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{{nihongo|'''''The Boy and the Heron'''''|君たちはどう生きるか|Kimitachi wa Dō Ikiru ka|{{lit|How Do You{{efn|Second-person plural, as in "you all"}} Live?}}|lead=yes}} is a 2023 [[Anime|Japanese animated]] [[fantasy film]] written and directed by [[Hayao Miyazaki]]. Produced by [[Studio Ghibli]], the film's Japanese title references Genzaburō Yoshino's [[How Do You Live?|1937 novel of the same name]] but is not an adaptation of it. The Japanese voice cast includes [[Soma Santoki]], [[Masaki Suda]], [[Ko Shibasaki]], [[Aimyon]], [[Yoshino Kimura]], [[Takuya Kimura]], [[Kaoru Kobayashi (actor)|Kaoru Kobayashi]], and [[Shinobu Otake]]. Described as a "big, fantastical film",<ref name="EW" /> it follows an 11-year-old boy named Mahito Maki who moves to the countryside after his mother's death, discovers an abandoned tower near his new home, and enters a fantastical world with a talking [[grey heron]].