History Anime / TheBoyAndTheBeast

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Ichirouhiko is reunited with his adoptive family, and will presumably make peace with his origins. Kyuta/Ren decides to leave the magical realm for good and Kumatetsu willingly turned himself into a sword to save his surrogate son. Even so, the two will always be together,as Kumatetsu now lives inside of Kyuta as a God, plus Kyuta/Ren now has his relationships with his father and Kaede, so he won't be alone.]]

Needs {{Wiki Magic}}.

* CurbStompBattle: Kyuta easily defeats the delinquent boys who were ridiculing Kaede in the human world.

* AnimeFirst: Creator/YenPress released a four volume manga adaptation.

* AllThereInTheManual: The novelization, also written by Hosoda, explains a few details not revealed in the movie. According to Ren’s perspective, his uncle (from his mother’s side of the family) disapproved of Ren’s mother’s marriage to Ren’s father, so he showed up at their apartment sometime before the events of the movie with a lawyer and forced them to separate. “It probably had something to do with the fact that I was ‘the only boy in the family and the precious future head of the house,’” Ren states.

* AllThereInTheManual: The novelization, also written by Hosoda, explains a few details not revealed in the movie. According to Ren’s perspective, his uncle (from his mother’s side of the family) disapproved of Ren’s mother’s marriage to Ren’s father, so he showed up at their apartment one day and forced them to separate via a lawyer. “It probably had something to do with the fact that I was ‘the only boy in the family and the precious future head of the house,’” Ren states.

* AllThereInTheManual: The novelization, also written by Hosoda, explains a few details not revealed in the movie. According to Ren’s perspective, his uncle (from his mother’s side of the family) disapproved of Ren’s mother’s marriage to Ren’s father, so he forced them to separate

%%* BeastMan

* PettingZooPeople: [[WorldOfFunnyAnimals There's a whole world full of them!]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the beginning, Tatara jokingly states that if Kumatetsu was chosen as the next Grandmaster, he would become a "God of a tool". [[spoiler:Come the climax, Kumatetsu decides to become a sword so Kyuuta/Ren can use to defend himself against Ichirouhiko.]]

* TheApprentice: After Kumatetsu befriends Kyuta, Kyuta forms this type of role to him.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Ichirouhiko is reunited with his adoptive family, and will presumably make peace with his origins. Kyuta/Ren decides to leave the magical realm for good and Kumatetsu willingly turned himself into a sword to save his surrogate sons. Even so, the two will be together even if it's not quite the same, plus Kyuta/Ren now has his relationships with his father and Kaede, so he won't be alone.]]

The film released July 11, 2015 in Japan and on January 13, 2016 in France. The film has also been licensed by Creator/{{Funimation}} and Creator/MadmanEntertainment for release in the US and Australia respectively.

''The Boy and the Beast'' (Japanese: バケモノの子; "Bakemono no ko") is a Japanese animated film directed by Creator/MamoruHosoda, who also directed ''Anime/SummerWars'' and ''Anime/WolfChildrenAmeAndYuki ''that was released July 11, 2015 in Japan and was released on January 13, 2016 in France. The film has also been licensed by Creator/{{Funimation}} and Creator/MadmanEntertainment for release in the US and Australia respectively.

In ''The Boy and the Beast'', there are two realms: the human realm and "Jūtengai", the bakemono realm. In these two worlds which must not intersect, there lives Ren (voiced by Aoi Miyazaki as a child and Shota Sometani as an adult), a lonely boy in Tokyo's Shibuya ward, and Kumatetsu (Koji Yakusho), a lonely bakemono. One fateful evening Ren runs away from home and meets Kumatetsu, who nicknames him "Kyuta" and takes him in as his apprentice. The film follows their relationship throughout their journey.

In ''The Boy and the Beast'', there are two realms: the human realm and "Jūtengai", the bakemono realm. In these two worlds which must not intersect, there lives Ren, a lonely boy in Tokyo's Shibuya ward, and Kumatetsu, a lonely bakemono. One fateful evening Ren runs away from home and meets Kumatetsu, who nicknames him "Kyuta" and takes him in as his apprentice. The film follows their relationship throughout their journey.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: The delinquent girls who insult Kaede and Kyuta make a quick break for it when the latter effortlessly beats up their boyfriends.

* WhereItAllBegan: The story begins and ends in Tokyo's Shibuya ward, where Ren/Kyuta is from.

* WhereItAllBegan: The story begins and ends in Tokyo, where Ren/Kyuta is from.

* StrangerInAFamiliarLand: Kyuta after returning to the human realm for the first time. He makes friends with Kaede to catch up on his studies and eventually reunites with his father to the point that [[spoiler:he decides to leave the magical realm forever]].

* StrangerInAFamiliarLand: Kyuta after returning to the human realm for the first time. He makes friends with Kaede to catch up on his studies and eventually reunites with his father to the point that [[spoiler:he decides to leave the human realm forever]].

* YouCantGoHomeAgain: At the end of the film, [[spoiler:Kyuta decides that he cannot return to the magical realm]].

* DefrostingIceKing: Kumatetsu to Kyuuta/Ren.