But a thing I didn't know at the time was that it had the Game of Thrones problem: Otomo was only 2/3rds of the way through writing the manga when the movie deal came together, so they were very much winging it through the ending there.

I think the movie just _barely_ holds it together on pure vibes and style, but you have to just ignore the multiple ways in which the plot is insane, and the implicit endorsement of nationalistic Japanese militarism is... not great, bob.