swiss_cheese_tom Unfortunately this film lacked pretty much everything. Very little story line witch made the film bland and confusing at times. the over all pace of it was extremely slow and very boring to watch. Just to add to the already horrific attempt at romance in there was actually a scene where the main character goes to rape the girl he likes. She then goes on to say sorry the next day for defending her self against the attack and acts like nothing happens making it harder and harder to get behind the "hero" and the piss poor attempt at a animated movie. The only reason i have give this a 2* and not 0 is the artwork was amazing and had some stunning scenes and great animation and the artists deserve that credit but everything else about this film was terrible and i'm appalled at how highly this has been rated.

Johnny H. The Wings of Honneamise deserves a lot more attention that it initially got back in 1987; it was a commercial disappointment when it came out in Japan and it didn't get a wide global release leading the film to fade into obscurity. However, with the blossoming otaku fan base becoming an ever-growing international phenomenon some people have started taking notice of this movie again, albeit in rather small numbers but growing.'Wings' plays like Japan's answer to Stanley Kubrick's hard-science- fiction masterpiece '2001: A Space Odyssey', although unlike Kubrick's film this one takes place on a parallel version of Earth. It follows the journey of ridiculed astronauts who are part of this space agency which hasn't made any progress for generations, almost a commentary on US government-owned agency NASA, and the protagonist of the film, Shiro, hopes to become the first man to get into space.'Wings' is beautifully directed, showing us some of the most detailed animation to ever come out of any anime from the 80s, well written and the music is odd yet fitting for the movie; you don't hear a soundtrack this non-linear for an animated movie. The film is an experience: an artistic and metaphorical story centering on technological progress and humankind's ambitions shown as an eternally inspiring ideology.Is there anything the movie doesn't quite get right? Well, some of the animation does get jerky and not every single frame is perfect, but by god does it look damn good considering that it's already nearly thirty years old.I hope that my review has been helpful and may yet promote this film in some form or another. The Wings of Honneamise deserves to be seen by more people, and should certainly be seen by science fiction aficionados.

mcas_uk i saw this film for the first time quite a while ago yet i still watch it regularly, mainly because of the intricate and amazing animation, (the architecture deserves special mention) and the fact that it has a story line worthy of the visuals, something which is not common amongst manga films in my opinion. it is not without its faults however, for example the slightly confusing religious aspect of the film, and some might complain that it does not have enough action in it but apart from this i found it to be a complex and involving film with brilliant music and well rounded deep characters, if anyone knows of any further work from the people who made this film i would be grateful for any info.

Eric R Lee I was so excited to have finally purchased this movie. It should be in everyones Anime collection. The film does not disappoint! But the DVD is another matter. To my disappointment this DVD is riddled with encoding problems. The picture is fuzzy and toward the layer switch it breaks up (pixelization). I own about 250 DVDs many of them with dual layers and this is the only one that has this problem. I know this DVD may react differently to different players. But my Panasonic did not like this disc. This disc should be recalled and a new remastered reissue made.