The quality of the book itself is great too.

The quality of the book itself is great too.  Read Less

With language as simple as a fable and detailed watercolor spread into the pages, it is magical, atmospheric and full of climax.

With language as simple as a fable and detailed watercolor spread into the pages, it is magical, atmospheric and full of climax.  Read Less

To be perfectly frank, i’m not used to stories where you follow one character for 110 pages and then the focus switches to some...  Read More

To be perfectly frank, i’m not used to stories where you follow one character for 110 pages and then the focus switches to someone else for the remaining 34.  Read Less

Japanese books are bound that way and it would have destroyed the visual flow of the story if the american publisher had tried ...  Read More

Japanese books are bound that way and it would have destroyed the visual flow of the story if the american publisher had tried to reverse it.  Read Less

It’s a mystery without resolution or proper payoff.

It’s a mystery without resolution or proper payoff.  Read Less

In time, however, i’d see other movies like “kiki’s delivery service”, “nausicaä of the valley of the wind”, and my personal fa...  Read More

In time, however, i’d see other movies like “kiki’s delivery service”, “nausicaä of the valley of the wind”, and my personal favorite (which i’ve seen several times) “castle in the sky”.  Read Less

I read this book before wrapping it and putting it in my granddaughter’s xmas stocking.

I read this book before wrapping it and putting it in my granddaughter’s xmas stocking.  Read Less

Very similar in many ways to nausicaa, which is his manga masterpiece.

Very similar in many ways to nausicaa, which is his manga masterpiece.  Read Less

The real question that remains, however, is how well it compares to the comics of today.

The real question that remains, however, is how well it compares to the comics of today.  Read Less