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Dec 08, 2015rswcove rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This film is easily the most violent of Miyazaki's career. And I expect viewers raised on gentler fare, such as the masterpiece 'My Neighbour Totoro' or 'Spirited Away', will be put off by this. However, the film is nonetheless a masterpiece and fits very strongly with both of Miyazaki's three great themes: strong female protagonists, the true cost of war, and the toll that human's are inflicting upon the natural world. This is, in my opinion the truest example of Miyazaki's three themes since 'Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind'. And like his other mature works, it offers few answers, only strong questions.