While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy's mother. As he tries to adjust, this strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who perplexes and bedevils Mahito, dubbing him the "long-awaited one."
| Mahito Maki (voice) | Soma Santoki |
| Gray Heron (voice) | Masaki Suda |
| Kiriko (voice) | Ko Shibasaki |
| Lady Himi (voice) | Aimyon |
| Natsuko (voice) | Yoshino Kimura |
| Shoichi Maki (voice) | Takuya Kimura |
| Izumi (voice) | Keiko Takeshita |
| Utako (voice) | Jun Fubuki |
| Eriko (voice) | Sawako Agawa |
| Warawara (voice) | Karen Takizawa |
| Aiko (voice) | Shinobu Otake |
| The Parakeet King (voice) | Jun Kunimura |
| Noble Pelican (voice) | Kaoru Kobayashi |
| Granduncle (voice) | ShÅhei Hino |
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