Top 12 in Top 10 best anime of all time for kids.
The Boy and The Beast - Official Trailer
- Director: Mamoru Hosoda
Cast: Kumiko Aso, Morgan Berry, Bryn Apprill
Genre: Action, Animated, Fantasy, Adventure
Duration: 119 minutes
Country: Japan
Release year: 2015
What it's about: The story revolves around the journey of a 9-year-old boy Ren when his mother dies and is abandoned by his father. The boy with a strong and unruly nature decides to run away from home. While wandering Shibuya, Ren gets lost in the parallel world of Juutengai, where giant super beasts can talk like humans. There, he meets Kumatetsu (Kōji Yakusho), a bear-shaped spirit beast who is searching for a heir. The Boy and the Beast received critical acclaim for its engaging graphics and convincing storytelling. Critics in the land of cherry blossoms highly appreciated the film and compared The Boy and the Beast to the classic story The Jungle Boy or the magic similar to the Harry Potter series, with the center also the story of growing up.