The Boy and the Heron (2023)

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The Boy and the Heron
PG-13 124 minutes JA Animation , Adventure , Fantasy , Family , Drama
Where death comes to an end, life finds a new beginning.
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."
Toshiyuki Inoue
Key Animation
Hideki Hamasu
Key Animation
Ai Takashi
Key Animation
Yoshimi Itazu
Key Animation

Cast

Soma Santoki
Mahito Maki (voice)
Masaki Suda
Gray Heron (voice)
Ko Shibasaki
Kiriko (voice)
Aimyon
Lady Himi (voice)
Yoshino Kimura
Natsuko (voice)
Takuya Kimura
Shoichi Maki (voice)
Keiko Takeshita
Izumi (voice)
Jun Fubuki
Utako (voice)
Sawako Agawa
Eriko (voice)
Karen Takizawa
Warawara (voice)
Shinobu Ôtake
Aiko (voice)
Jun Kunimura
The Parakeet King (voice)
Kaoru Kobayashi
Noble Pelican (voice)
Shōhei Hino
Granduncle (voice)

Crew

Toshiyuki Inoue
Key Animation
Hideki Hamasu
Key Animation
Ai Takashi
Key Animation
Yoshimi Itazu
Key Animation
Atsuko Fukushima
Key Animation
Atsuko Otani
Key Animation
Atsuko Tanaka
Key Animation
Eiji Yamamori
Key Animation
Hiroomi Yamakawa
Key Animation
Susumu Mitsunaka
Key Animation
Takayuki Hamada
Key Animation
Takeshi Inamura
Key Animation
Yuuga Tokuno
Key Animation
Kazuyoshi Katayama
Assistant Director
Kiyofumi Nakajima
Executive Producer
Goro Miyazaki
Executive Producer