{"id":3248,"date":"2023-09-08T08:00:56","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T15:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hypespanic.com\/?p=3248"},"modified":"2023-09-19T21:20:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T04:20:58","slug":"the-boy-and-the-heron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hypespanic.com\/the-boy-and-the-heron\/","title":{"rendered":"Hayao Miyazaki\u2019s Final Film The Boy And The Heron Premieres Worldwide December 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Boy and the Heron<\/i> will make its first premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival<\/h3>\n

The Boy and the Heron<\/i>‘s first trailer has made one of the year’s most elusive movies a little less enigmatic. The newest animated movie from Studio Ghibli, and possibly Hayao Miyazaki’s last full-length film, had its Japanese premiere in July under the title Kimitachi wa Do Ikiruka<\/i>. Now, it\u2019s set to make its North American premiere.<\/p>\n

The first trailer for The Boy and the Heron<\/i> was released on Wednesday, revealing a fantasy adventure that resembles what is a little closer to the likes of Spirited Away<\/i>, Hayao Miyazaki\u2019s 2001 masterpiece. It comes a full decade after Miyazaki’s previous film, The Wind Rises<\/i>, which premiered in 2013. It will also become Studio Ghibli\u2019s first feature since Earwig and the Witch<\/i> from 2020, directed by Goro Miyazaki, Hayao\u2019s son.<\/p>\n

As we see in its official trailer, a majority of it is made up of sporadic shots, starting with a gruesome sight of little Mahito Maki rushing through a burning battlefield while pleading for his parents. It has echoes of Grave of the Fireflies<\/i> by Isao Takahata, another classic Ghibli movie.<\/p>\n

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Then, Mahito appears in a setting while being shown around a house by an elderly woman. He observes a heron and deserted buildings that, like those in Spirited Away<\/i>, are illuminated by ethereal lights. We watch as he comes into contact with magical beings, such as a group of cute pale spirits, a school of fish, a woman made of water, a boy made of fire, an elderly man wielding a sword, and many other encounters all resembling classic character designs from Miyazaki\u2019s other works<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to Studio Ghibli<\/a>, The Boy and the Heron<\/i> is “semi-autobiographical”, so perhaps it’s not a coincidence that this trailer has elements from Miyazaki’s earlier works. Kimitachi wa Do Ikiruka <\/i>will be released across U.S. theaters on December 8, 2023.<\/p>\n