Fathom Entertainment and GKIDS have revealed that it will be re-releasing The Boy and the Heron in theaters for Studio Ghibli Fest 2025. It will be available to watch exclusively in the United States between November 15 and 19.
Tickets are available now on the following days:
- Saturday, November 15 (English Language Dub)
- Sunday, November 16 (English Language Dub)
- Monday, November 17 (Japanese Language with Subtitles)
- Tuesday, November 18 (Japanese Language with Subtitles)
- Wednesday, November 19 (English Language Dub)
Screenings will also include a post-film clip from the bonus featurette, “Drawing with Takeshi Honda” The Boy and the Heron initially premiered in theaters in 2023. The film won several awards, including the Oscar and Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature Film. The English cast of The Boy and the Heron includes an all-star cast of high-profile actors. Take a look at some of the English actors below:
- Christian Bale (Batman Begins, The Prestige, Ford v Ferrari) as Shoichi Maki
- Dave Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy, Blade Runner 2049, Glass Onion) as The Parakeet King
- Gemma Chan (Eternals, Crazy Rich Asians) as Natsuko
- Willem Dafoe (The Lighthouse, Spider-Man, Aquaman, John Wick) as Noble Pelican
- Karen Fukuhara (The Boys, Suicide Squad, Bullet Train) as Lady Himi
- Mark Hamill (The Fall of the House of Usher, Star Wars, Batman: The Animated Series) as Granduncle
- Robert Pattinson (The Batman, The Lighthouse, Twilight) as The Gray Heron
- Florence Pugh (Oppenheimer, Midsommar, Black Widow) as Kiriko
GKIDS Films describes the movie as follows:
A young boy named Mahito
yearning for his mother
ventures into a world shared by the living and the dead.
There, death comes to an end,
and life finds a new beginning.
A semi-autobiographical fantasy about life, death, and creation, in tribute to friendship, from the mind of Hayao Miyazaki.
