The Boy and the Heron
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."
First aired
July 14, 2023
Type
Movie
Characters
Cast
Crew
Takeshi Honda
Animation Director
Kazuyoshi Katayama
Assistant Director
Atsushi Okui
Director of Photography
Shintarou Nakazawa
Second Unit First Assistant Director
Chihiro Okada
Second Unit First Assistant Director
Yoshiaki Nishimura
Co-Producer
Kiyofumi Nakajima
Executive Producer
Goro Miyazaki
Executive Producer
Koji Hoshino
Executive Producer
Hideki Fukaya
Line Producer
Toshio Suzuki
Producer
Shuuji Suzuki
ADR Mixer
Yasutomo Yamada
ADR Mixer
Eriko Kimura
ADR Supervisor
Yoji Takeshige
Art Direction
Ai Omori
Background Designer
Noboru Yoshida
Background Designer
Yumi Ishii
Background Designer
Kosuke Hayashi
Background Designer
Minori Takayama
Background Designer
Saki Kurobe
Background Designer
Yui Onodera
Background Designer
Ayahi Shimomura
Background Designer
Kazuo Oga
Background Designer
Yoichi Nishikawa
Background Designer
Nanako Yagi
Background Designer
Takuya Ohno
Casting