The Boy and the Heron
Where death comes to an end, life finds a new beginning.
124 mins
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."
Hideki Hamasu
Key Animation
Ai Takashi
Key Animation
Yuuga Tokuno
Key Animation
Atsuko Tanaka
Key Animation
Hiroomi Yamakawa
Key Animation
Susumu Mitsunaka
Key Animation
Takeshi Inamura
Key Animation
Eiji Yamamori
Key Animation
Takayuki Hamada
Key Animation
Atsuko Otani
Key Animation
Minori Takayama
Background Designer
Chihiro Okada
Second Unit First Assistant Director
Rie Matsubara
Editor
Mika Yamaguchi
Foley Artist
Yui Onodera
Background Designer
Yumi Handa
Key Animation
Yoichi Nishikawa
Background Designer
Nanako Yagi
Background Designer
Kosuke Hayashi
Background Designer
Saki Kurobe
Background Designer
Koji Kasamatsu
Sound Director
Ai Omori
Background Designer
Koji Kasamatsu
Sound Mixer
Kanako Takayanagi
Color Designer
Yumi Ishii
Background Designer
Akane Shiraishi
Editor
Fumiko Numahata
Color Designer
Ayahi Shimomura
Background Designer
Shintarou Nakazawa
Second Unit First Assistant Director
Junji Yabuta
Compositing Artist
Michiyo Suzuki
Key Animation
Megumi Kagawa
Key Animation
Yoshimichi Kameda
Key Animation
Ei Inoue
Key Animation
Shinya Ohira
Key Animation
Shinji Otsuka
Key Animation
Eriko Kimura
ADR Supervisor
Shuuji Suzuki
ADR Mixer
Yasutomo Yamada
ADR Mixer
Takuya Ohno
Casting
Yuji Tange
Casting
Hideki Fukaya
Line Producer
Ayako Yasuda
Production Assistant