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Uniqlo Launches Makoto Shinkai Film Collection in India
posted on by Adriana Hazra
The Makoto Shinkai Film Festival opened in over 100 locations on May 19.
Makoto Shinkai's Suzume (Suzume no Tojimari) film opened in Indian theaters in Hindi and in Japanese with English subtitles on April 21. It earned over ₹10,00,00,000 (approximately US$1,210,393) at the Indian box office, surpassing Jujutsu Kaisen 0 to become the highest-earning Japanese film in the country.
PVR Inox hosted a meet and greet with Makoto Shinkai in Mumbai preceding the film's premiere. Shinkai also attended the premiere event itself and participated in a Q&A session with attendees on April 20. Denki Amashima, the artist of the manga adaptation of the film, spoke in a "Manga Talk Session" at Rachna Sansad College of Applied Art & Craft.
UNIQLO recently launched merchandise collections for the Attack on Titan franchise, the SPY x FAMILY anime, the Dragon Ball Z franchise, and the Splatoon 3 Nintendo Switch game in India.
Source: UNIQLO's Indian website
