A Fine Example of Family Freindly Anime

Written by ryncewynd on April 30, 2012 at 2:47 AM

I watched this on a lazy sunday afternoon and was overall greatly impressed with the mix of reality and fantasy; school yard bullies, contradicting viewpoints and ghost stories. Although some of the storyline played out like a slower kiddie version of a FF instalment; a number of the characters could have been developed further but I suppose this was covered in the manga / Book.

Although probably considered dated and cliched by many of the younger viewers; for this 50 something male I would consider it to be a fine contender to anything that the Ghibli studio put out. Overall an enjoyable / emotional romp with good animation, a fine story and a sensible / mature ending.