One of the two greatest animated movies

Rating: 10/10 (22 May 2005)

This was the first experience of anime for my family, and every anime we watched afterwards was forever stuck in its shadow; that is, until we saw Spirited Away. These two movies are not only the two masterpieces of Miyazaki (which is saying a lot all by itself), but are in my opinion the two greatest of all animated movies ever made. Apart from the invariantly message entwined throughout, there are images in this movie that will stay with you forever (for example, the main character, Ashitaka, parting two women who are fighting, as blood drips from his recently inflicted mortal wound and concentrated evil writhes around the three of them). i promise that the end (which i won't disclose) will leave you shivering.