Coming This March 2016 From FUNimation Entertainment: The Boy and the Beast
The Boy and the Beast
In select theaters starting March 4, 2016.
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 pair will be put to the 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. - From FUNIMATION FILMS
About the Mamoru Hosoda:
Masterful animator and director Mamoru Hosoda has been called “the preeminent director of theatrical animation in Japan today, the obvious spiritual heir to Hayao Miyazaki.” (Brain Camp, Otaku USA Magazine) This is high praise indeed, but Hosoda’s stellar body of work certainly merits any and all plaudits. Trained as an oil painter at Kanazawa University of Arts and Crafts, Hosoda honed his considerable skills working at famed anime production houses such as Toei and Studio Ghibli. His directorial credits include The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Summer Wars, and Wolf Children, all three of which received the Japan Academy Prize for Best Animated Film
Cast:
Kyuta (Young):
Japanese: Aoi Miyazaki
English: Luci Christian
Kyuta (Teen):
Japanese: Shota Sometani
English: Eric Vale
Kumatetsu:
Japanese: Koji Yakusho
English: John Swasey
Kaede:
Japanese: Suzu Hirose
English: Bryn Apprill
Chico:
Japanese: Sumire Morohoshi
English: Monica Rial
Tatara:
Japanese: Yo Oizumi
English: Ian Sinclair
Iozen:
Japanese: Kazuhiro Yamaji
English: Sean Hennigan
Ichirohiko (Teen):
Japanese: Mamoru Miyano
English: Austin Tindle
Ichirohiko (Young):
Japanese: Haru Kuroki
English: Morgan Berry
Jiromaru (Teen):
Japanese: Kappei Yamaguchi
English: Josh Grelle
Jiromaru (Young):
Japanese: Momoka Ono
English: Brittney Karbowski
Kyuta's Mother:
Japanese: Kumiko Asou
English: Jessica Cavanagh
Kyuta's Father:
Japanese: Keishi Nagatsuka
English: Chuck Hüber
Lord:
Japanese: Masahiko Tsugawa
English: Steve Powell
