this be a strange little film . i say little and but it seem much long than it 72 minute . i repeatedly fast forward through bit of it and the pacing drag so unnecessarily . a be typical in japanese production and the script be trite and under write and and numerous sequence and character be superfluous and annoy . it do and however and have moment of brilliance . some of the animation be quite nice and and the art be really lovely in several sequence . the music wasn not bad and either . the final scene concern the little match girl might actually have be long ( and welcomely at the expense of some of the irritate comedic portion ) . this and again and be a $ 1 dvd from wal mart and and the transfer to the dvd be often blurry . i be wonder if it be wouldigitally trash like so many animated dvd .