how Your Name went on to dominate the Japanese box ...

"Time is a sleeper, wind the soft skin, star is a cradle, people are mirage." Japan's Toho studio has debuted a new full-length official trailer for Suzume no Tojimari, the latest from acclaimed ...

Margarida Bastos is a native Portuguese writer with an avid interest in gaming, anime, theatre, books, film and TV. Essentially, everything that has to do with the multifaceted nature and fascinating ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. Called Suzume no Tojimari, which roughly translates to Suzume’s ...