Suzume 1
By (Author) Makoto Shinkai
Illustrated by Denki Amashima
Vertical Inc.
Vertical Inc.
22nd October 2024
24th September 2024
United States
General
Fiction
741.5952
Paperback
196
Width 145mm, Height 210mm
Girl meets boy. Boy turns into...a chair Based on the Golden Globes-nominated hit blockbuster, this story blends the best of fantasy, coming-of-age, and road trip stories while also exploring the aftermath of traumatic environmental disasters on both a deeply personal and a national scale. The journey begins with this all-new adaptationof the Golden Globes-nominated worldwide hitdirected by Makoto Shinkai, creator of Your Name and Weathering with You! High school junior Suzume has no idea why the beautiful stranger she meets is looking for ruins, for a certain door. Soon after pointing the stranger, Souta, in the direction of an abandoned resort, she thinks better of it and goes to try and stop him. But before she can find Souta, Suzume unknowingly opens a decrepit door to a world beyond time and place-and stumbles into an adventure of seismic proportions.
Director Makoto Shinkai took the world by storm with his animated movies Your Name and Weathering with You. His works are heavily inspired by the beauty of Ghibli films and often feature both intensely personal drama as well as the visceral fear of looming environmental disaster.