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Princess Mononoke (Mononoke Hime) [Audio: Eng]
The fantasy follows a Japanese prince who encroaches in a struggle between a forest princess and a mining colony.
February 9, 1947 in Tokyo, Japan
20 May 1952, Tacoma, Washington, USA
May 4, 1913 in Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
6 October 1946, Hanover, Pennsylvania, USA
18 February 1949, Seattle, Washington, USA
22 July 1967, Miami, Florida, USA
2 November 1956
November 27, 2013
Miyazaki's world is stunning for its richness and imagination.
November 27, 2013
The film's strength lies in its refusal to paint either its arguments or its characters in black and white: There are no pure heroes, no clear-cut villains and no pat answers.
December 07, 2014
[Miyazaki's] visually brilliant, thematically rich fable isn't just an ambitious cartoon; it's an epic, hand-drawn in pen and ink.
November 17, 2014
It's one of Ghibli and Miyazaki's many animated masterpieces.
November 27, 2013
This handsome, beautifully designed Japanese animated film has the size -- though not the clarity -- of a great Japanese film epic.
February 20, 2014
Princess Mononoke's greatest feat is in crafting a story that could've been so easily simple, but manages to be more morally complex than even the most epic live-action films.
November 27, 2013
Beautifully constructed and painstakingly written, this is about as close to a perfect animated epic as you're likely to get.
November 27, 2013
With a Luminist's attention to light, water, shadow and smoke, Miyazaki creates an epochal story born of history, myth and Shinto animism.
November 27, 2013
Miyazaki's hordes of animators haven't penetrated beyond the skin; the moving creatures feel inarticulate and jerky, almost weightless, particularly when played against painterly background mattes.
November 27, 2013
This imaginative and intriguing Anime deserves all the plaudits heaped upon it.
February 16, 2017
A spellbinding epic with great characters, visuals and pathos.
December 07, 2014
Done mostly in the style of hand-painted classic animation, with occasional digital assists, "Princess Mononoke is indeed a thing of beauty and imagination.

