THE TALE OF THE PRINCESS KAGUYA(2013)
This is one of the more disappointing animes from studio
Ghibli that I have watched!! Very slow, and really doesn't
seem to be much of a plot!! A Japanese bamboo cutter
finds a miniature girl in a bamboo shoot, and decides
that she's a princess and should be raised like one! This
is the basic story! B
A review from IMDb.com
I liked this to a good extent, and my rating goes up
because of the last 15 minutes, which are so magnificent.
Those last several minutes and the first act are truly
brilliant, but for some reason, the film sort of lost me
in its middle and a little more than that. Not completely
lost me, but it did get a little too much and it got to
less interesting overall. I can't say I completely agree
with the critical acclaim it's gotten, but I think it's
a good, sometimes very good, film, definitely made
stronger because of certain scenes. The sound mixing
here is incredible, and the voice acting (in its original
language) is pretty fantastic as well. Overall, still
recommended but with reservations, yeah. - Red_Identity