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I want to start with something that isn't directly connected to this movie but there are certain other stories that came to my mind when I thought about it. And those aren't stories this movie took inspiration from. The stories just have a similar feel to them.
I'm a big fan of the game Shadow of the Colossus. A big silent world which never explains what happened there or how it even functions. Or the Neverending Story is a Story (emphasis on story I'm not directly refering to the movie) which even shares the fact that the Protagonist get's sucked into a fantastical world which exceeds our mind (he even has to learn a lesson before he can leave it). 952
Nothing get's explained we have to figure it all out ourselves. I don't have any problems with that. I don't need details on how this world functions. I can make them explanations up myself if the world gives me enough to work with.
But this isn't really what this movie is about. It's about a boy mourning the death of his mom and learning to accept his new mother (which is his aunt). That whole magical world thing is just a vehicle to make him see his mom for one last time and to give us some good old adventure 😎 (this is not a criticism)
I'm just thankful that I finally got to see <PERSON> work in a cinema and for the first time even in japanese. 80