Anime....Not animaniacs
I just got back from watching my first anime movie "Spirited Way". It was this 10 year old girl who had to move to a new town. As she and her parents drive around their new town, they come across this old building with a tunnel that leads to a place for the spirits. Unaware of where they are, this girl manages to loose her parents find a building that happens to be a sauna for the spirits to rest. Freaking out by the new creatures around her, she goes back to where she lost her parents and finds them turned into pigs. Even more freaked (more like spazzing) she runs around scaring other spirits of her humanness. Along comes a friend to help her along her journey to regain her parents, save a friend in need, and learn the true meaning of working hard and respecting others.
One thing that was brought to my attention was "No face". "No face" is an outcast who was not allowed into the sauna and was basically shunned for life. Irony was he had a mask for a face. That still counts as a face. He was all alone until this girl comes in and shows him kindness by letting him in the sauna and by giving him recognition. Everyone else said he was a monster until he gave them "gold" (which turned out to be really nothing at all). Everyone then accepted the gold and him. But when he offered the girl gold, she turned it down. Money can't buy friendship, the kind of friendship worth having.
Even though this is a terrible movie to start when you're just grasping the concept of anime, it was a great movie (even through all the confusion and Radish spirit). The characters did grow and they did learn something, which hopefully taught the other viewers something as well.
Yep, there was good character development here.
ReplyDeleteThis was also my first anime movie.