I'm so glad to see the first anime review up on MP, and this definitely is a fantastic movie. Just don't get used to using abbreviations like "btw" in your reviews. ;)

And, um, on a side note... that's a nice icon you've got there. ;p

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"The right to vote or equal civil rights may be good demands, but true emancipation begins neither at the polls nor in the courts. It begins in [the] soul." -Emma Goldman

Thanks! Glad to hear you liked it. Oh, and no more abbreviations? Duly noted...
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日本語! 楽しいよ！

Spirited Away is what made me fall in love with manga (even if my 8-year-old-self didn't know it). Amazing movie, everyone should see it.

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"And me I'm in my bedroom drawing in my notebook because my hand thinks I'm an artist but my heart knows I'm a poet It's just words they mean so little to me"- Saturday As Usual

Spirited Away is a beautiful piece of animated cinematography. The story is truly beautiful. Truly. I love the way you come to care for the characters, and truly want the good ones to suceed and the bad ones to fail. But the most beautiful thing is, there is no real definition as to who's bad and who's good. That's because each of the characters, while set in a fantasy setting, is basically human, each with their own faults, moods, thoughts and actions.

Miyazaki has created a classic that will be watched time and time again.

.:suzu-chan/killijoy/Joeys Cupcake:.
.:"No time for goodbyes," he said, as he faded away. "It's hard to imagine, but one day you'll end up like me." Then he said, "If you want to stay alive, hold on for your life.":.

Miyazaki doesn't seperate the good from the evil in any of his films; it's one of the things I like most about his work.

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"The right to vote or equal civil rights may be good demands, but true emancipation begins neither at the polls nor in the courts. It begins in [the] soul." -Emma Goldman

I think the fact that he doesn't delineate between good and evil adds a lot of realism to his storys. That might be an odd thing to say about fantasy, but it really doesn't matter how many demons, spirits, dragons or unicorns you put into something, if the characters are solid, credible beings, it'll have realism which improves it vastly. Contrariwise, even if you write a "real-life" story set in, say, Detroit, it'll still feel horribly fake if the characters are bland stereotypes...
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日本語! 楽しいよ！