The Boy And The Beast (DVD) (2015) Anime (English Sub)

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The Boy And The Beast

Directed by
Mamoru Hosoda
Synopsis
Considered by some critics to be the successor to Miyazaki Hayao as Japan's foremost animation filmmaker, director Hosoda Mamoru returns after a three-year wait with the fantasy-adventure The Boy and the Beast. His mother dead and his father long gone, nine-year-old Ren runs away from home to forage a meager existence on the streets of Tokyo. But the angry young Ren is taken in by Kumatetsu, a bear-like man-beast who spirits Ren away to an alternate world called Jutengai, where monsters rule. Over the years, Kumatetsu schools Ren in the art of swordplay and a bond forms between the boy and the beast. However, a power struggle between Kumatetsu and his rival Iozen, and Ren's growing love for a girl from his former home of Tokyo, set the stage for a thrilling and emotional climax that may determine the fate of Jutengai.
After covering quirky family dynamics in Summer Wars and a mother's love in Wolf Children, Hosoda explores the bond between father-and-son in this rich, dynamic and splendidly-realized action-fantasy. Featuring an all-star roster of voice talent, including Yakusho Koji as Kumatetsu, Miyazaki Aoi as nine-year-old Ren, Sometani Shota as the teenaged Ren and Hirose Suzu as Ren's love interest Kaede.

Synopsis
Considered by some critics to be the successor to Miyazaki Hayao as Japan's foremost animation filmmaker, director Hosoda Mamoru returns after a three-year wait with the fantasy-adventure The Boy and the Beast. His mother dead and his father long gone, nine-year-old Ren runs away from home to forage a meager existence on the streets of Tokyo. But the angry young Ren is taken in by Kumatetsu, a bear-like man-beast who spirits Ren away to an alternate world called Jutengai, where monsters rule. Over the years, Kumatetsu schools Ren in the art of swordplay and a bond forms between the boy and the beast. However, a power struggle between Kumatetsu and his rival Iozen, and Ren's growing love for a girl from his former home of Tokyo, set the stage for a thrilling and emotional climax that may determine the fate of Jutengai.
After covering quirky family dynamics in Summer Wars and a mother's love in Wolf Children, Hosoda explores the bond between father-and-son in this rich, dynamic and splendidly-realized action-fantasy. Featuring an all-star roster of voice talent, including Yakusho Koji as Kumatetsu, Miyazaki Aoi as nine-year-old Ren, Sometani Shota as the teenaged Ren and Hirose Suzu as Ren's love interest Kaede.

Directed by
Mamoru Hosoda

The Boy And The Beast (DVD) (2015)