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."
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Family, Drama
Cast: Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Ko Shibasaki, Aimyon, Yoshino Kimura, Takuya Kimura, Keiko Takeshita, Jun Fubuki, Sawako Agawa, Karen Takizawa, Shinobu Ôtake, Jun Kunimura, Kaoru Kobayashi
Crew: Toshiyuki Inoue (Key Animation), Hideki Hamasu (Key Animation), Ai Takashi (Key Animation), Yoshimi Itazu (Key Animation), Kiyofumi Nakajima (Executive Producer)
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