The Boy and the Heron trailer reveals darkest Studio Ghibli movie yet Studio GhibliStudio Ghibli has mastered the art of mixing bleak storytelling with hopefulness, but The Boy and the Heron could be the studio\u2019s darkest turn yet. Hayao Miyazaki\u2019s new movie The Boy and the Heron opened in Japan last month to rave reviews and huge box office numbers. Despite the mystery surrounding the film, hype is still huge. But while The Boy and the Heron will open the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7 \u2013 making it the first animated film to fill such a prestigious slot \u2013 those in the West are still left hanging about wondering when we will get to see the new movie. However, as of September 6, Studio Ghibli has finally shown us some mercy and released a trailer. But the trailer\u2019s tone suggests that this upcoming movie could be the studio\u2019s darkest yet. The Boy and the Heron trailer has finally been released The first trailer for The Boy and the Heron begins with darkness and fire, evoking similar imagery to another of Studio Ghibli\u2019s bleakest movies: Grave of the Fireflies. There is also some unsettling imagery, music, and a tagline, \u201cWhere death comes to an end,\u201d which doesn\u2019t help calm this sense of unease. Watch the new trailer below: The Boy and the Heron\u2019s international release date revealed As well as giving a glimpse of the movie\u2019s imagery, the trailer has also revealed the film\u2019s international release date, which is December 8, 2023. Now, while this may be the first trailer we\u2019ve seen, the movie has actually already been out for a while in Japan. But because it is yet to be released internationally, mystery has shrouded the movie since its first announcement. Mainly due to a lack of promotional material, with just a poster being the only thing to go out for months. Since then, we\u2019ve been given tiny snippets, including some images from the movie. An overview of the plot has also been revealed in a review from the AnimeNewsNetwork: \u201cOur hero, Mahito, is a good kid \u2013 obedient and polite. But while he\u2019s respectful to his aunt and the numerous elderly people she takes care of, he is self-destructing on the inside. What he wants is the old life he had in Tokyo with his father and mother \u2013 not this one in a new place where he knows no one and his father is already making a new family with his aunt. \u201cAt first, he lashes out at himself \u2013 getting in a fight after school and then causing himself a gushing head wound so he doesn\u2019t have to go back. Then, he moves on to lash out at something that can\u2019t fight back \u2013 the blue heron living in a neighboring pond. The message here is clear. These are obvious outward signs of a troubled kid \u2013 both then and now. Pain and grief are universal things \u2013 and only by recognizing the signs can we help those in need. \u201cThe film, for all its fantastical trappings, is the story of Mahito coming to accept what he still has \u2013 and fighting to make sure nothing more is taken away from him.\u201d But this trailer is no doubt going to get everyone more excited- and perhaps anxious, due to its dark tone. The Boy and the Heron is set to premiere not just at the Toronto Film Festival, but at the London BFI Festival as well, and we certainly can\u2019t wait to see it. For more Studio Ghibli coverage, head here, and for our Top 10 Ghibli movies, click here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Boy and the Heron trailer reveals darkest Studio Ghibli movie yet Studio GhibliStudio Ghibli has mastered the art of mixing bleak storytelling with hopefulness, but The Boy and the Heron could be the studio\u2019s darkest turn yet. Hayao Miyazaki\u2019s new movie The Boy and the Heron opened in Japan last month to rave reviews […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13674\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}