Mamoru Hosoda ranks first among the Japanese animation directors seen as successors to now-retired industry giant Hayao Miyazaki ¡ª and for good reason.
Like his distinguished senpai (senior), Hosoda has moved from animating the stories of others (including stints on the ¡°Digimon¡± and ¡°One Piece¡± franchises) to creating his own, while winning prizes and scaling box-office heights.
Expectations are high for his new film, ¡°Bakemono no Ko¡± (¡°The Boy and the Beast¡°), which is based on an original Hosoda script and made by his Studio Chizu animation house in a beautifully hand-drawn digitally enhanced style.
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