Studio Ghibli has launched a brand new trailer for its upcoming movie The Boy and the Heron, giving followers a greater concept of what to anticipate from Hayao Miyazaki’s rumored ultimate full-length function movie.
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The Boy and the Heron’s first official teaser trailer exhibits us glimpses of the mysterious story, that includes a boy named Mahito, who’s “craving for his mom,” as famous within the video’s description on YouTube. He finds himself coming into a world that’s inhabited by each the dwelling and the lifeless. As with Miyazaki’s earlier works, the teaser signifies that recurring themes together with love, friendship, demise, and conflict will all be current within the movie.
Along with a primary take a look at arguably probably the most secretive movie of this yr, Studio Ghibli additionally confirmed that it’ll hit theaters and IMAX in North Dec. 8. The movie was initially launched in Japan final July.
In 2020, Studio Ghibli introduced that Miyazaki was popping out of retirement to make yet another movie. The studio, nevertheless, has been cautious to share little or no info since. Previous to Studio Ghibli releasing as we speak’s teaser trailer and launch date, we bought a poster for the movie and, extra lately, some picture stills, one in every of which included a heron with some gnarly-looking enamel.
Studio Ghibli additionally launched a logline, which reads, “A younger boy names Mahito eager for his mom ventures right into a world shared by the dwelling and the lifeless. There, demise involves an finish, and life finds a brand new starting. A semi-autobiographical fantasy about life, demise and creation, in tribute to friendship, from the thoughts of Hayao Miyazaki.”
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