Suzume

Makoto Shinkai doesn't disappoint, as always.
while i was a bit sad about the fact that Souta spent the entire movie as a chair, i'll ignore that and still give this movie a 10/10, because the animation carries it as always, & with each movie they find a way to outdo themselves;
i really liked the road-trip aspect of this one, that was fun
the ending RADWIMPS song into the other one was beautiful, it was so worth the wait

An amazing story - created by one absolutely amazing person 'Makoto Shinkai'.

Well written just outstanding film - beautiful animation and colours.

Kept you in suspense and amaze throughout the entire movie - 10/10 Will most definitely watch again.

Also amazing music soundtrack

I can't believe I was able to see this in the cinema. First time I've seen a Japanese and even anime movie shown here. Easy 10 for me. Great story, beautiful animation, and music. Likable characters. The story is quite different from what I expected after the trailers and is like many other Japanese movies rooted in tragedies. There is a lot of sadness, but also a lot of beauty.

Breathtaking animation, weird but excellent script, well developed characters. As usual, Makoto Shinkai is a master animation film maker.

The biggest surprise I had was how detailed the animation is. From the hand drawn background, the CGI on 2D and light effects were all well designed. The making of Suzume must take a long time and very expensive. It's not an anime film, it is an experience to watch Suzume.

The voice talents were amazing and convincing.

The amazing soundtracks and music by Radwinds are mesmerizing. The theme song of Suzume by Radwinds and Toaka digged deep into you and never get out. Even audiophile fans must admit how high quality the soundtrack is.

Everything about Suzume was so detailed and surpass any quality standard that current western animation films are an embarrassment when compared side by side.

Must See Instant Classic!

Such good movie with a good plot and good feel moments but not being over the top. DEFINITELY RECOMMEND

It's been exactly 12 years since the Tôhoku earthquake and tsunami and I can hardly imagine how devastating a tragedy that has been. I can also only imagine how it would've been seeing this movie in a Japanese cinema all these years later, maybe even with ppl that were the age of Suzume when all this happened back then...

As someone not from Japan that was not involved in the catastrophe 12 years ago, this is a beautifully moving work that tries to express and process a national trauma in its own way and I think it succeeded at that. One of Shinkai's best work and very well worth a watch.

Possibly Makoto Shinkai’s masterpiece, and he already had a couple films in contention.

Absolutely gorgeous and quite touching.

National and personal trauma needs healing. Makoto Shinkai guides us to find it through art.

"Probably I, too, would have remained trapped by the compulsion to protect the parents and, because it is also pervasive, would not have recognised it as such had I not come in contact with the child within me who appeared late in my life waiting to tell me secrets. She approached me very hesitantly speaking to me in an inarticulate way, but she took me by the hand and she led me into a territory that I had been avoiding all my life because it frightened me. Yet I had to go there. I could not keep on turning my back, for it was my territory. It was my very own territory. It was the place that I have attempted to forget so many years ago, the same place where I had abandoned the child that I once was. There she had to stay alone with her knowledge waiting until someone would come at last to listen to her and to believe her. Now I am standing at an open door, ill-prepared, filled with all the adult's fear of the darkness and malice of the past, but I could not bring myself to close the door and leave that child alone again until my death. Instead, I made a decision: that was to change my life profoundly. To let the child lead me. To put my trust in this nearly autistic being who has survived the isolation of decades." - Alice Miller.

Nooo Daijin!!! I can't T_T

A young adult girl's journey in discovering that everything they need in life was already given, despite the loss she had when she was a young girl. From living in the past, from pain, to embracing it, so she can live in the present and face her future with happiness and fulfilment.