I was speechless

Rating: 10/10 (10 May 2003)

As an American resident of Japan, I have seen a fair amount of decent anime (anime considered anything that English translators took seriously during the redub). Beside the point, I'd like to say this movie was a perfect blend of typical Japanese storyline and American studio attention to detail. This film by far exceeds my expectations in a Japanese anime! It's not every day you can walk away from a movie you watched with a newer outlook on life, without being able to make any sense of this intangible film. The character developement from beginning to end was near flawless, without the flamboyant, over-acting usually associated with characters in Japanese films. Even in the Japanese version, it seemed very down-to-earth. Forgetting for a moment that this movie was a masterpiece, it has reached in and unlocked a piece of childhood I've forgotten about: not everything has to make sense; we all know what is really important in the world.