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The Boy and the Heron (君たちはどう生きるか)
— 2023, dir. Hayao Miyazaki
I don't even know who this is but that's hilarious to me
“Robert Pattinson showed up with iPhone voice recordings and had already nailed the voice for ‘THE BOY AND THE HERON’ before recording started. It was his first ever voice role and he finished in 2 days.” (source)
“Robert Pattinson showed up with iPhone voice recordings and had already nailed the voice for ‘THE BOY AND THE HERON’ before recording started. It was his first ever voice role and he finished in 2 days.” (source)
I WANNA KEEP 'EM
Thinking about them ☺️
Wait Chihiro's hair tie is charmed???
Obsessed how in Ghibli films, you can never go back to the magical world you've visited - the gate closes, the era ends and we will never be who we once were during the adventure! And that's life, it just goes on
And in this one too, Mahito leaves the tower and it crumbles behind him, but he can still remember? In this one, he carries the memento with him, not unlike Chihiro and her charmed hair-tie, but it's framed in this kind way - 'You're not supposed to remember, and you must forget, but you can carry it with you for a while yet' and this gentleness absolutely fucking ruins me.
love the new ghibli protagonist. what a little freak (affectionate). he has NO chill. a kid shoves him at the start of the movie and he instantly tackles them and proceeds to fight his entire class. he bashed his head in with a rock and tried to walk it off. the bird in his garden was doing funny things and he instantly starts making plans to murder it. was ready to beat the shit out of that pelican. i just know if he was allowed to curse he would have called that heron a bitch ass mother fucker. mahito was NOT fucking around.
Something quick and fun.
I loved their parts of the movie so much :')
Idk if I'm grasping at straws here but I thought there were a lot of early signs in The Boy and the Heron that the tower world was corrupt and unnatural. The main one being that every creature (with the notable exception of the tower master's own flesh and blood) seems to be starving. There are no living people, and few animals. The giant fish are beautiful and powerful, but overgrown and solitary. They aren’t part of the circle of life.
The Warawara, the visiting dead, the birds that became trapped, it's clear that the world can't sustain them, and despite knowing of their existance, there seem to be few concessions made for them by the tower master.
It's not malice, but simple cold selfishness and disinterest. Mahito can see that, and is afraid of what his own violent streak would mean for the people of the worlds he might create.
love the new ghibli protagonist. what a little freak (affectionate). he has NO chill. a kid shoves him at the start of the movie and he instantly tackles them and proceeds to fight his entire class. he bashed his head in with a rock and tried to walk it off. the bird in his garden was doing funny things and he instantly starts making plans to murder it. was ready to beat the shit out of that pelican. i just know if he was allowed to curse he would have called that heron a bitch ass mother fucker. mahito was NOT fucking around.
Studio Ghibi kids when they encounter a magical guide or animal: wow, amazing! I’m going to follow it and trust it.
Mahito with the heron:
Hayao Miyazaki’s “The Boy and the Heron” December 8, 2023.
Found Family. Nimona wanted a friend, found a boss, and ended up with a dad.
Even though this movie didn't win the Oscar's, it's definitely still one of the best animated movies of all time (this is not my opinion this is a fact). The reason I love this movie so much is because it has paved the way for animated movies to come, for them to have more positive queer representation in kids media.
This movie deserves more recognition than it currently has. Thank you team Nimona for making one of my favourite movies of all time.
THE BOY AND THE HERON (2023) | Teaser Trailer dir. Hayao Miyazaki (Studio Ghibli)
every ghibli movie is better with some guys in it
