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Kaguya-hime no monogatari (2013)
Funny, heart-warming, but also sorrow.
I am not an artsy person, but I think Isao Takahata brings State-To-The-Art to the animated movie. The classic hand-drawn like with touched of colors, and 3D rendered on several small scenes (e.g. the falling leaves, grass), picking up different layer of colors to adjust the mood of the scenes amazed me.
This PG-rated animated movie has some scenes that were shocking me (depicting woman's breast, boy's genital, etc.), but this overwhelmed to the overall quality and storyline for the entire film. Some of the scenes might also bring confusion to the younger audiences due to the godly character of the princess that amazed other characters.
I think compare to other Western animated films, this could be compared to UP or Toy Story because it has the element of comedy, heart-warming, but could also stirred-up emotions -- although this particular movie has different inside jokes that Westerners may not get.
Audiences would also learn some of the Japanese tradition, culture, and manners by watching this movie. Awesome soundtracks too!
Takahata has brought the traditional folklore to the modern cinema.