I can't see how anyone could hate this, it is amazing, well written, beautiful music, great animation, and with humor! I thought it was all very well done, and its so amazing it was sold around the world and made into many differen't languages.
I watched this sinse I was a little girl, at least four, and was never really scared of it except for the angel of death (its weird because I'm scared of MANY things) They pretty much stuck with the storyline, there was never a time I was bored, although Ramasies is suppose to be cruel, I like it at the beginning when he was just a simple silly boy that doesn't want to upset his father. It will make you cry, I pretty much garantee it. Its something kids need to see, so don't shelter them so much, they'll learn something, and it may inhance their faith.