Kam
07-18-2007, 01:10 PM
alrighty friends! here is my latest high high high high high reccomendation! this japanese cartoon won the Best Animated Feature at the 1994 Chicago International Children's Film Festival. it is amazing. if you liked Pan's Labyrinth and enjoy just a wonderful, beautifully told, heartbreaking story... this will kick you in the nuts and knock you over the head with a two by four. it is VERY powerful and just so beautifully told.
i do tend to have oddball recommendations, and this one might not hit with everyone, but... i absolutely loved this movie and it has jumped up to one of my alltime favs it was that beautiful and powerful.
so, in my normal method of non-review, the basic storyline is a brother and his very young sister are orphaned in world war two japan and try and make their way after losing everything in the bombings. the anime is more in the miyazaki style of drawing than the manga stuff but the visuals are also very beautiful. i watched the english dubbed version and it was still just... wow.
and here's the final recommendation on viewing, after experiencing this, go back and immediately watch the first 2 or 3 minutes again.... you'll see why.
K2
i do tend to have oddball recommendations, and this one might not hit with everyone, but... i absolutely loved this movie and it has jumped up to one of my alltime favs it was that beautiful and powerful.
so, in my normal method of non-review, the basic storyline is a brother and his very young sister are orphaned in world war two japan and try and make their way after losing everything in the bombings. the anime is more in the miyazaki style of drawing than the manga stuff but the visuals are also very beautiful. i watched the english dubbed version and it was still just... wow.
and here's the final recommendation on viewing, after experiencing this, go back and immediately watch the first 2 or 3 minutes again.... you'll see why.
K2