Japanese anime is well on its way to becoming a hot item in the USA.

Rating: 10/10 (11 February 1999)

A heroic prince, in trying to save his people from a crazed, cursed god, is himself cursed with a growing disease that will eventually kill him. He goes on a quest to find the cure for the cancer-like disease. In the process, he meets a young woman who was cast out as baby and adopted by a wolf pack. Through her eyes and the wolves', the prince sees why the boar god was cursed in the first place and how mankind's disregard for the preservation of nature was the cause. Only when mankind learns to live harmoniously with nature will what caused the boar go to go insane be healed.
I saw this movie in the Japanese language while reading an English summary of it. The visuals are awesome. The music, of which I have a CD, is beautiful even when listened to apart from the movie. I would put it on a scale with the award winning score from "Titanic." The movie is due to debut in English the summer of 1999. I for one am quite anxious to see it and hope it will be released on the big screen and not just video.