If you don’t get anime, you’ll find as much pleasure from Ni No Kuni as a power drill through the shins.

Conversely, those who covet bug-eyed Japanese cartoons will wrap up this RPG in a nice warm blanket and take it to bed for cuddle times.

Japanese RPGs and anime go together like James Cameron and horrendous screenplays, but there’s an argument it can all get rather silly. Not that Ni No Kuni isn’t silly. It’s as silly as a dancing Pope wearing a Stetson and velour trousers, but it was also co-produced with the greatest anime people around, Studio Ghibli.

You might know them from such tremendous cinema as My Neighbour Totoro, Spirited Away and Howl’s Moving Castle.

Nino No Kuni delivers the usual good-vs-evil-in-a-preposterous-fantasy-world schtick, but the animation and storyline is pure Ghibli, and as such the anime-approving gamer is enveloped in a glorious world, highlighted in no small way by Rhod Gilbert’s starring role as Drippy the fairy, your requisite comedy sidekick.

It’s heavy on the cut scenes, which may put off the restless participant, but only enhances the experience for those longing to play their part in a gorgeous Studio Ghibli romp.