Praisers of this un-translatable mismash are flat out wrong.

Rating: Null/10 (27 October 2003)

You will have to dig, and I mean really really dig to find any non-Japaneese children who can stand this film. I mean not walk out. Mydaughter, age 8, hated the video. My son, age 12, made me walk out on pain of watching him commit suicide. We left. I only rented it out
of curiousity. Fell asleep about half way. Sufferred thru the second half out of morbid curiousity the second day. This iconoclastic strange Anime does not translate any more than Sailor That Fell From Grace With The Sea. Remember that? Chris Kristofferson? Sylvia Miles? The peeping son gets his friends together and chops up old Chris? Yeah, right!
But more importantly are the liars amongst you. The liars to yourselves. You owe yourself and apology and an a re-examination of your motivations. THIS FILM WAS NOT DENIED EXPOSURE by a Disney conspiracy. They test marketed it. And they saw the kids walk out.....in droves. With their parents just as happy to leave. That's the truth and it is way past time for you to deal with it. This animation is as bad as a
film can get. That's why it was rejected. Accept it!
The Last Emporer and Chariots of Fire deserved their Academy Awards.
This fish out of water did not. Robbing Lilo and Stitch for this
un-watchable bilge was a crime. You Academy voters are not open minded. You're detached from reality.