This Sunday, during the 81st delivery of the famous Golden Globes awards, held in the United States, a historic event took place as it was the director’s most recent work. Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli, The Boy and the Heron (Kimitachi wa Dou Ikiru ka), the film that won the Best Animated Film category, beating other nominated titles such as Items, Super Mario Bros: The Movie, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse already the same Suzumeof Makoto Shinkai.
As a curious fact, this category that awards animated films was added to the gala 18 years ago and it is the first time that an anime film takes the trophy. Another titanic achievement of the anime industry after winning the Oscar award in 2001 with the film Spirited Away.
That’s how Toshio Suzukico-founder of Ghibli and who serves as the film’s producer, was informed that the film won the award.
In Japan, the film premiered on July 14, managing to sell more than 100 million tickets and gross around $13.2 million in its first three days at the box office. It ranked as the 71st highest-grossing film in Japanese history and was the third most successful domestic film in 2023, amassing a gross of 8.66 billion yen, around US$61.4 million.
Synopsis of The Boy and the Heron
A young man named Mahito who misses his mother ventures into a mysterious world shared by the living and the dead with the help of a talking heron. There, life finds a new beginning. A fantasy about life, imagination and adventure.
Fountain: Golden Globes official website
