The animation DOES indeed rock

Rating: Null/10 (23 January 2001)

Some people have pointed out that the animation isn't as great as they
expected...and it IS typically not at a full 24 frames per second. But what the detractors are missing is the fact that there is more to animation than just how many frames are used. What sets Mononoke apart from the herd is the almost
creepy realism in the way things move, and how energetically they do, at that. Were even Disney to try to pull off some of the fight scenes in this film, they would probably fail to make it look even half as right.

This isn't to say that I don't have any complaint with the animation...in fact, I think the fact that it ISN'T entirely animated at full-frame-rate makes many of the computer-aided (?) scenes (any scene where there is rapid zooming, I
think...although that COULD just be VERY skilled camera work and
compositing...that is irrelevant, however) stand out as such.

In quantity, it is sometimes lacking. In quality...it is as yet unsurpassed.