Another wonderful aspect of the plot is that it sends a message - Protect the Earth and all will survive in peace - a message either discreetly or strongly portrayed in many of Miyazaki's films. Although it her actions were environmentally damaging and wrong in general, she did it to help her people survive which is what all the species on Earth strive for.
Even Lady Eboshi the most antagonist character in the movie had a reasonable motive for trying to get rid of the animal gods and cutting down the forest. There were no complete "good" or "bad" guys. Since it was a Studio Ghibli film dubbed by Disney I liked the fact that it wasn't a "they all lived naively ever after" film. It was dubbed into English and distributed in North America by Miramax, and despite a poor box office performance there, it sold well on DVD and video, greatly increasing Ghibli's popularity and influence outside Japan.The first time I saw Princess Mononoke I was completely moved and surprised. It was a critical and commercial blockbuster, becoming the highest-grossing film in Japan of 1997, and the highest-grossing there of all time until Titanic was released later that year. The film was released in Japan on July 12, 1997, and in the United States on October 29, 1999. Unlike Ghibli's earlier films, Mononoke has a darker and more violent setting and tone. The term "Mononoke" (物の怪 or もののけ) is not a name, but a Japanese word for a spirit or monster. The story follows the young Emishi prince Ashitaka's involvement in a struggle between the gods of a forest and the humans who consume its resources. Princess Mononoke is set in the late Muromachi period (approximately 1336 to 1573) of Japan with fantasy elements.
The film stars the voices of Yōji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yūko Tanaka, Kaoru Kobayashi, Masahiko Nishimura, Tsunehiko Kamijo, Akihiro Miwa, Mitsuko Mori and Hisaya Morishige.
It was animated by Studio Ghibli and produced by Toshio Suzuki. Princess Mononoke (Japanese: もののけ姫, Hepburn: Mononoke-hime, "Spirit/Monster Princess") is a 1997 Japanese epic historical fantasy anime film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
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