Rivals the best live-action adventure films.

Rating: 10/10 (21 March 1999)

This is an example of what great animated film can be. The story is a sci-fi adventure, but it is much more broadly accessible than other Japanese animation I have seen, for example the more widely known _Akira_. The story has it all: a colorful array of characters, warmth, drama, humor, action, and imagination, and it is all strung together in a delightful tale of a not-quite-ordinary boy and a very special girl. I enjoyed this film just about as much as _Raiders of the Lost Ark_, and I would recommend it to anyone who enjoyed that Lucas/Spielberg production.