After the official premiere in Japan, Hayao Miyazaki’s last film, How do you live?, revealed not only the official cast and staff, but also confirmed the English release with a new title. While 2013’s The Wind Rises was marketed as Miyazaki’s last film, in 2016 it was announced that Miyazaki had begun work on a new film that would now be his last, How Do You Live? What’s particularly interesting is that according to Anime News Network, Studio Ghibli deliberately decided to release it without any marketing, so people don’t feel spoiled before watching it, even the sentence The underlying story was also not made public at any given time.
However, all that changed after the premiere of How Do You Live?, and a lot of information about the film’s production and international release was revealed. Not only was the cast, staff and actual story finally revealed, but after the premiere it was confirmed for an official English release from G Kids titled The Boy and the Hero. With the film only being released after being framed as a mystery for so long, details are naturally sparse, but it’s still remarkable for being the most that’s ever been revealed. about the movie since it was revealed.
How do you live? Released in English as The Boy and the Heron
With You How To Live? Currently being officially released, details on the cast, staff, and final story have been made public. Soma Santoki premieres anime voice for main character Mahito Maki, Takuya Kimura, who voices Howl in Howl’s Moving Castle, plays his father, Masaki Suda as gray heron, Japanese artist Aimyon as Himi, Kou Shibasaki as Kiriko, Yoshino Kimura as Natsuko, Jun Kunimura as King of Macaws, and other characters played by Keiko Takeshita, Jun Fubuki, Sawako Agawa, Karen Takizawa, Shinobu Ōtake, Kaoru Kobayashi, and Shohei Hino voiceover. Additionally, Joe Hisaishi once again composed for Studio Ghibli and Kenshi Yonezu performed the theme song, “Globe”.
As for the story, How do you live? follows Mahito Maki after his mother’s death in the Tokyo bombing. Still reeling from his mother’s death, Mahito’s family moves to the countryside and his father remarries his pregnant aunt, and as Mahito struggles with all of that, he meets a talking heron. takes him to another world with the promise that he can meet his mother. again. Nothing else has been revealed about the story at this time.
Everything known about the English release of the boy and the heron
In addition to the staff and story details, details on the English release of How Do You Live? has also been revealed. For the English release, How Do You Live? will be released as The Boy and the Heron. The release date is yet to be confirmed, but at least, GKIDS has confirmed that it will be released later this year. More information about How do you live?The film’s English release is likely to be revealed in the coming months, but for now, it’d be nice to have any information, especially about the plot.
Source: Anime News Network, Anime News Network.