Kevin's Watch

Posted: **Tue May 11, 2004 10:37 pm**

For you Anime buffs - has anyone seen Miyazaki's Spirited Away? I like some Anime - Akira, Ghost in the Shell, and Metropolis are all very noteworthy - but I'm not a hard core fan. And this one is my new favorite! I rented it for the kids and then just couldn't tear myself away....I was absolutely enchanted!

There's a lovely dream-like quality to it that's hard for me to describe.....it's like I dreamed that place when I was a small child.....it felt eerily familiar. And the boundless creativity of the characters was mind-blowing! Yubaba and the Boiler Man, and the little charcoal guys and No Face were all so wonderfully bizarre. All in all a stupendously lovely jewel of a film. I would highly recommend it to anyone who loves to have their imagination challenged, anime fan or not.

And now I really want to find Castle in the Sky and Kiki's Delivery Service.

Posted: **Wed May 12, 2004 12:10 am**

All very lovely animation films. Cheers.

Posted: **Wed May 12, 2004 3:55 pm**

I have only heard good reports so far about Spirited Away...must remember to take it home to watch one of these nights. I do enjoy some anime but don't get the time to watch much of it anymore

Posted: **Sat May 22, 2004 3:07 pm**

All three of those movies you mentioned are WONDERFUL, Birdy.

I enjoy them as much, if not more, than my kids do.