“Suzume accidentally unleashes evil through a mystical door and must help Souta seal it to save Japan.”
Suzume
すずめの戸締まり
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Synopsis
Suzume accidentally unleashes evil through a mystical door and must help Souta seal it to save Japan.
On her way to school one day, Suzume Iwato stumbles upon Souta Munakata, a young man searching for abandoned areas. The high school girl directs Souta to a nearby ruin, but out of pure curiosity, she herself decides to head to the same destination. Once there, Suzume discovers an isolated door with a dreamlike universe lying beyond it—a place that she can see and feel, but not enter. A strange stone rests on the ground nearby, but it turns into a cat-like creature and scurries away when Suzume lifts it. Suddenly afraid, she heads back toward her school, not realizing that her act of leaving the door open will have consequences. With the "keystone" released, the evil within the other universe can now freely escape and wreak havoc throughout Japan. Intending to correct her dangerous mistake, Suzume joins Souta—whose true goal is to prevent evil from festering—in finding and locking all open doors before the country is destroyed.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 190 sampled reviews
What 190 viewers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.76 · some divergence
4.2 pts
Recommenders 8.7 · others 4.5
↓ 1.16
Running avg · Nov 2022 → Sep 2025
- 8 “If you want to see new things you can not see in Suzume. It is like Kimi no Nawa in someways but also different. In Kimi no Nawa the story was good and it has good intro, development and result....”
- 9 “This makoto shinkai’s most recent work. It’s an amazing story about a girl and a guy that have to shut doors to stop disaster coming to Japan. With amazing animation and a decent story. The story...”
- 8 “The visuals are fantastic, but the plot and soundtrack feel ordinary and leave a vague sense that something is missing. Compared to earlier Shinkai films, Suzume lands at an 8/10, below Kimi No...”
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- Format 1 × 121′ eps × min
- Total runtime 2h 01m all episodes
- Aired Nov 2022 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-21505 catalog
Produced by
- Aniplex Producer
- TOHO Producer
- JR East Marketing & Communications Producer
- Kadokawa Producer
- voque ting Producer
- STORY Producer
- Lawson Entertainment Producer
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- Crunchyroll Licensor