Kyuta, a boy living in Shibuya, and Kumatetsu, a lonesome beast from Jutengai, an imaginary world. One day, Kyuta forays into the imaginary world and, as he's looking for his way back, meets Kumatetsu who becomes his spirit guide. That encounter leads them to many adventures.

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The Boy and the Beast (2015)

In a world of beasts, he found a family.

★ 7.9/10 July 11, 2015 119 min

ActionAdventureAnimationDramaFamilyFantasy

Director: Mamoru Hosoda  ·  Writer: Mamoru Hosoda

Kyuta, a boy living in Shibuya, and Kumatetsu, a lonesome beast from Jutengai, an imaginary world. One day, Kyuta forays into the imaginary world and, as he's looking for his way back, meets Kumatetsu who becomes his spirit guide. That encounter leads them to many adventures.

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Director

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Cast

Koji Yakusho Koji Yakusho Kumatetsu (voice) Aoi Miyazaki Aoi Miyazaki Young Kyuta (voice) Shota Sometani Shota Sometani Teenage Kyuta (voice) Suzu Hirose Suzu Hirose Kaede (voice) Lily Franky Lily Franky Hyakushūbō (voice) Yo Oizumi Yo Oizumi Tatara (voice) Kazuhiro Yamaji Kazuhiro Yamaji Iozen (voice) Mamoru Miyano Mamoru Miyano Teenage Ichirohiko (voice) Kappei Yamaguchi Kappei Yamaguchi Teenage Jiromaru (voice) Haru Kuroki Haru Kuroki Young Ichirohiko (voice) Momoka Ohno Momoka Ohno Young Jiromaru (voice) Sumire Morohoshi Sumire Morohoshi Chico (voice)

User Reviews (1)

Reno
Reno March 24, 2016
★ 8/10

> Lost in one world, found in another. My last anime movie was 'Giovanni Island' and I did not end up liking much. I thought that was a decent movie with an intense WWII story told through the Japanese children's perspective. Since then almost half a year passed and now I saw this from the director of 'Wolf Children'. That was his career best movie, so I think the director wanted to follow the same footstep. Thus he ended up making this one which was quite similar theme, except the sketches were not as cute as that. Like one of the discussion topics on this title, it almost connects with the director's previous movie. Maybe something like Tarantino, who tried to connect 'The Hateful Eight' with 'Django Unchained', later dropped the idea for the characters that failed to merge. But here the reason might be the drawings which were somewhat different styles. And this one seems for tee…