Compared to the profound character depiction , the usually apparent anti - war message in most of miyazaki s recent works is less visible this time . by that i don t mean miyazaki s point of view has changed , it is just that he has chosen a more indirect approach to bring out the message , which i think is a brilliant move as it allows more room for the audience to introspect . it is especially different from many other japanese movies like 和千与千寻一连串清晰明确的环保讯息相比编导今次只以非常间接的侧写方式插入其反战思想感觉比以往内敛得多但整体效果也不俗和近年很多刻意标榜反战的电影如几近同期的改造人卡辛蒸气男孩相比实大异其趣。
