there a lot of terrible anime and but i think only good anime make it to north american theatre . wrong . i know nothing of the manga series and so i know nothing of what this be suppose to be about and be speak on the movie a it stand on it own . the film be a poorly pace muddled mess . the english dubbing obviously take some liberty and choose to do a lot of exposition . but only on the obvious stuff and not on the complicate theme . the power shield be crumble . a we watch a power shield crumble . the art be typical big eye design and and the animation be typical pan and zoom limited stuff . thoroughly unimpressive . the character be non existent and and they spend the brunt of the film either talk terrible exposition at eachother or do abstract battle with their non descript mystic power . they fly around in one shot and then worry about fall in the next . they hit eachother with wave of energy and bounce back and then hit each other with wave of energy and die . all do without any dynamic to the scene or interesting fx . the theme be almost interest here and there and if they weren not so muddled and unconnected . the only interesting bit be the empathetic bad guy while they be fight for the well be of the earth at the expense of human kind . but it be do without any grace and subtlety and or style . do yourself a favour and watch mononoke and which breach the same subject with infinitely more texture and intelligence .