I love the movie, I actually think Naussica is his best movie, followed by Princess. However as someone who grew up on western movies there is a rhythmic miss to these movies, a pacing that is unlike other movies. I never said it made the movies bad, just that it was, I guess strange... unexpected.

.. and like I said, looking at the movie, there is nothing there I would cut nothing that would bring it back to the expected western rhythm.