Mamoru Hosoda Talks Inspiration For ‘The Boy and the Beast’ Anime Feature

The film is an original work for Hosoda and was in development for quite some time.

Originally in theaters back on July 11th, 2015 in Japan, the film was localized as The Boy and the Beast.

Despite their constant bickering, Kyuta and Kumatetsu begin training together and slowly form a bond as surrogate father and son.