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Originally Posted by Guardian Enzo
Good God, Man - give us more than that! Where does it rank in the Shinkai pantheon?
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I haven't seen all of his movies, but comparing them is almost unfair.
This movie is 110 minutes long, and had a real budget and full theatrical release in Japan.
So yeah, it's better in almost all respects, unless you count the length and size of story against it.
The main complaint that is said is that the character designs and animation is very similar to various Ghibli films. Shin/Shun is like Haku, Asuna and Mimi are like Nausicaa and whatever Nausicaa's little creature was named, and Morisaki is sort of slightly like Musuka.
The ancient society of Agartha is a bit like Laputa, and the Izuko are very similar to a human sized berserk, non-armored version of Eva-01.
But I'm not so sure "that character reminds me of XXX" is that bad a complaint.
The plotting and story are very tight, and the characters are all well written.
Just for full disclosure I have translated the film for Comix Wave Films for screenings at international film festivals, so I've seen it in various stages during its production as well.