Just watched Hoshi wo Ou Kodomo.
The inspiration from Studio Ghibli's Gedo Senki, Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi, and Laputa: Castle in the Sky is very evident, not sure it it quite got to the same level as the aforementioned films, but it was most certainly worth the watch, the character development lacked a little bit, and it failed to explain some of the back story as well as it could have; but it was still a wonderful film.
it succeeded in telling a fairly dark story, with beautify done animation and art.
The art style and sound are all very reminiscent of Miyazaki Goro’s Gedo Senki/Tales from Earthsea.
It managed to make me stay up until 3am watching it. Now it is time to go to bed.