“Mahito turned into a little budgie!”
Firstly, as always for studio ghibli films I have to compliment the animation, it is nothing short of breathtaking, the way the water flows, the fire crackles, the world is dense, filled with strange and curious people and creatures and some, birds with an old man’s head inside it.
The film represents change, like Mahito becoming fond of his step-mother (Natauko), grief and self discovery. The film is a lot more abstract and ‘odd’…