There happens to be 2 different dubs of this film. The most recently released English dub happens to be a lot more true to the Japanese story. Regardless of this, I highly don't recommend the English dub of this film. The voice acting is probably my least favorite of all of his translated films.
Anyway: This film does not have a lot of the plot of Miyazaki's other films. It is a bit too whimsical for it's own good. Not much is learned by the main character and a lot of the environmental issues from his other films have been toned down. It just doesn't have the impact of his other films. No major lessons are learned and if anything this is the most Disney like of Miyazaki's films.
I'd give the English dub a 3/10 and the Japanese version a 6.4/10. As the Japanese dub is more important, I'll rate it a 6.
Anyway: This film does not have a lot of the plot of Miyazaki's other films. It is a bit too whimsical for it's own good. Not much is learned by the main character and a lot of the environmental issues from his other films have been toned down. It just doesn't have the impact of his other films. No major lessons are learned and if anything this is the most Disney like of Miyazaki's films.
I'd give the English dub a 3/10 and the Japanese version a 6.4/10. As the Japanese dub is more important, I'll rate it a 6.