Keeping with the Studio Ghibli standard, the animation was beautiful and colorful. The dragons looked mighty and cool.
Unfortunately, that’s the only thing that kept up with the standard. This movie was a major disappointment. The characters had little background, leading to them having unclear motivations. Some of the actions were quite baffling, and did not have explanations. Many aspects introduced in the movie were barely touched upon, leaving me feel confused and like I’m missing a lot about the movie’s universe.
Most of the background provided by the movie was shown through characters talking, and not actually showing any of past scenes. This was quite lazy and didn’t provide enough about the universe.
Apparently, all these flaws were inevitable because the script attempted to shove 6 novels into one movie. That wasn’t a very good decision.
Overall, a disappointing and confusing movie with ambitious themes. 4.5/10
