Mahito, een jongen die de dood van zijn moeder probeert te verwerken, stapt in een wereld die bewoond wordt door zowel de levenden als de doden. In deze wereld vervaagt de dood en herrijst het leven in een nieuwe gedaante.
Ja! de film The Boy and the Heron is nu beschikbaar om te kijken op Netflix in Nederland.
| Visual Effects | 井上俊之 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 濱洲英喜 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 高士亜衣 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 板津匡覧 | Key Animation |
| Production | Kiyofumi Nakajima | Executive Producer |
| Visual Effects | 福島敦子 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 大谷敦子 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 田中敦子 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 山森英司 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 山川浩臣 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Susumu Mitsunaka | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takayuki Hamada | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 稲村武志 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 徳野悠我 | Key Animation |
| Directing | 片山一良 | Assistant Director |
| Production | 宮崎吾朗 | Executive Producer |
| Visual Effects | Yumi Handa | Key Animation |
| Sound | 笠松 広司 | Sound Director |
| Sound | 山口美香 | Foley Artist |
| Editing | 瀬山武司 | Editor |
| Editing | 白石あかね | Editor |
| Editing | 松原理恵 | Editor |
| Sound | 笠松 広司 | Sound Mixer |
| Visual Effects | Junji Yabuta | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Fumiko Numahata | Color Designer |
| Visual Effects | Kanako Takayanagi | Color Designer |
| Art | 吉田昇 | Background Designer |
| Art | 男鹿和雄 | Background Designer |
| Art | 西川洋一 | Background Designer |
| Art | 石井弓 | Background Designer |
| Art | Minori Takayama | Background Designer |
| Art | 小野寺由惟 | Background Designer |
| Art | 林孝輔 | Background Designer |
| Art | Ai Omori | Background Designer |
| Art | 下村彩日 | Background Designer |
| Art | 黒部咲 | Background Designer |
| Art | Nanako Yagi | Background Designer |
| Directing | 仲澤慎太郎 | Second Unit First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Chihiro Okada | Second Unit First Assistant Director |
| Production | 西村義明 | Co-Producer |
| Art | 宮崎駿 | Storyboard Artist |
| Writing | 宮崎駿 | Writer |
| Production | 星野康二 | Executive Producer |
| Art | 武重洋二 | Art Direction |
| Art | 吉田昇 | Art Direction |
| Visual Effects | 本田雄 | Animation Director |
| Writing | 宮崎駿 | Original Story |
| Camera | 奥井敦 | Director of Photography |
| Directing | 宮崎駿 | Director |
| Production | 鈴木敏夫 | Producer |
| Visual Effects | 本田雄 | Character Designer |
| Sound | 米津玄師 | Theme Song Performance |
| Visual Effects | 山下明彦 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 大塚伸治 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 米林宏昌 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 井上鋭 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 鈴木美千代 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 亀田祥倫 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kiyotaka Oshiyama | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 大平晋也 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 安藤雅司 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 賀川愛 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 近藤勝也 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 高坂希太郎 | Key Animation |
| Sound | 久石譲 | Original Music Composer |
