‘Suzume’ Filmmaker Makoto Shinkai Set For Pop-Up Retrospective At Academy Museum
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Crunchyroll announced today a special one-day-only private pop-up installation MAKOTO SHINKAI: A Journey from Voices of a Distant Star through Suzume which will explore the complete works of Japanese animation filmmaker Makoto Shinkai.
Crunchyroll, in cooperation with CoMix Wave Film, STORY, inc, and TOHO Co., the event will be held at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on Sunday, November 19, and will feature a special appearance by the award-winning auteur director.
The event will present artwork and materials from eight of Makoto Shinkai’s cinematic masterpieces, starting with Voices of a Distant Star (2002) through his latest critically acclaimed film Suzume (2023).
His recent full-length animated films, Your Name (2016) and Weathering with You (2019) will also be included. His films examine themes of loneliness, distance, loss and longing, and humanity’s complex relationship with the natural world.
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