History Anime / TheBoyAndTheBeast

* MusclesAreMeaningless: Even after Kyuta becomes strong enough to throw Kumatetsu over his shoulder, he's still as scrawny as when he was nine.

* RedOniBlueOni: Kumatetsu is red, Ren/Kyuta is blue, though the latter is associated more with white. Kumatetsu could also be considered red to Iouzen's blue. His two children follow this as well.

* [[spoiler:SuperpoweredEvilSide: According to this movie, all humans poses one, which is easier to trigger in the bakemono realm.]]

* FourTemperamentEnsamble: [[BearsAreBadNews Kumatetsu]] (Choleric), [[TheHero Ren/Kyuta]] (Melancholic), [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys Tatara]] (Sanguine), and [[PigMan Hyakshubou]] (Phlegmatic)

* JerkWithAHeratOfGold: Kumatetsu

* MuscesAreMeaningless: Even after Kyuta becomes strong enough to throw Kumatetsu over his shoulder, he's still as scrawny as when he was nine.

[[caption-width-right:350:The main cast in the Bakemono Realm]]

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 gets lost in the bakemono realm and meets Kumatetsu, who nicknames him "Kyuta" and takes him in as his apprentice. The film follows their relationship throughout their journey.

* MindOverMatter: [[spoiler: Awakening the "inner darkness" of a human seems to said human this, among many other supernatural powers.]]
* ParentalAbandonment: Ren/Kyuta's mother died before the events of the story, while his father divorced his mother some time before her death.

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 gets lost in the bakemono realm and meets Kumatetsu, who nicknames him "Kyuta", and takes him in as his apprentice. The film follows their relationship throughout their journey.

* JustForFun/XMeetsY: Creator/{{Disney}}'s ''Disney/TheJungleBook'' meets ''Film/TheKarateKid''.

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 gets lost in the bakemono realm 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 Kyuta, a lonely boy in Tokyo's Shibuya ward, and Kumatetsu a lonely bakemono. One fateful evening Kyuta gets lost in the bakemono realm and meets Kumatetsu, who takes him in as his apprentice. The film follows their relationship throughout their journey.

''The Boy and the Beast'' is a Japanese animated film directed by Mamoru Hosoda, who also directed ''Anime/SummerWars'' and ''Anime/WolfChildrenAmeandYuki ''that was released July 11, 2015 in Japan and is expected to release 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.

* JustForFun/XMeetsY: Creator/{{Disney}}'s ''Disney/TheJungleBook'' meets ''Film/TheKarateKid''.

* TheApprentice: After Kumatetsu befriends Kyuta, Kyuta forms this type of role to him.
* XMeetsY: Disney's Disney/TheJungleBook meets TheKarateKid

''The Boy and the Beast'' is a Japanese animated film directed by Mamoru Hosoda, who also directed ''Anime/SummerWars'' and ''Anime/WolfChildrenAmeandYuki ''that was released July 11, 2015 in Japan and is expected to release on January 13, 2016 in France. The film has also been licensed by {{Funimation}} and Creator/MadmanEntertainment for release in the US and UK respectively.

''The Boy and the Beast'' is a Japanese animated film directed by Mamoru Hosoda, who also directed ''Anime/SummerWars'' and ''Anime/WolfChildrenAmeandYuki ''that was released July 11, 2015 in Japan and is expected to release on January 13, 2016 in France. The film has also been licensed by {{Funimation}} and Creater/MadManEntertainment for release in the US and UK respectively.

''The Boy and the Beast'' is a japanese animated film directed by Mamoru Hosoda, who also directed ''Anime/SummerWars'' and ''Anime/WolfChildrenAmeandYuki ''that was released July 11, 2015 in Japan and is expected to release on January 13, 2016 in France. The film has also been licensed by {{Funimation}} and Creater/MadManEntertainment for release in the US and UK respectively.

''The Boy and the Beast'' follows a boy by the name of Kyuta who gets lost in a mysterious Bakemono Realm and meets Kumatetsu, a {{Kemono}} who lives within the realm. The film follows their relationship throughout their journey.

''The Boy and the Beast'' is a japanese animated film directed by Mamoru Hosoda, who also directed ''Anime/SummerWars'' and ''Anime/WolfChildrenAmeandYuki ''that was released July 11, 2015 in Japan and is expected to release on January 13, 2016 in France.

It follows a boy named Kyuta who gets lost in a mysterious Bakemono Realm and meets Kumatetsu, a {{Kemono}} who lives in the realm. The film follows their relationship throughout their journey.

''The Boy and the Beast'' is a japanese animated film directed by Mamoru Hosoda, who also directed ''Anime/SummerWars'' and ''Anime/WolfChildrenAmeandYuki ''that was released July 11, 2015 in Japan and expected to release on January 13, 2016 in France.

It follows a boy named Kyuta who gets lost in a mysterious bakemono realm and meets Kumatetsu, a {{Kemono}} who lives in the realm. The film follows their relationship throughout their journey.

It follows a boy named Kyuta who gets lost in a mysterious bakemono realm and meets Kumatetsu a {{Kemono}} who is from the realm. The film follows their relationship throughout their journey.

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

''The Boy and the Beast'' is a japanese animated film directed by Mamoru Hosoda, who also directed {{Anime/Summer Wars}} and {{Anime/Wolf Children Ame and Yuki}}. It follows a boy named Kyuta who gets lost in a mysterious bakemono realm and meets Kumatetsu a {{Kemono}} who is from the realm. The film follows the their relationship throughout their journey.