This Anime Movie is produced by Suzuki Toshio and directed by Miyazaki Hayao. Same couple that directed and produced the award-winning Spirited Away, and How's Moving Castle. This couple, have blessed us with the best and most known Anime Movies ever. And I'm personally very grateful for the experience I get from watching these.
Story: 10
The story was amazing, unique, exciting, warm and also, a little traditional.
It is Action, Adventure, Fantasy genres. I would say minor Romance as well.
Humans, spirits, demons, and conversations between them.
It's about a young prince (Ashitaka) that haft to leave his village to save his own life from a curse.
On his journey, he meets a beautiful young lady that thinks she is a wolf (San) and lives with the wolf tribe. She wants to protect the forest and the forests spirit from being destroyed. And she hates Humans because of it.
By doing so she lives until the death of a Woman who runs an Iron-forge (Lady Eboshi), near the forest that destroys the forest for the need of Wood to make Iron so they as well can survive.
Story continues with battles of greed, love and survival. Ashitaka need to find the God of the Forest to cure his wound that threatens his life. San wants to kill the Lady Eboshi so she can save the Forest from dying. And it gets complicated because of Ashitakas pure and kind heart that makes him want to save simply everything and everyone.
Art: I give it a 10.
The Art is amazing for such an old movie that aired for the first time in 1997. It's well made and I like ghibli as they call it, I would say old school anime, because it looks so much more natural, no extreme colours or eyes or hair. It gives the environment and everything a more realistic feeling. Its very smooth looking and beautiful. The evil creatures look horrifying and as in the movie they call them Demons and it doesn't look anything but demonic. Great art.
Sound: 10.
Voice acting amazing. Its natural and smooth and nothing sounds fake or bad even when they are talking to animals. There is good emotions in this movie and I can very easily feel sympathy.
Music is amazing, it gives awesome atmospheres and fits so well to this. None the less from Joe Hisaishi that made made the music and theme for this. Aswell he did it for Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle.
Character: 10!
Great characters. Ashitaka is compassionate, loving and caring. Even when his life is sure to end by a curse he got from defending his village, he lives on and tries his best to help others.
San, a human living in harmony with animals and nature. Something we can relate to in a few ways. She is assertive and asks no questions when it comes to the well being of the forest and her tribe. As shown by her will to kill Lady Eboshi.
And Lady Eboshi, takes leadership as a man and at the same time shows compassion. She helps those that everyone is afraid of to live a good life. She shows her bad sides when she wants to take her compassionate side to a whole new level. Which makes the forest and animals suffer. She cares for humans, but not the nature and animals.
Everyone else of the human characters are simply human. Doing their best to live a good life and cares for their loved ones.
It's a good balance with good and bad people. Though no one is truly evil in this movie.
Enjoyment: 10
This movie is superbly great for anyone who just want to watch something that will grab your attention. Or for anyone who wants to go deep in to the story and emotions which is displayed.
I personally love this movie a lot and I like the main male characters personality a lot It's very enjoyable to see such pure fighting hearts and it's wish able that such would exists more.
I saw this movie actually for the first time 2 weeks ago. And i've already seen it 5 times and can easily go watch it again.
Overall: 10. This is a masterpiece.
This is a great movie and I cannot find anything at fault with it. Great fantasy story with lovely emotions and story. It has a slight romance and comedy as well to just fill that little hole that made this a masterpiece.
Also, I didn't realise I had misunderstood a part of the ending until the third time watching it.
Since this is my first review people may think negative about this review. But I chose ofc my absolute favorite for my first review and it's bound to be 9-10 ratings. And this movie is already on top 10 list.
