Coming-of-age fantasy anime from the director of Summer Wars and Wolf Children about a lonely boy who discovers...
Coming-of-age fantasy anime from the director of Summer Wars and Wolf Children about a lonely boy who discovers a world of beasts. As he attempts to get home, one of the creatures becomes his spirit guide.
Kyuta, a misfortunate boy, lives on the streets of the human realm (Tokyo's Shibuya ward) and Kumatetsu, a lonesome beast, lives in the bakemono realm ("Shibutenmachi"). These worlds must not intersect, but one day, Kyuta stumbles upon an entry... With no family to call his own in the human world, he becomes the disciple of Kumatetsu. The stormy relationship between the beast and his young apprentice gradually grows stronger, overcoming their solitude.
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88 %69 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
88 %3,068 reviewsAudience score rating
12+Age suitabilityChildren & Media rating
"Though it piles all sorts of emotional baggage onto a series of already-tired believe-in-yourself cliches, Hosoda's over-complicated script has the virtue of expressing itself less via words than it does through truly spectacular set pieces."
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Variety
Variety"Confirms Mamoru Hosoda's reputation as one of the most interesting writer-directors working in Japanese animation."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"Rising to the challenge of delivering a rousing finale, Hosoda does sock over a spectacular climactic battle on and below the streets of Tokyo with imaginative aplomb."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"Never quite as transcendent as it might be, and certainly not in the manner of movies like Spirited Away or Grave Of The Fireflies."
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FilmInk
FilmInkThe Boy and the Beast | Details
- Rating
- PG, Mild animated violence and coarse language
- Runtime
- 119
- Genre
- Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Kids & Family
- Country of origin
- Japan
