Seimei Kidokoro

An impressive Mappa production. So far I haven't been too impressed by their work, even though they have a knack for picking out promising franchises. Maboroshi feels like old-school Shinkai, a conceptual fantasy film that doesn't mind slowing down and digging a little deeper. The animation quality is slick, the plot is interesting and even though things get a tad cheesy sometimes, the film always finds its way back. This is a quality anime feature film, I wish there were more of those around these days.