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Anime like The Boy and the Heron

Not everyone loves The Boy and the Heron for the same reason. Pick the one that was yours, and the picks follow.

The 3 reasons people love The Boy and the Heron

Read them all. One will sound more like you than the others.

  1. You like a world of parakeets, pelicans and a stone tower.

  2. You love Miyazaki's hand-drawn worlds.

  3. You like a boy learning to accept a new mother.

Picks that share your reasons

Which reasons were yours?

Tick them here or with “That’s me” above. The picks re-sort by how many of your reasons they share.

  • Spirited Away2001

    • Miyazaki's hand-drawn worlds

    Good for you if you love getting lost in a world with its own strange rules.

  • Suzume2022

    • a world of parakeets, pelicans and a stone tower

    Good for you if you like doors in abandoned places that open onto a starry other world.

  • Wolf Children2012

    • a boy learning to accept a new mother

    Good for you if you like a mother doing everything for her kids.

  • How to Train Your Dragon 22014

    • a world of parakeets, pelicans and a stone tower

    Good for you if you like even bigger flying scenes.

  • Princess Mononoke1997

    • Miyazaki's hand-drawn worlds

    Good for you if you like an epic with gods, spirits and wolves.

  • Grave of the Fireflies1988

    • a boy learning to accept a new mother

    Good for you if you like a brother trying to keep his little sister alive.

  • Howl's Moving Castle2004

    • a world of parakeets, pelicans and a stone tower

    Good for you if you like a world of magic doors and fire demons.

  • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba2019

    • a boy learning to accept a new mother

    Good for you if you like a brother who will do anything to save his sister.

  • Inside Out2015

    • a world of parakeets, pelicans and a stone tower

    Good for you if you like a world built out of memories and dreams.

  • Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation2021

    • Miyazaki's hand-drawn worlds

    Good for you if you like a fantasy world with its own continents, races and schools of magic.

Reasons taken from The Boy and the Heron's card. Picks from the Ipsomap catalogue. This application uses TMDB and the TMDB APIs but is not endorsed, certified, or otherwise approved by TMDB.

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