a seem to be the general gist of these comment and the film have some stunning animation ( i watch it on blu ray ) but it really fall short of any real depth . firstly the character be all pretty dull . i get a hint of a kind of laputa situation between agito and toola and the main antagonist shunack . however maybe my mind wanderd and this be wishful thinking ( laputa be my favourite animé and original engilsh dub ) . the character be not really lovable either and as mention in another post they fall in love exceptionally quickly and leave poor old minka jealous and reject ( she love agito and who seem oblivious of this ) . however she promptly seem to forgive toola at the end with no explanation for the change of heart other than it make the end a little bit more happy . there be also a serious lack of explanation . like who be the druid really . be they people . and who be the weird woman or girl who seem to hang out with them and run the forest . there be nothing explain why they be there and how they can give regular human superpower . the plant come from the moon still do not fill in the blank about this . it be almost like a weird version of the day of the triffids . and who do call toola . why bother with this if it wont be explain . i really want to like this film but i find the plot no where near as deep a a film like ghost in the shell or have any real character like those of miyazaki . i do not resent watch it but i do sort of wish i hadn not buy it . my advice . give it a go if you have a couple of hour to spare and but borrow it and or buy it cheap . perhaps if your new to animé film and do not have much to go by you will enjoy it . it certainly be visually please .