The 2022-2023 Film Journal Entry #18: "The Boy and the Beast"

The eighteenth entry of the 2022-2023 Film Journal finally brings a work of the acclaimed filmmaker, Mamoru Hosoda, "The Boy and the Beast". Here, I take a look at the strengths and weaknesses of this entertaining anime film, as well as my admiration for Hosoda's special films and how the work, like "The Summit of the Gods", forces me to reflect on the current state of Western animation for good and for ill.