Executive producer Dave Erickson tells IMDb what fans can learn from the new Season 1 Special Edition DVD commentary and serves up some key tidbits about Season 2.
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Title: Der Junge und das Biest (2015)
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Bryn Apprill | ... |
Kaede
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Kumiko Asô | ... |
Kyuta's Mother
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| Morgan Berry | ... |
Ichirohiko (Young)
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Jessica Cavanagh | ... |
Kyuta's Mother
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Luci Christian | ... |
Kyuta (Young)
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Monk Momoaki
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Josh Grelle | ... |
Jiromaru (Teen)
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Sean Hennigan | ... |
Iozen
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Suzu Hirose | ... |
Kaede
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Chuck Huber | ... |
Kyuta's Father
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Brittney Karbowski | ... |
Jiromaru (Young)
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Haru Kuroki | ... |
Young Ichirohiko
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Mamoru Miyano | ... |
Ichirohiko
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Young Kyuta
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Sumire Morohoshi | ... |
Chiko
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The latest feature film from award-winning Japanese director Mamoru Hosoda (Summer Wars, Wolf Children): When Kyuta, a young orphan living on the streets of Shibuya, stumbles into a fantastic world of beasts, he's taken in by Kumatetsu, a gruff, rough-around-the-edges warrior beast who's been searching for the perfect apprentice. Despite their constant bickering, Kyuta and Kumatetsu begin training together and slowly form a bond as surrogate father and son. But when a deep darkness threatens to throw the human and beast worlds into chaos, the strong bond between this unlikely family will be put to ultimate test-a final showdown that will only be won if the two can finally work together using all of their combined strength and courage.
Now with this movie finally getting an official release of course it has to open the same weekend as Zootopia (haven't seen but will review soon) which is killing the box office, while the Boy and the Beast had a total of 4 people in the theatre, two of which were me and my friend, and although I'm sure Zootopia is great, there needs to be love for this movie too! Japan is currently kicking anyones but in the animation department, and this film is nothing short of that, it looks beautiful almost every scene. The story it self is a simple one but the characters were so intriguing that it helped the story so much, basically a quick sum of the plot is there is a beast world and a human wanders into it to train with one of the beast, and as I mentioned I'm sure you are thinking that this is such an unoriginal plot, which in a way it is nothing new, but again you care about the characters so much that it throughly enhances the story, and the story actually has a great side plot. If you need something to watch this weekend I'm sure Zootopia is great for the family, but The Boy in The Beast is great for anyone, as it isn't too "anime" for the average person. Mamoru Hosoda really has quite a talent and with Miyazaki retiring I think he is going to cement himself as the best in animated films for years to come.
So to sum things up definitely see the Boy and the Beast, it is a fantastic time age range: 10+ score: 10/10 would recommend to go watch