The Boy and the Heron is an anime film that premiered in summer 2023, produced by Studio Ghibli.

About the production: the story comes from an original script, the film runs about 124 minutes and its current status is "finished".

Its main genres are adventure, drama, fantasy and supernatural, with themes such as Fairy Tale, Coming of Age, Animals and Anthropomorphism.

On AniList, The Boy and the Heron has an average score of 77%, a very good score, and appears on 68,168 users' lists.

While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother’s tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy’s mother. As he tries to adjust, this strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who perplexes and bedevils Mahito, dubbing him the “long-awaited one.” (Source: Letterboxd)

Official synopsis from AniList.