After watching the movie twice during early screenings, and reading the book that inspired the movie, I wanted to preserve some of my initial reactions and thoughts in this video, and hopefully it can help others appreciate Hayao Miyazaki's new movie: "The Boy and the Heron".

Thanks for watching! This was a more informal video I made--my hope is to finish a GIANT analysis video of SpongeBob I've been working on the past month...and release it before the end of the year!

0:00 Introduction
0:52 The Last Movie
2:24 The Great Grand Uncle and the end of Studio Ghibli
4:39 References to past movies
6:30 Birds and Miyazaki's childhood
8:45 The Influences and Themes of "How Do You Live?"
14:32 Malice, Misanthropy, and the Warawara
16:41 Conclusion
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