The Boy and the Heron
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."
Ryezoo reviewedFebruary 4, 2025
Feel like this didn’t connect for me as much as it did everyone else. I thought that the animation was gorgeous. I ended up seeing the English dub and I thought it was OK. Some audio performances were noticeably bad at times. Robert Patterson was really good though and I can’t believe it was him. I thought that the film was just a little confusing to me and I struggled to grasp all the grandiose ideology that was going on, it also felt a little boring at times but not to a point where I was taking out of it. Maybe on a rewatch will help it click more.