Ghibli stans will appreciate the plot details.Ī video introduction to the film provided us with three whole sentences about the plot. “You see this world,” an old man says to the boy. It appears that Mahito’s only mission isn’t to find his mother - he must also protect the land of the dead from a new threat. During his odyssey into the magical land, a woman’s body melts at his touch and a Calcifer-like being rises from the flames. “I’ll be your guide,” the heron tells him as they traverse a tunnel to a world filled with the dead. According to Pattinson’s gravely voice, his mother awaits rescue.
Before we know it, frogs cover his whole body only to beckon him on a journey. Where’s the literal bird? He’s voiced by Robert Pattinson and finds our lead in the countryside, catching the boy’s eye as he wanders around a traditional Japanese home. The titular boy, Mahito, flees a burning city in the official English trailer.
