EssenceStory Well Deserved Praise

Mjeteconer Just perfect...

Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Cassandra Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

drdavid0425 First off let me start by saying that the current cover as of 10.31.2015 for this series is wrong. I grew up watching this show. It aired where I lived in mid-late 80's. It became an instant classic. Most people do not realize that this is a Hayao Miyazaki production. For its time this was beautiful and remains so to this day. The story is captivating and the music is phenomenal. I can say that Future Boy Conan is children friendly. It has an older Disney feel to it. Keep in mind this series was first aired in 1978. But it was released in HD for those interested. I recently (no more than 2 months ago) re-watched the entire series. Considering how rare this series is, If you can find this series, buy it. I assure you, you wont regret it.

denis-manente The story of human stupidity blended with the poetry and artistic power of japan animation. In my opinion the best work of Miyazaki and one of the most instructive story about war and peace. The overall plot is perfect and has the rare quality of being suitable for every audience. The story leverage on the respect of nature, importance of friendship, the damages of war and human madness. There are a lot of characters all with a realistic behavior that can summarize the strengths and weaknesses of the peoples. The authors describe incredibly well some old lifestyles, the beauty of the nature, the simplicity of a normal life without extreme technology.

Jose Cruz Highly dramatic and engaging, this TV series was near perfect and shows Miyazaki's talents for the first time he directed something. Interestingly, Miyazaki's characters that he developed in this TV series served as prototypes for the films he made. Indeed, this TV series is actually one 26 episode long film with many subplots that constitute each of the episodes.Also, it is impressively dramatic considering it was a TV series marketed for children. The Japanese animated TV series were always much more dramatic and complex than American animated TV series, but in the 1970's anime it was still in its early stages and wasn't as well developed as it became in the 1980's, when it's range expanded to all demographic groups.An excellent TV series, indeed, one of the most powerful ever made. Yes, I said powerful for an animated TV series from the 1970's, because it is.

eagleknight98 This is one of the first Miyazaki's. He made it in 1978. Was originally released in Italian then dubbed to Japanese. Future boy Conan is a story about a boy and his grand father who were the only survivors of the third world war. Apparently, there were more survivors who did not learn the lesson of preserving life. The anime is not about super beings or the supernatural. It is about ordinary people with ordinary powers driven by pure feelings of goodwill and platonic love. Miyazaki engraved his name in history and in the heart of generations to come with this anime. He gave life to those characters who live in our heart as people we know and learn from. The story line is superb. The characters are lovely. The drawing is magnificent for a 1978 anime. What else are you waiting for....don't miss this anime.