A good Anime, but not too great.

Rating: Null/10 (3 April 2001)

I think the sentence "I've seen better, but not frequently" is appropriate for this Anime. Using the Forest Spirit as a massage is quite interesting, although I can't help feeling being lectured about keeping the forest green and its animal. The cinematography is quite excellent. I must say, symbolizing the "bullet" as a root of evil which makes the giant animals possessed and become uncontrollable is a very interesting idea. They create a different world from us where evil is shown explicitly by worm-like creatures devouring the animal and are contagious to others like a disease.
However, the character seems rather flat. Emotions such as fear, worriness, hatred are not quite well-displayed. (Or maybe it's because I only saw the English dubbed version). There are also too many massages delivered, making the movie too long and full of lectures. The climax is great, but the ending is just too fast and not touching enough as most of Animes do. Maybe it's because there too many characters involved.
All in all, it's a good movie, but I've seen better.