Studio Ghibli’s The Boy and the Heron English voice cast revealed

Miyazaki’s newest final film — The Boy and the Heron — flies into theaters soon. It’ll be available in both subbed and dubbed form, and true to Ghibli form, the dubbed English cast looks majorly stacked.

Mahito Maki is the voice of the boy who plays the central character in the film. You’s Luca Padovan. Christian Bale, who voiced Howl (in the English dub) of Howl’s Moving Castle) voices Shoichi Maki, Mahito’s father; Gemma Chan (Eternals) voices Mahito’s aunt Natsuko; Dave Bautista (Guardians of the GalaxyKaren Fukuhara plays the Parakeet Queen;She-Ra: Princesses Of PowerMark Hamill is Lady Himi.Star WarsWillem Dafoe is Granduncle.Finding NemoRobert Pattinson, () Noble Pelican.TwilightFlorence Pugh, on the other hand (MidsommarKiriko () means Kiriko. Parakeets include Dan Stevens (as well as Tony Revolori and Mamoudou Antoine).

The Boy and the Heron was supposed to be Miyazaki’s last film — not to be confused with his previous final movies: The Wind Rises (2013), Spirited away(2001), Princess Mononoke (1997). However, the man just won’t quit and is supposedly at work on another film!The Boy and the Heron follows a young boy coping with his mother’s death. It’s inspired by one of Miyazaki’s favorite books, What Do You Think?But it isn’t directly based upon that.

The Boy and the Heron It will premiere in English as well as Japanese cinemas starting on Dec. 8th. See the poster below.