2015 · fantasy · animation · family
The Boy and the Beast
Directed by Mamoru Hosoda1h 59m2015
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.
Our read: The Boy and the Beast (2015) reads as a warm, kinetic, inventive fantasy · animation · family entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, measured fantasy / animation, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
- warm
- brisk
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