Na de dood van zijn moeder leeft de jonge Ren op straat. Opgejaagd door de politie vlucht hij een steegje in en komt terecht in de dierenwereld. Daar wordt hij de succesvolle leerling van de krijger Kumatetsu. Als hij de weg naar Tokio terugvindt, gaat hij zijn vader zoeken.
Nee, helaas is The Boy and The Beast nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Mamoru Hosoda | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Daisuke Iga | Costume Design |
| Production | 奥田 誠治 | Producer |
| Art | Yoichi Nishikawa | Art Direction |
| Production | Atsushi Chiba | Producer |
| Production | Yuichiro Sato | Producer |
| Editing | Shigeru Nishiyama | Editor |
| Production | 川村元気 | Producer |
| Production | Nozomu Takahashi | Executive Producer |
| Production | Kiyotaka Waki | Line Producer |
| Art | Yohei Takamatsu | Art Direction |
| Production | Hitoshi Ito | Associate Producer |
| Production | Daisuke Kadoya | Executive Producer |
| Production | Yuzuru Satou | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Yoshio Obara | Recording Supervision |
| Production | 市川南 | Producer |
| Art | Katsushi Aoki | Background Designer |
| Production | Satoshi Mashida | Casting |
| Sound | Yuji Akazawa | Sound Effects |
| Production | 中山良夫 | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Prashant Arora | Visual Effects Technical Director |
| Art | 伊奈淳子 | Background Designer |
| Visual Effects | Masahiko Kubo | Key Animation |
| Production | Tomoko Suzuki | Associate Producer |
| Production | Masaya Yabushita | Producer |
| Art | Kazuyuki Hashimoto | Background Designer |
| Art | Kosuke Hayashi | Background Designer |
| Visual Effects | Daisuke Iga | Character Designer |
| Art | Yumi Ishii | Background Designer |
| Art | Akane Iwakuma | Background Designer |
| Art | Yoshikazu Fukutome | Background Designer |
| Art | Naomi Kasugai | Background Designer |
| Art | Yu Xuan Liu | Background Designer |
| Visual Effects | Hiroshi Kawaguchi | Key Animation |
| Writing | Mamoru Hosoda | Writer |
| Production | Yuka Saito | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Osamu Mikasa | Color Designer |
| Visual Effects | Ryo Horibe | CGI Director |
| Visual Effects | Ayako Hata | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takeshi Honda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Mamoru Hosoda | Character Designer |
| Visual Effects | Takeshi Inamura | Key Animation |
| Production | Shinichirou Inoue | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Kenji Hachizaki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takayuki Hamada | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hideki Hamasu | Key Animation |
| Art | Sayaka Hirahara | Background Designer |
| Visual Effects | Shunsuke Hirota | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Ei Inoue | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Megumi Kagawa | Key Animation |
| Art | Ryoko Ina | Background Designer |
| Art | 上條安里 | Art Designer |
| Visual Effects | Toshiyuki Inoue | Key Animation |
| Art | Hitoshi Nagasaki | Background Designer |
| Camera | Ryo Horibe | Director of Photography |
| Art | 赤木寿子 | Background Designer |
| Visual Effects | Kitarou Kousaka | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiroko Minowa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiroyuki Aoyama | Key Animation |
| Art | Kurumi Katayama | Background Designer |
| Visual Effects | Takeshi Koike | Key Animation |
| Production | Noboru Kashiwagi | Producer |
| Production | Riichirô Nakamura | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Akira Honma | Key Animation |
| Art | Ayae Kanbe | Background Designer |
| Art | Tomotaka Kubo | Background Designer |
| Art | Akemi Higashi | Background Designer |
| Art | 日野香諸里 | Background Designer |
| Art | Osamu Nakajima | Background Designer |
| Art | Michiko Taniguchi | Background Designer |
| Art | Hiroshi Ohno | Background Designer |
| Visual Effects | Tatsuzo Nishita | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Hideki Takahashi | Key Animation |
| Art | Yoji Takeshige | Background Designer |
| Visual Effects | Kazutaka Ozaki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tadashi Sakazaki | Key Animation |
| Art | Youichi Watanabe | Background Designer |
| Visual Effects | Takaaki Yamashita | Animation Director |
| Art | Kikuyo Yano | Background Designer |
| Visual Effects | Yasumi Ogura | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Ai Takashi | Key Animation |
| Art | Harumi Yanoki | Background Designer |
| Visual Effects | Shinji Otsuka | Key Animation |
| Art | Shiho Yanase | Background Designer |
| Visual Effects | Tatsuya Tomaru | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Atsuko Tanaka | Key Animation |
| Art | Satoko Nakamura | Background Designer |
| Art | Miho Tokita | Background Designer |
| Art | Akira Yamakawa | Background Designer |
| Art | Yuka Nitta | Background Designer |
| Art | Kazuo Oga | Background Designer |
| Art | Kiyoshi Sameshima | Background Designer |
| Art | Hiroshi Sato | Background Designer |
| Production | Takuya Ito | Producer |
| Sound | Masaru Ohgawara | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Masakatsu Takagi | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Takashi Omori | Art Direction |
| Sound | Kyoko Kitahara | Music Producer |
| Sound | Mr.Children | Theme Song Performance |
| Writing | Mamoru Hosoda | Original Story |
| Production | Leititia Gokura | Production Assistant |
