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The Boy and the Heron (2023)

Genres: Animation, Fantasy, Drama

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."

• Soma Santoki as Mahito Maki (voice)
• Masaki Suda as Gray Heron (voice)
• Ko Shibasaki as Kiriko (voice)
• Aimyon as Lady Himi (voice)
• Yoshino Kimura as Natsuko (voice)
• Takuya Kimura as Shoichi Maki (voice)
• Keiko Takeshita as Izumi (voice)
• Jun Fubuki as Utako (voice)