by “What is your name? Makoto Shinkai’s latest work, “Suzume no Toshimari,” will be released on November 11, 2022. This time, the details of “Traveling Youth,” “White Cat,” and “Small Chair,” which have appeared in previous specials and preview videos and were shrouded in mystery, have been revealed.
The traveling young man who passes by Suzume under the clear sky and uses the key to close the door standing in ruins is called Sota Munakata. Sota, a “master of closing” whose mission is to close the door that brings “disaster,” is on a journey in search of entries that appear in various parts of Japan and meets a sparrow on the way to the ruins where the door is located.
The trailer shows Suzume trying hard to close the door, but it will be interesting to see how Sota will interact with Suzume.
Then, a mysterious white cat suddenly appears in front of Suzume. Daijin is a mysterious cat who takes various poses in front of the camera and spreads its existence on SNS. Daijin can speak the language of humans and often appears in places where doors open, tossing sparrows. What are Daijin’s identity and purpose?
In addition, the eye-catching feature in the trailer is the sparrow chair that runs around on its three legs as if it were alive. This is a child’s chair that Suzume used when she was a child and has one missing leg. The appearance of moving on the ferry, leaving the port, running up the slope with the sparrow, etc., has been revealed, and the mystery only deepens.
A sparrow travels to close the doors of “disaster” that open all over Japan. I want to pay attention to the essential characteristics of this work surrounding such a sparrow.
Director Makoto Shinkai’s latest work, “Suzume no Toshimari,” will be released on November 11, 2022, for the first time in three years.
