Finally a great fantasy movie with less Talento...
I think the User Comment needs to be changed to someone who knew about the story and knew Japanese before he saw this great movie. Whatta sap. Go home gaijin!
Granted when I was told about this movie, I thought my friend was being a little 'otaku' about it. After wiki-ing it and reading the manga, I thought that this might turn out to be a 'talento infested' movie. After watching it, I was highly impressed at how well it was put together. Sure, there were many scenes that were changed and the possibility for a sequel (maybe 2009?) was put at the end, but I was hooked.
I hope that everyone enjoys this when it hits the states and becomes part of your DVD collection. I highly anticipate the 4-DVD set that comes out here in Japan.