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a short endorsement there's obviously plenty of good, long reviews here. i'll just say that i caught most of this on pbs (why? i don't know, but it was on tv, i swear) one summer when i was a teenager (it was still a newish movie then), and the flying scenes blew my mind. i couldn't get it out of my head for years! i lived in a small town and didn't have the resources to find out what it was. i ran across the manga ten years later and a bootleg of the film shortly after that. i've been a devoted miyazaki fan since. this movie is beautiful, despite any gripes about massive plot compression (read the manga!), voice dubs (watch the japanese version!) or comparisons to later ghibli films (watch them all!). just watch this movie and it will make you feel good.