I’ve been waiting for this movie to be available for a while now and finally here it is. It’s even screened in local movie, though sadly not in one of the major ones. Too bad, I think it would deserve an IMAX screening.
Not long ago I watched grave of the fireflies and had not the fulfilment I was expecting. Well, it seem like studio ghibli has since found or acquired the recipe for flawless movies, for without struggling to do so, Kaze Tachinu was a lot more moving than Hotaru no Haka could be even with such a plot.
I got to admit that I do not know a thing about the background of the zero fighter or its designer, but Kaze Tachinu was just as romantic as a novel could be, maybe even unbelievably so. It is of course represented in the limited CG way studio ghibli is committed to and that is just as well made.
When I finished watching the show and tried to rate it on MAL I wondered if there is any negative comment, or improvement that I could mention about it, but I couldn’t come up with anything that would not seem forced, so I had to rate it a 10/10
As a side comment, I noticed that nowdays I feel less criticizing about animes I watch, so it seems beneficial not to watch 10 series at a time, or I just might have chosen my animes right, or thirdly I was simply lucky.
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