Future Boy Conan
1978 · 1 season · 26 episodes · Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
“Witness the imagination of Hayao Miyazaki before Ghibli”
After the great disaster of 2008, a war that destroyed the planet, the world is now largely ocean with the continents having sunk. Conan lives on a remote island with his grandpa and nature, never having seen another human being. But one day a mysterious girl, Lana, washes up on his beach. The two become quick friends, but she’s soon kidnapped and taken to Industria, a technological remainder from the world before. Conan leaves his island in pursuit, braving new lands and many hardships with new friends and enemies just beyond the horizon.
Why it's worth watching
Directed by the legendary Hayao Miyazaki, Future Boy Conan is a breathtaking and deeply heartwarming adventure that champions the resilience of the human spirit. It follows a pure-hearted, courageous boy who stops at nothing to protect his friend and restore hope to a broken world. The series is filled with genuine wonder, wholesome humor, and a profound sense of hope that is perfect for family viewing.
What it praises
It highly praises self-sacrificial love, loyalty, the beauty of the natural world, the redemption of former enemies, and the triumph of simple, loving communities over oppressive, greedy technocracies.
For discernment
Early Miyazaki, and it shows — a genuinely thrilling, big-hearted adventure that champions self-sacrificial loyalty, the redemption of former enemies, and simple loving communities over a greedy technocratic city, with a pure-hearted boy hero worth rooting for. It is largely wholesome, but 'family-safe' oversells it in a few spots a discerning parent should know. Beyond the frequent adventure-serial gunfights and explosions, there is mild romantic innuendo, brief non-sexual glimpses of male backsides, and — most notably — episodes in which not just adults but minors are shown smoking cigarettes and drinking until completely drunk. That last detail is casual enough to warrant a word with younger viewers. Set against its real virtues, this is rich, hopeful storytelling that simply needs the parent watching alongside rather than dropping the kids in front of.
- SubstancesAdults smoke and drink, and in some scenes minors are shown smoking and drinking until completely drunk.
- ViolenceFrequent adventure-serial gunfights, physical struggles, and explosions.
- SexualityMild romantic innuendo and brief non-sexual glimpses of male buttocks.
Cast
Noriko Ohara
Conan (voice)
Mieko Nobusawa
Lana (voice)
Kazuyo Aoki
Jimsy (voice)
Ichiro Nagai
Dyce (voice)
Rihoko Yoshida
Monsley (voice)
Tetsuo Mizutori
Additional Voices (voice)
Takuzō Kamiyama
Dongoroth (voice)
Norio Wakamoto
Additional Voices (voice)
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