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The Boy and the Heron

Kimitachi wa Dou Ikiru ka / Chłopiec i czapla / Der Junge und der Reiher / Drengen og hejren / El chico y la garza / El niño y la garza / Gutten og hegren / How Do You Live? / Il ragazzo e l’airone / Le Garçon et le Héron / O Menino e a Garça / Poika ja haikara / Pojken och hägern / הילד והאנפה / เด็กชายกับนกกระสา / 그대들은 어떻게 살 것인가

Source: Original
Format: Movie
Studios: Studio Ghibli
Parution Date: 2023-07-14
Status: Finished
Number of Episodes: 1
Genres: Adventure Drama Fantasy Supernatural
Themes: Adoption Age Regression Animals Anthropomorphism Archery Autobiographical Bullying Coming Of Age Fairy Tale Historical Isekai Male Protagonist Philosophy Rural Shapeshifting Time Manipulation Tragedy Urban Fantasy War

Summary

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)