Starts brilliantly, but worsens as you grow to dislike protagonist, and terrible ending

Rating: 4/10 (13 June 2016)

This anime had great potential, and I can say that the first half was exciting, with a full story. However...
***SPOILERS***
It all gets worse as you grow to dislike the protagonist for helping to save the humans when he should have fully sided with the forest.
Because of his desperation to help both sides, the humans manage to destroy the spirit of the forest.
The ending is terrible, because even though the forest spirit is killed, Ashitaka says 'Never. He's life itself" which is untrue, as it was a physical form before, so clearly not the same. And worse, he says he's going to help rebuild Iron Town which was the cause of the destruction in the first place.
The ending leaves you feeling angry, that the 'Magic' has gone from the world (all the gods are killed), leaving a world not unlike our own.... and an uncertain future for San and Ashitaka, both going to separate places.
Great potential, but an ultimately unsatisfying film.