Princess Mononoke (1997)

Mononoke-hime

Throughout the first half Hayao Miyazaki brings us into a magical world with characters, charm and creativity, and I felt like he was about to blow my mind like no animation before.

Sadly i didn't enjoy the second half nearly as much. In fact it was at times both going overboard and going under at the same time. It just didn't connect with me, and then it rapidly went downhill as an experience as scene after scene passed by.

It's still well worth watching, if for no other reason so for Miyazaki's ability to set an interesting premise and then invite us in to join the experience.