Review: Cosmic Princess Kaguya! reimagines a classic tale as a dazzling fantasia
I try to keep up with the latest animated releases, but sometimes, one kind of gets past me and I end up playing catch-up later. This year, the movie that's been hanging over me is Cosmic Princess Kaguya! , which hit Netflix in January. I've obviously watched a lot of movies since then, but I just never found the right time to get around to it (not helping matters: a pretty hefty runtime of 2 hours 22 minutes). But I finally caught up with the movie this weekend and I am positively kicking myself for taking so long because this is one of my favorite movies of the year, and one of the best animated movies Netflix has ever released. Directed by Shingo Yamashita, Cosmic Princess Kaguya! is a new take on The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter , a story from Japanese folklore that international audiences are likely familiar with thanks to Isao Takahata's masterpiece, The Tale of Princess Kaguya . The story revolves around a bamboo cutter who finds a baby within a stalk of bamboo. He and...
