Children Who Chase Lost Voices is an okayish movie. The art is amazing all the animations are smooth and pleasant to watch the characters and monsters designs are good and there was a lot of attention paid to small details. While the eating scenes cannot be compared to those animated by Studio Ghibli they have good art and animation. If my score for this movie was based solely on these points it would be an easy eight or nine out of ten. 300https://64.media.tumblr.com/006947d7f8528fbd95507a90076ae745/9d5ef91d7d82735f61/s400x600/f9611f4f48a61179a8d3622cf44a1156ca76e798.gifv The world building is great but it isnt one of the best of Makoto Shinkai works in this aspect and it lacks some more originality when compared to similar stories in the fantasy genre. However it is really captivating and interesting. I honestly liked a bit more the fantasy in the world of Suzume and how it was developed. 300https://64.media.tumblr.com/a331e8cc6103db10afdc4a50ea42be66/d01654644e5b842608/s400x600/b22ed2310db6c7c0042b24ef0db14e9727212414.gifv Even being a overall visually good movie it lacks a good sense of story progression somewhere between the beginning of the second half and the third quarter of the movie and a bit later in the story where the plot starts to feel kind of rushed like the script is begging to get to the ending faster. Also in my opinion some of the connections made in the last quarter or so were kind of forced or I just wasnt able to understand it. I was expecting a better ending with more impact but I think it was too cliche for me in some aspects. While its still a good ending it felt kind of blend. 300https://64.media.tumblr.com/cb760b9ceb242b97f1da5341d81e7498/7a897ebcadf08904a2/s500x750/f5bd3b4d060079a34f155aab2413a1c645bef0bc.gifv In the end Children Who Chase Lost Voices feels like an attempt to make a movie similar to some of the stories written/directed by Hayao Miyazaki: a story of an extraordinary world where magic forces reign and are the foundation of the place in some way but are kept hidden for some reason unknown by the protagonist. Sometimes it really felt weirdly similar to something directed by Miyazaki but it didnt keep the similarities for too long and this feeling kind of came back and forth quite some times throughout the movie. 300https://64.media.tumblr.com/6e8d2e27b7bbfb53165f09a6d4070b2d/9d47c94533be18e371/s400x600/06b78134b52d7993df456f846256b33d9672f2b5.gifv TLDR: The movie has good animation art and attention to small details. However the world building couldve been more original the plot couldve been more developed and the end is abittoocliche.