The Boy and the Beast (2015)

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The Boy and the Beast is a successful coming-of-age story by anime giant Mamoru Hosoda that follows nine-year-old runaway Ren and gruff beast Kumatetsu fighting, arguing, and slowly discovering the true meanings of strength, anger, and loneliness. After which, Ren will have to choose between romance in modern-day Tokyo and a beast kingdom rather resembling feudal Japan.

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