Princess Mononoke

Princess Mononoke was released in 1997, and became the highest grossing film in Japan until Titanic came out later that year. It was meant to be director Hayao Miyazaki’s last film before he went into retirement, and is praised as one of his absolute masterpieces. Today, I will be critiquing two articles that discuss aspects of Princess Mononoke’s themes and influences, one that relates Shintoism to Miyazaki’s narratives by Oscar Garza, and another that focuses on the icons found throughout his filmography

In the animated film Princess Mononoke, Miyazaki conveys several themes and main ideas. The themes and main ideas he conveys in the movie are that hatred corrupts and causes people to make bad decisions, shown through the boars, that greed corrupts and ruins,shown through Lady Eboshi, and that nature can only exist with help from humans, shown through Ashitaka. The main idea of hatred and the theme that hatred corrupts and causes people to make bad decisions is conveyed throughout the movie by

into the storyline that delve into deeper issues relating to the current world and society. Princess Mononoke is no exception and the intentions, choices and influences of Miyazaki are instrumental to understanding his creation. Unlike Miyazaki’s usual ‘entertainment first, lessons second’ approach, Princess Mononoke was produced to inspire people to think about the issues within the film. In Princess Mononoke, Miyazaki explores themes such as the environment and the conflict between humans and nature

Princess Mononoke, released in 1997, was the highest grossing film in Japan until Titanic came out later that year. It was supposed to be Hayao Miyazaki’s last film before he went into retirement, again (spoiler alert, he came out of retirement), and is praised as one of his absolute masterpieces, right beside Spirited Away, which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Today, I will be critiquing two articles that discuss aspects of Princess Mononoke’s themes and influences, one that relates

and significant illustrations. Princess Mononoke (1997) Princess Mononoke is a dark and adventurous story about man’s infinite battle with nature. This movie is a tale of a Prince (Ashitaka) who travels far away from home in order to find a solution to a curse that was cast upon him. If left untreated he will die. Ashitaka is pulled between a war throughout his journey with an industrial village of Iron Town and the animals in the forest led by San, a princess of wolves.

Throughout the movie Princess Mononoke, Lady Eboshi is portrayed as a negative character. Although Lady Eboshi actions may come off as negative, I do believe throughout the movie she also has many positive characteristics. Lady Eboshi has two very different sides to her. On one hand she cares deeply about the people within her town and has made work for everyone who has been rejected by society and on the other hand cares very much so about her power and what she can do to get more. Although Lady

discussing on a particular animation, Princess Mononoke. This 2D animation was produced and directed by Hayao Miyazaki in August 1994, and was released by Studio Ghibli of Japan in July 12, 1997 (animenewsnetwork.com 2015). According to O’Brian (2014),

I selected the film Princess Mononoke from director Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli. The animated film consists of the genres action, adventure, fantasy, drama, and historical. Mamoru Fujisawa, also known professionally as Joe Hisaishi, is the sole composer of the film Princess Mononoke. The music pinpointed the battles that would take place in the film and even introductions of some integral characters that would have an affect on the story. The music even highlighted and enhanced the climax of

the globe are incorporating these themes into their works to express their thoughts on these environmental issues. One of those works is “Princess Mononoke” directed by Hayao Miyazaki. In this animated film Miyazaki shines a light on the senseless destruction of the environment caused by humanity’s desire for material goods. The core theme in “Princess Mononoke” is simply that if humans continue to mindlessly devastate the environment we will eventually exhaust all of our resources and destroy the

Nature and it’s lush beauty can be considered a valuable resource not just to humans but to society as a whole. In the creative works The Road to Isengard and Princess Mononoke the reader is proposed two societies, both of which nature and surplus of resources plays a pivotal role. When I think of a major environmental issue presented in both works, it’s easy to make the connection between colonization for profit and the negative side effects on the forest. Colonization is described as the ongoing