Spoiler Warning: The following article contains major spoilers for The Boy and the Heron . If you have yet to watch the Studio Ghibli movie, please return after doing so. Ever since I first heard about The Boy and the Heron a few years ago, I knew it was going to be an instant addition to the list of iconic Studio Ghibli movies .
And while it came and went and became one of the best 2023 animated movies , for a variety of reasons I wasn’t able to watch the latest Hayao Miyazaki film on the big screen. That all changed many months later when I was able to buy a copy of the Academy Award-winning animated feature film and finally check out what I assumed to be an emotional story about a young boy traveling to a fantastical world following the death of his mother. What followed was a transfixing and transformative experience with incredible animation, moving performances by its all-star cast , and a powerful story about loss, grief, and rebirth.
Some time has passed and thoughts have been collected, and I just have to talk about how The Boy and the Heron handled its major themes. Like A Lot Of Hayao Miyazaki's Movies, The Boy And The Heron Uses Grief As A Motivation A lot of the great movies by Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki have tackled loss, death, and grief in some way, and The Boy and the Heron is no different. In fact, grief is not only at the core of the film, but it’s also the driving force and motivation of numerous characters’ actions throughout its narrative.
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