‘Suzume’ Success Built on Growing Impact of Japanese Animation: ‘Shinkai’s Movies Have Power to Stimulate Empathy’
A TIFFCOM seminar on Thursday demonstrated both a sense of incredulity that Japanese animation “Suzume” could have enjoyed such wide international success and conveyed the depth of passionate behind-the-scenes strategizing that made it happen. Since its release in Japan at the end of 2022 and international expansion in spring of 2023, following a Berlin festival […]