The Boy and the Heron
Details
- Also known as: Kimitachi wa Dou Ikiru ka, 君たちはどう生きるか, How Do You Live?, Il ragazzo e l’airone, Chłopiec i czapla, Le Garçon et le Héron, Gutten og hegren
- Type: Movie
- Status: Finished Airing
- Score: 7.7
- Episodes: 1
- Genres: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Supernatural
- Studio: Studio Ghibli
- Aired: 2023-07-14
- Season: Summer 2023
Synopsis
While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother’s tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy’s mother. As he tries to adjust, this strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who perplexes and bedevils Mahito, dubbing him the “long-awaited one.”
(Source: Letterboxd)
Characters and voice actors
- Mahito Maki (main character) · Japanese voice: Souma Santoki · English voice: Luca Padovan
- Heron Man (main character) · Japanese voice: Masaki Suda · English voice: Robert Pattinson
- Warawara (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Karen Takizawa
- Kiriko (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Kou Shibasaki · English voice: Florence Pugh
- Himi (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Aimyon · English voice: Karen Fukuhara
- Parakeet King (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Jun Kunimura · English voice: Dave Bautista
- Old Pelican (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Kaoru Kobayashi · English voice: Willem Dafoe
- Great Uncle (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Shouhei Hino · English voice: Mark Hamill
- Aiko (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Shinobu Ootake · English voice: Barbara Goodson
- Eriko (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Sawako Agawa · English voice: Melora Harte
- Izumi (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Keiko Takeshita · English voice: Denise Pickering
- Kazuko (supporting character) · English voice: Debi Derryberry
- Shoichi Maki (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Takuya Kimura · English voice: Christian Bale
- Natsuko (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Yoshino Kimura · English voice: Gemma Chan
- Utako (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Jun Fubuki · English voice: Barbara Rosenblat
Opening and ending songs
- Ending 1: Chikyuugi · Kenshi Yonezu