The Boy and the Heron (2023)

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Release Date: December 8, 2023

Voice cast​

• Soma Santoki as Mahito Maki
• Masaki Suda as The Grey Heron
• Aimyon as Himi
• Yoshino Kimura as Natsuko
• Shōhei Hino as the Great-Uncle
• Ko Shibasaki as Kiriko
• Takuya Kimura as Shoichi Maki, Mahito's father
• Jun Kunimura as The Parakeet King
• Kaoru Kobayashi as Dying Pelican
• Keiko Takeshita as Maid #1
• Jun Fubuki as Maid #2
• Sawako Agawa as Maid #3
• Karen Takizawa as Maid #4
• Shinobu Otake as Maid #5

Synopsis: Mahito, a young 12-year-old boy, struggles to settle in a new town after his mother's death. However, when a talking heron informs Mahito that his mother is still alive, he enters an abandoned tower in search of her, which takes him to another world.

Trailer:

 

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All I need to see is the name Hayao Miyazaki

 

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Miyazaki’s first animated feature in 10 years, “The Boy and the Heron” has come out with its official English voice cast.

GKIDS, which serves as animation group Studio Ghibli’s North American distributor, announced that the full cast will consist of

• Christian Bale as Shoichi Maki
• Dave Bautista as The Parakeet King
• Gemma Chan as Natsuko
• Willem Dafoe as Noble Pelican
• Karen Fukuhara as Lady Himi
• Mark Hamill as Granduncle
• Robert Pattinson as The Gray Heron
• Florence Pugh as Kiriko

Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘The Boy and the Heron’ Announces English Voice Cast: Christian Bale, Florence Pugh and Robert Pattinson to Star

The English language voice cast for Hayao Miyazaki's "The Boy and the Heron" will include Christian Bale, Florence Pugh and Robert Pattinson.

variety.com

 

[Marty McFourth]

Love that English voice cast. I typically prefer to watch these in Japanese if I can, but definitely a great set of names.