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Episode # 401 The Boy and the Heron with Kambole Campbell and Leslie Byron-Pitt

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Camberley reveals how The Boy and the Heron reflects Hayao Miyazaki's wartime childhood and Studio Ghibli's uncertain legacy.
The Flixwatcher podcast reviews Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron with guests Camberley and Leslie, discussing its autobiographical themes, animation style, and mixed reception. The hosts debate its structure, voice acting, and place in Studio Ghibli's catalog, ending with scoring and recommendations for other films.

As heard by us

A warm, disagreement-friendly discussion of Miyazaki, legacy, and why The Boy and the Heron takes time to settle in.

Flixwatcher's take on The Boy and the Heron frames the film around grief, legacy, inheritance, and the difficulty of meeting a late-career work that keeps changing as it goes.

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You want a loose Ghibli chat about The Boy and the Heron as a late-career film about moving on and legacy.

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