A visually breathtaking stop-motion fable imbued with grief, magic, and memory. Armed with a shamisen, a young boy folds the tragedies of his past into an origami saga of hope and healing.
Kubo and the Two Strings
"Be bold. Be brave. Be epic."
Director:
Travis Knight
Cast:
Art Parkinson, Charlize Theron, Brenda Vaccaro, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Meyrick Murphy
Animation
Family
Adventure
Budget:
$60,000,000
Box Office:
$76,249,438
Kubo and the Two Strings - Easter Eggs & Hidden Details
Easter Eggs
The name of George Takei's character, Hosato.
This is a direct reference to the actor himself, as George Takei's actual middle name is Hosato [1.12].
The giant Skeleton time-lapse in the credits.
In a post-credits sequence, the filmmakers included a time-lapse video showing the incredibly complex process of animating the massive skeleton puppet, serving as a tribute to the animators' painstaking practical work.
A shared Laika universe nod in a later film.
Though an Easter egg appearing later, in Laika's Missing Link (2019), explorer Lionel Frost has references to Kubo alongside Coraline and ParaNorman hidden in his drawer, establishing a multiverse of Laika artifacts.