Good news Ghibli fans! Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki’s masterpiece, The Boy and the Heron will be in our cinema for Philippines Fan Screening on January 6, 2024! As Encore PH and Warner Bros. brings the original Japanese and English-dubbed versions of the movie in Philippines Cinema on January 8, 2024.
Nominated and won in prestigious film awards circles, the film impresses the global viewers. As seen from the critics and non-critics reviews. Reviewers praise the most recent Miyazaki masterpiece. Rolling Stone’s David Fear calling The Boy and the Heron proof that, “Hayao Miyazaki is the greatest animator alive.”
According to Erik Kain, Senior Contributor for Forbes,“It’s a masterful work of gorgeous animation, powerful storytelling and absolutely bizarre magic and adventure that’s instantly become one of my favorite Studio Ghibli films.”
The movie received Best Animated Film from organizations such as New York Film Critics Circle, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Boston Society of Film Critics, and more. It is also been nominated for Best Animated Feature Film and Best Original Score by The Golden Globe Awards, and Best Animated Feature by the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards.
With US $13.2 million made over the course of its opening weekend, the movie had the greatest box office debut in Studio Ghibli history. Breaking the box-office records in every continet where it opened shows how great this film is.
The Boy and the Heron tells the whimsical tale of Mahito Maki who moves into a new town after the tragic death of their mother. Led on by a mysterious grey heron, he finds an abandoned tower and enters the fantastical world that awaited him inside.
Voice Actors
Studio Ghibli fans are in for a treat since the English-dubbed version will be shown in selected Philippine theaters.
The voice cast includes:
Luca Padovan- Mahito Maki
Robert Pattinson- The Grey Heron
Christian Bale- Shoichi Maki
Florence Pugh- Kiriko
Karen Fukuhara- Lady Himi
Willem Dafoe- Noble Pelican
Dave Bautista- The Parakeet King
For the original Japanese voice cast includes:
Soma Santoki- Mahito Maki
Masaki Suda- The Grey Heron
Ko Shibasaki- Kiriko
Aimyon- Lady Himi
Kaoru Kobayashi- Noble Pelican
Jun Kunimura- The Parakeet King
Philippines Fan Screening on January 6, 2024
Coming soon in Philippine cinemas on January 8, The Boy and the Heron will first be shown at a Fan Screening Event on Saturday, January 6, at 7:00 p.m. at SM Megamall Cinema 2. Tickets are P1,200, which include a desk calendar, a collector ticket, and a mini-poster. Be the first ones to catch it and check SM Cinemas’ website to buy your tickets!
The Boy and the Heron will be released nationwide in theaters on January 8. Check the schedules and tickets at the cenemas near you, and let us experience this wonderful Ghibli film that we’ve all waiting for!
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