Soul vs The Boy and the Beast
Soul has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 7.9/10 for The Boy and the Beast). Soul is the shorter watch at 1h 41m compared with 1h 59m. The Boy and the Beast is the older of the two (2015 against 2020). Both are animation, drama, family movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Soul
The Boy and the Beast| Soul | The Boy and the Beast | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.1/10 | ★ 7.9/10 |
| Year | 2020 | 2015 |
| Length | 1h 41m | 1h 59m |
| Genres | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy | Action, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy |
| Country | – | Japan |
| Director | Pete Docter | Mamoru Hosoda |
| Main cast | Daveed Diggs, Alice Braga, Wes Studi, Rachel House, Angela Bassett | Kappei Yamaguchi, Kumiko Aso, Koji Yakusho, Aoi Miyazaki, Lily Franky |
Synopsis
Soul
Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful audition at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an accident that separates his soul from his body and is transported to the You Seminar, a center in which souls develop and gain passions before being transported to a newborn child. Joe must enlist help from the other souls-in-training, like 22, a soul who has spent eons in the You Seminar, in order to…
The Boy and the Beast
Kyuta, a boy living in Shibuya, and Kumatetsu, a lonesome beast from Jutengai, an imaginary world. One day, Kyuta forays into the imaginary world and, as he's looking for his way back, meets Kumatetsu who becomes his spirit guide. That encounter leads them to many adventures.
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