The most incredible animated movie in existence!

Rating: 10/10 (23 July 2006)

I've seen this movie over 30 times now, within a time spawn of 10 years (my first time was at 16) and this movie is unequaled!
The story is incredibly inspiring, and the plot mystical! There hasn't been a single time that i didn't get a new insight or vision from watching this movie. It is so complicated i had to watch it at least 3 times before i could be able to begin to understand what is going on in this movie! I recommend to watch the movie Japanese spoken (i always do!) with English subtitles, because the Japanese brings out more of the culture and i fear that any translation other then English will diminish the incredible detail of the dialogs.
I absolutely love the details everywhere: The junk laying around, the destroyed and decayed things that have not been repaired, the look in the eyes of people just walking about, the atmosphere of purposelessness and decay. Also admirable are the so very non-Hollywood little human things like for example: The annoying TV commercials, the dull hanging around of the gang being bored, and senseless chattering of a girl on the phone. Everything is just... real! Next to this, the quality of the animation is just overwhelming! You can see the dedication and hours and hours of work on every frame! No computer can make this kind of art...
This movie is not just another movie... It is a piece of animated art that for me has as much Art-value as the Mona Lisa. My deepest respect and admiration to the makers of it!