a sudden quake. The radio doesn't work and then the family sees a towering cloud in the direction of Hiroshima City. They soon learn that a new, devastating bomb has fallen on Hiroshima City, killing countless citizens. For a while, Suzu is unable to get information about her hometown. A few days later, in a radio address, the Emperor of Japan announces the end of the War by declaring surrender to the Allied Powers. Suzu, having grown accustomed to the single-minded focus of keeping the family alive, is forced to accept the reality of her losses and falls into despair. U.S. occupation forces, no longer the enemy, come to Kure and provide food. Suzu visits her grandmother Ito's family house in Kusatsu, a rural town to the west of Hiroshima and out of the affected area, to see her sister Sumi, the only survivor of Suzu's family. Sumi informs her of the fate of their parents: their mother had left for supplies and is presumed to be one of the 70,000 people who were killed instantly by the initial blast and shock wave while their father died a few months later after falling ill and succumbing to possible radiation poisoning. Sumi herself has fallen seriously ill from the radiation left behind by the fallout. Shusaku returns and meets with Suzu. They come across an orphaned girl and adopt her. Suzu regains her passion for life slowly, with the courage and affection of her friends and family. As the credits roll, their adopted daughter is shown growing up in the Hojo residence, sewing clothes, aided by Suzu in post-war Japan. Cast Development The project was announced in August 2012 and began crowdfunding in March 2015 to raise funds. The crowdfunding was a success, with a Japanese record of 3,374 contributors and the raised exceeding the goal.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Schilling|first1=Mark|title=Crowd-Funding Puts Japanese Anime Corners' Into Production|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/asia/crowd-funding-japanese-anime-corners-1201511302/|website=Variety|date=3 June 2015|access-date=31 May 2016|archive-date=28 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628160916/http://variety.com/2015/film/asia/crowd-funding-japanese-anime-corners-1201511302/|url-status=live}}</ref> Another crowdfunding, to send Katabuchi overseas for promotion, was started on November 22, 2016 and reached the goal of within eleven hours. Director Sunao Katabuchi tried to add accurate details to the backgrounds of the film, such as one shot which took over 20 revisions to get right, using aerial photographs to estimate the size of a shop and interviewing over 10 elderly residents. On July 25, 2018, the official Twitter account for the film announced that the film would receive an