The Boy and the Heron (2023) Review

Episode 496: This week we finally get around to reviewing Hayao Miyazaki's latest film The Boy and the Heron. Mahito, haunted by his mother's death during the firebombings of Tokyo during the Pacific War, moves away with his dad to his aunt Natsuko's house in the country, where he encounters a Blue Heron that talks and tells him his mother is still alive.