While certainly not the best japanimation, it's pretty good.

Rating: 8/10 (16 May 2003)

Since it's japanimation I had to watch it. I found it to be rather good overall, though the start was rather slow. Once it got going it hooks the viewer right in and rarely lets go. It's a fairly good family movie.

I did find that it ripped on several japanimation ideas before it, but alot of japanimation is like that. I generally disagree that this movie should be placed so high on the top 250 (48) There's several that are so much better. Ninja Scroll, 3x3 Eyes, Doomed Megalopolis, Ghost in the Shell. albeit those are not family films.
But it does buck the trend of silly japanimation like Yu Gi Oh and Pokemon.
One complaint though is on the dvd. The second disk is almost worthless. Poorly designed. Being disney, I'm surprised they included the japanese track. On Princess Mononoke they originally did not have a japanese track on it. They later included it thank god. The english dub on this dvd (SA) is among the worst I've seen.
spirits and gods are not the same thing.
8/10
Quality: 8/10 Entertainment: 10/10 Replayable: 10/10