In Kun’s backyard, his safe harbor, magic takes the form of chronology-defying adventures that allow the boy to interact with his dog in human form and, more importantly, with teenage Mirai.

Mirai follows the 4-year-old Kun, who suddenly realizes he’s not ... and even the family dog reveals that he feels the same way as Kun does. Each of these stories feels like it comes from ...

Four-year-old Kun is an only child — this is, until his parents bring home a baby sister named Mirai (the Japanese word ... and the family’s lovable dog, Yukko. Each detail of the house ...

And now we have “Mirai,” in which the seemingly ... in a way that is quintessentially Hosoda. First, Kun encounters Yukko, the family dog, but transformed into a rakishly handsome human ...

When 4-year-old Kun meets the baby, Mirai, he’s initially affectionate ... First, a human manifestation of the family dog shows up and reveals that he felt similarly abandoned when Kun was ...

Anime master Mamoru Hosoda invents an enchanted way for an only child to come around to the idea of sharing his home with a baby sister. After such expansive fantasies as “Wolf Children” and ...

The strange house has a key role in “Mirai,” built on multiple levels with a large garden and a special tree — which may as well be a literal “family tree” — growing between Kun’s ...