The Boy and the Heron with J.D. Amato

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Blank Check Productions / Talkhouse

Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Comedy, Film Reviews

4.6 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2023

⏱️ 207 minutes

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Summary

It took seven years for Hayao Miyazaki and the artists at Studio Ghibli to make THE BOY AND THE HERON. What better way to honor that lengthy process than to invite JD Amato back for another clockbusting, context-loaded episode?! For a rather bit-free THREE-AND-A-HALF HOURS, we are diving into Miyazaki’s personal history, his creative process, the differing animation styles between the Ghibli greats, and the thematic implications of this beautiful new film. Because this is Blank Check, we’ve also got lots of thoughts on Robert Pattinson’s vocal performance, and a lot to say about some other, less-successful animated films released this year.

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0:00.0	Like Jack with Griffin and David.
0:05.0	Black Jack with Griffin and David
0:09.0	Don't know what to say or to expect.
0:12.0	All you need to know is that... to expect.
0:13.0	All you need to know is that the middle of the show is
0:17.0	Black Jack.
0:21.0	Your podcast, she's awaiting your rescue.
0:26.0	I'll be your guide.
0:27.6	Perfect.
0:28.6	Never in doubt.
0:31.2	And what I think is really great is how they cast
0:35.3	Waddo to do the English dub. Thank you. Do you know who they actually cast? You
0:40.3	know who does? You were just listening to the trailer. Do you know who that was doing the
0:42.4	voice? Well that's what's so funny is I was to the trailer. Do you know who that was doing the voice?
0:42.8	Well that's what's so funny is I was watching the trailer and all these celebrity names come up and I'm like,
0:46.4	Which one? I don't, I have no idea.
0:49.2	I saw the movie before they cast the dub. Yeah. And I was like DeVito's just sitting by the phone I assume right like sure right like you know played the her in
0:58.7	Take a guess from that cast list. I didn't I saw go by it. Just guess. A celebrity. Yeah. Yeah. A huge celebrity. A huge
1:05.6	list Charlie Day. That would make more sense. He'd make more sense.
1:09.1	Probably just because he had the view of that. Any any you say is going to make more sense.
1:14.7	Someone who's got a real froggy voice.
1:17.0	Let's make it clear.
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