The Boy and the Beast

7.9

Kyuta, a boy living in Shibuya, and Kumatetsu, a lonesome beast from Jutengai, an imaginary world. One day, Kyuta forays into the imaginary world and, as he's looking for his way back, meets Kumatetsu who becomes his spirit guide. That encounter leads them to many adventures.

Discover

Koji Yakusho

Kumatetsu (voice)

Aoi Miyazaki

Young Kyuta (voice)

Shota Sometani

Teenage Kyuta (voice)

Suzu Hirose

Kaede (voice)

Lily Franky

Hyakushūbō (voice)

Yo Oizumi

Tatara (voice)

Kazuhiro Yamaji

Iozen (voice)

Mamoru Miyano

Teenage Ichirohiko (voice)

Kappei Yamaguchi

Teenage Jiromaru (voice)

Haru Kuroki

Young Ichirohiko (voice)

Momoka Ohno

Young Jiromaru (voice)

Sumire Morohoshi

Chico (voice)

Keishi Nagatsuka

Kyuta's Father (voice)

Kumiko Aso

Kyuta's Mother (voice)

Masahiko Tsugawa

Lord (voice)

Art

Takashi Omori

Art Direction

Yoichi Nishikawa

Art Direction

Yohei Takamatsu

Art Direction

Kosuke Hayashi

Background Designer

Yuka Nitta

Background Designer

Miho Tokita

Background Designer

Akira Yamakawa

Background Designer

Osamu Nakajima

Background Designer

Akemi Higashi

Background Designer

Yumi Ishii

Background Designer

Yu Xuan Liu

Background Designer

Kazuo Oga

Background Designer

Kaori Hino

Background Designer

Akane Iwakuma

Background Designer

Junko Ina

Background Designer

Satoko Nakamura

Background Designer

Anri Jojo

Art Designer

Kazuyuki Hashimoto

Background Designer

Michiko Taniguchi

Background Designer

Shiho Yanase

Background Designer

Kurumi Katayama

Background Designer

Katsushi Aoki

Background Designer

Yoshikazu Fukutome

Background Designer

Ryoko Ina

Background Designer

Yoji Takeshige

Background Designer

Hisako Akagi

Background Designer

Sayaka Hirahara

Background Designer

Hiroshi Sato

Background Designer

Kiyoshi Sameshima

Background Designer

Ayae Kanbe

Background Designer

Tomotaka Kubo

Background Designer

Hitoshi Nagasaki

Background Designer

Harumi Yanoki

Background Designer

Youichi Watanabe

Background Designer

Naomi Kasugai

Background Designer

Hiroshi Ohno

Background Designer

Kikuyo Yano

Background Designer

Camera

Ryo Horibe

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Daisuke Iga

Costume Design

Crew

Directing

Mamoru Hosoda

Director

Editing

Production

Genki Kawamura

Producer

Atsushi Chiba

Producer

Yuichiro Sato

Producer

Seiji Okuda

Producer

Hitoshi Ito

Associate Producer

Daisuke Kadoya

Executive Producer

Kiyotaka Waki

Line Producer

Nozomu Takahashi

Executive Producer

Yuzuru Satou

Associate Producer

Leititia Gokura

Production Assistant

Yuka Saito

Producer

Tomoko Suzuki

Associate Producer

Takuya Ito

Producer

Sound

Masakatsu Takagi

Original Music Composer

Kyoko Kitahara

Music Producer

Mr.Children

Theme Song Performance

Yoshio Obara

Recording Supervision

Yuji Akazawa

Sound Effects

Masaru Ohgawara

Foley Artist

Kenji Ashimoto

Orchestrator

Writing

Mamoru Hosoda

Original Story

Art

Takashi Omori

Art Direction

Yoichi Nishikawa

Art Direction

Yohei Takamatsu

Art Direction

Kosuke Hayashi

Background Designer

Yuka Nitta

Background Designer

Miho Tokita

Background Designer

Akira Yamakawa

Background Designer

Osamu Nakajima

Background Designer

Akemi Higashi

Background Designer

Yumi Ishii

Background Designer

Yu Xuan Liu

Background Designer

Kazuo Oga

Background Designer

Kaori Hino

Background Designer

Akane Iwakuma

Background Designer

Junko Ina

Background Designer

Satoko Nakamura

Background Designer

Anri Jojo

Art Designer

Kazuyuki Hashimoto

Background Designer

Michiko Taniguchi

Background Designer

Shiho Yanase

Background Designer

Kurumi Katayama

Background Designer

Katsushi Aoki

Background Designer

Yoshikazu Fukutome

Background Designer

Ryoko Ina

Background Designer

Yoji Takeshige

Background Designer

Hisako Akagi

Background Designer

Sayaka Hirahara

Background Designer

Hiroshi Sato

Background Designer

Kiyoshi Sameshima

Background Designer

Ayae Kanbe

Background Designer

Tomotaka Kubo

Background Designer

Hitoshi Nagasaki

Background Designer

Harumi Yanoki

Background Designer

Youichi Watanabe

Background Designer

Naomi Kasugai

Background Designer

Hiroshi Ohno

Background Designer

Kikuyo Yano

Background Designer

Camera

Ryo Horibe

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Daisuke Iga

Costume Design

Crew

Directing

Mamoru Hosoda

Director

Editing

Production

Genki Kawamura

Producer

Atsushi Chiba

Producer

Yuichiro Sato

Producer

Seiji Okuda

Producer

Hitoshi Ito

Associate Producer

Daisuke Kadoya

Executive Producer

Kiyotaka Waki

Line Producer

Nozomu Takahashi

Executive Producer

Yuzuru Satou

Associate Producer

Leititia Gokura

Production Assistant

Yuka Saito

Producer

Tomoko Suzuki

Associate Producer

Takuya Ito

Producer

Sound

Masakatsu Takagi

Original Music Composer

Kyoko Kitahara

Music Producer

Mr.Children

Theme Song Performance

Yoshio Obara

Recording Supervision

Yuji Akazawa

Sound Effects

Masaru Ohgawara

Foley Artist

Kenji Ashimoto

Orchestrator

Writing

Mamoru Hosoda

Original Story