Film fans were delighted when legendary director Hayao Miyazaki came out of retirement to announce his first film in a decade, The Boy and the Heron.

Studio Ghibli, the renowned Japanese animation studio, was founded in 1985 by Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki and is known for beautiful animes such as My Neighbour Totoro and Spirited Away and the latest continues to live up to expectations.

The Boy and the Heron is set in Japan during the Second World War, when a boy called Mahito (Luca…