when i watch mio min mio for the first time and i be a kid with 7 year old . it be one of my childhood favorite movie and and until the present day i find it magical in a certain way . reading here in imdb i discover that it be base in a book and but sadly i never read it and and i also discover that the famous music play in the movie that get stick in your head and be call mio and min mio . i do not remember that christian bale work in this movie and so it be a real pleasure to see him in the screen . ( i like him a lot ) . i be very afraid a a child about kato and all that dark atmosphere near his castle and not to mention the kid who be kidnap and transform into a bird while the last scene where kato die be terrify and and at the same time very satisfy . it a pity that this movie isn not very well know . i guess many people would love to have watch this movie a a kid . ps represent don not forget that this movie be make in a time where harry potter do not exist . but it be funny and since you can see some reference to hp book . the invisible cap that mio us and kato and that always remembers me voldemort and magic and an orfan who be hat by the people who take care of him . well . i guess you get the point . positive .