When a young orphaned boy living on the streets of Shibuya stumbles upon a fantastic world of beasts, he's taken in by a gruff warrior beast looking for an apprentice.When a young orphaned boy living on the streets of Shibuya stumbles upon a fantastic world of beasts, he's taken in by a gruff warrior beast looking for an apprentice.When a young orphaned boy living on the streets of Shibuya stumbles upon a fantastic world of beasts, he's taken in by a gruff warrior beast looking for an apprentice.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 7 nominations total
Kôji Yakusho
- Kumatetsu
- (voice)
Suzu Hirose
- Kaede
- (voice)
Kazuhiro Yamaji
- Iozan
- (voice)
Sumire Morohoshi
- Chiko
- (voice)
Kumiko Asô
- Kyûta no haha
- (voice)
Masahiko Tsugawa
- Sôshi
- (voice)
Tadashi Nakamura
- Kenja
- (voice)
Baku Numata
- Kenja
- (voice)
Reiko Kusamura
- Kenja
- (voice)
Shinsuke Chikaishi
- Kenja
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen the whale moves through the city, one of the businesses that is shown is Starbuck's, which is named after a character from Moby Dick.
- ConnectionsReferenced in AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast: The Puppet Master (2018)
- SoundtracksStarting Over
Courtesy of Mr.Children
Lyrics & Music by Kazutoshi Sakurai
Arranged by Mr.Children
Courtesy of Toy's Factory
Featured review
This is the same person who made "Summer Wars", "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time", & "Wolf Children" all of which I absolutely LOVED!, I can't even pick a favorite out of those 3. I can say this was my least favorite of all 4 of his movies, but thats not a bad thing. Its a great movie, I just found a little something more out of the others over this one. The story is about a 9yr old boy whos mother dies & is told he'll be living with his relatives, because of this he runs away & ends up traveling accidentally into the spirits world(very similar to "Spirit Away") & being taken in by one of the greatest warrior spirits to live there. The story is solid through & through, it'll tug your heart a little & has some awesome action as well. The artwork & character designs are amazing, every single character even minor characters are so unique. The backgrounds are beautiful as well. The music is amazing, everything is spot on. This is one of the better anime movies, check it out especially if you were a fan of any of the titles listed above, I can almost guarantee you'll really like this.
4/5 Why? Really well done, solid story. Amazing artwork & animation. Perfect matching music. Solid movie, if your looking for a good anime movie that your going to enjoy check it out.
4/5 Why? Really well done, solid story. Amazing artwork & animation. Perfect matching music. Solid movie, if your looking for a good anime movie that your going to enjoy check it out.
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- Also known as
- The Boy and the Beast
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $490,643
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $274,247
- Mar 6, 2016
- Gross worldwide
- $49,781,599
- Runtime1 hour 59 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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