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Customer Reviews
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A surprisingly good movie!
Based on other reviews of this, and knowing Miyazaki was not at the helm for this one, I was a bit worried about its quality. But it's the only Ghibli movie we didn't have, so we got it for our son's b-day.
Other than the awkward transitions from scene to scene (the screen goes black for a few seconds, as if it were about to cut to a commercial (!), the movie was quite up to the normal Ghibli standards. The animation was good (nothing IMHO measures up to "Howl's Moving Castle" as far as animation goes) and the story was remarkably good. It was a very uplifting story. People on IMDB are always complaining about the English dubs of Ghibli films, but we thought the voices were fine. We don't speak Japanese anyway, so we'd never really be able to tell if the voices were dubbed "wrong" or whatever.
Highly recommended. We all liked it much better than "Whisper of the Heart," which was the first Ghibli movie featuring the "Baron" cat character. This movie is not a sequel - other than the Baron, nobody from "Whisper" is in it - and contains its own good story.
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A Miyazaki is still a Miyazaki
I wasn't sure about this particular Miyazaki film since I'm not a big fan of the cover. A cat in a suit? Hrm. Due to his track record of wonderful titles, I bought it anyway on faith and was not disappointed. I still think I like his later work a little better, but this one is still worth a spot in your DVD collection.
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Another Anime for the daughter.
Just close to 12 at the time and absorbed in anime, this also met her cat-fancy needs. She loved it, I watched it with her, and it's not a typical wide-eyed, violent Japanese anime. Chick-flick, pre-teen style, ala Japan, I guess.
I don't pretend to understand, and I pray it's one of those "phases", lol....but she loved it.
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I wish there was more...
This was a great movie, I just wish there was another one, I didn't want it to end!
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My daughter is so happy with this
My daughter is so happy that I had to have a look at the movie,
We think its great..
