Cast and crew
The Boy and the Heron (2023)
14 cast and 76 crew, as credited. Cast in billing order; crew by department.
Cast14
Soma SantokiMahito Maki (voice)
Masaki SudaGray Heron (voice)
Ko ShibasakiKiriko (voice)
AimyonLady Himi (voice)
Yoshino KimuraNatsuko (voice)
Takuya KimuraShoichi Maki (voice)
Keiko TakeshitaIzumi (voice)
Jun FubukiUtako (voice)
Sawako AgawaEriko (voice)
Karen TakizawaWarawara (voice)
Shinobu OtakeAiko (voice)
Jun KunimuraThe Parakeet King (voice)
Kaoru KobayashiNoble Pelican (voice)- Shōhei HinoGranduncle (voice)
Crew76
Directing
- Kazuyoshi KatayamaAssistant Director
- Shintarou NakazawaSecond Unit First Assistant Director
- Chihiro OkadaSecond Unit First Assistant Director
- Hayao MiyazakiDirector
Writing
- Hayao MiyazakiOriginal Story, Screenplay
Production
- Kiyofumi NakajimaExecutive Producer
- Goro MiyazakiExecutive Producer
- Yoshiaki NishimuraCo-Producer
- Koji HoshinoExecutive Producer
- Toshio SuzukiProducer
- Takuya OhnoCasting
- Yuji TangeCasting
- Hideki FukayaLine Producer
- Yumiko MiharaProduction Assistant
- Ayako YasudaProduction Assistant
Camera
- Atsushi OkuiDirector of Photography
Editing
- Akane ShiraishiEditor
- Rie MatsubaraEditor
- Takeshi SeyamaEditor
Sound and music
- Koji KasamatsuSound Mixer, Sound Director
- Mika YamaguchiFoley Artist
- Kenshi YonezuTheme Song Performance
- Joe HisaishiOriginal Music Composer, Conductor
- Shuuji SuzukiADR Mixer
- Yasutomo YamadaADR Mixer
- Tsutomu KawahigashiDolby Consultant
- Eriko KimuraOther
Art
- Ai OmoriBackground Designer
- Noboru YoshidaBackground Designer
- Yumi IshiiBackground Designer
- Kosuke HayashiBackground Designer
- Minori TakayamaBackground Designer
- Saki KurobeBackground Designer
- Yui OnoderaBackground Designer
- Ayahi ShimomuraBackground Designer
- Kazuo OgaBackground Designer
- Yoichi NishikawaBackground Designer
- Nanako YagiBackground Designer
- Hayao MiyazakiStoryboard Artist
- Yoji TakeshigeArt Direction
Visual effects
- Toshiyuki InoueKey Animation
- Yoshimi ItazuKey Animation
- Ai TakashiKey Animation
- Hideki HamasuKey Animation
- Atsuko FukushimaKey Animation
- Yuuga TokunoKey Animation
- Takeshi InamuraKey Animation
- Atsuko OtaniKey Animation
- Susumu MitsunakaKey Animation
- Takayuki HamadaKey Animation
- Atsuko TanakaKey Animation
- Eiji YamamoriKey Animation
- Hiroomi YamakawaKey Animation
- Kanako TakayanagiColor Designer
- Yumi HandaKey Animation
- Fumiko NumahataColor Designer
- Junji YabutaCompositing Artist
- Takeshi HondaAnimation Director, Character Designer
- Michiyo SuzukiKey Animation
- Akihiko YamashitaKey Animation
- Ei InoueKey Animation
- Megumi KagawaKey Animation
- Katsuya KondoKey Animation
- Shinya OhiraKey Animation
- Yoshimichi KamedaKey Animation
- Masashi AndoKey Animation
- Hiromasa YonebayashiKey Animation
- Shinji OtsukaKey Animation
- Kiyotaka OshiyamaKey Animation
- Kitaro KosakaKey Animation
- Norihiko MiyoshiCG Artist
- Miki UmezawaCG Artist
- Yukinori NakamuraCG Artist
- Yoichi SenzuiCG Artist
- Akihiro OgawaCG Artist
Crew
- Tamaki KojoPost Production Supervisor