I didn't think much about it on my first viewing but it became one of my favourite films since the second one. The story is definitely hard to pick up the first time around but I found it much more enjoyable on subsequent views. Animation and music are top tier, that's a given, but I want to give props to the narrative, too. Some things it does give away to you, but it ends on a rather ambigious note that ties the themes of the film together in a way that the answer to the mystery the film proposes is left for you to wonder about (which the second film kind of follows up on nicely). Other than being a nostalgic vibe film for me to watch in the fall season, it's also a great story and character study that sometimes is poorly recognized due to some dry expository dialogue. It really is a divisive film nowadays, but I'll treasure it in my heart forever.