The Boy and the Heron (2023)

Open up those brain lids, listeners. It’s time to go deeper than ever before.

This week we go face-to-face with the Grand Uncle himself. Hayao Miyazaki’s final(?) film is a doozy, and we’ve got a lot of ground to cover, so grab your Number Seven Flight Feathers and come transcend with us. We’ll be your guide!!!!!

Next week we say farewell to the Kingdom of Dreams and Madness. We’ll be tying off some loose ends, answering listener questions, and revealing what’s next for Eye of the Duck! Join the conversation on our Discord at discord.com/invite/RssDc3brsx and get more Eye of the Duck on our Patreon show, After Hours patreon.com/EyeoftheDuckPod
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References:
• Special Features• Interview with Supervising Animator Takeshi Honda
• Interview With Producer Toshio Suzuki
• Interview With Composer Joe Hisaishi

• The Art of Boy and the Heron
• Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron
• 2399 Days With Hayao Miyazaki & Studio Ghibli (archive.org/details/2399-days-with-hayao-miyaz…)
• Entertainment Weekly Toshio Suzuki Interview (ew.com/movies/studio-ghibli-hayao-miyazaki-how…)
• How GKids Made the English Dub (indiewire.com/features/interviews/boy-and-the-…)
• Full Frontal Toshiyuki Inoue Interview (fullfrontal.moe/inoue-boy-and-heron)
• Full Frontal Akihiko Yamashita Interview (fullfrontal.moe/akihiko-yamashita)
• Animation World Network Takeshi Honda & Dave Jesteadt Interview (awn.com/animationworld/hayao-miyazakis-triumph…)
• Columbian Graphic Artist Scams the World (cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/geraldine-fernand…)
Credits:
Eye of the Duck is created, hosted, and produced by Dom Nero (twitter.com/dominicknero) and Adam Volerich (twitter.com/AdamVole).
This episode was researched by Parth Marathe (parthmarathe.com).
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The "Adam's Blu-Ray Corner" theme was produced by Chase Sterling.
Assistant programming and digital production by Nik Long.
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