
English: 
Hello everyone.
My name is John Maria and today I'm going
to talk to you about the movie called
princess Mononoke.
Before I do that though,
I would like to remind you to subscribe
to my YouTube channel and like this
video. Check out all the
links in the description,
my spokesperson gig on Fiverr,
my blog ReaderMaria.com,
and, you know, social
media. Anyways, let's begin.
So a few years after watching
all Studio Ghibli movies,
I decided to finally rewatch some of them.
And so Princess Mononoke
obviously came to mind.
Princess Mononoke (Mononoke-hime
in Japanese, sorry
if I pronounced that wrong) is
a tale set in medieval Japan,
at the beginning of the Iron age.
It was the time when many people wanted
to tame defeat and control nature,
while others still prefer
to live in harmony with it.
None of the heroes are
100% good or 100% bad.

English: 
Hello everyone. My name is Chzhen Maria,
and today I'm going to talk to you about
the movie called princess Mononoke.
Before I do that though,
I would like to remind you to subscribe
to my YouTube channel and like this
video. Check out all the
links in the description,
my spokesperson gig on Fiverr,
my blog ReaderMaria.com,
and, you know, social
media. Anyways, let's begin.
So a few years after watching
all Studio Ghibli movies,
I decided to finally rewatch some of them.
And so Princess Mononoke
obviously came to mind.
Princess Mononoke (Mononoke-hime
in Japanese, sorry
if I pronounced that wrong) is
a tale set in medieval Japan,
at the beginning of the Iron age.
It was the time when many people wanted
to tame defeat and control nature,
while others still prefer
to live in harmony with it.
None of the heroes are
100% good or 100% bad.

English: 
Just like in real life,
at different moments we can
see the supposed antagonist and
kind of understand what he or she means.
It is a story of the forest animals
and humans living in symbiosis.
Still somewhat getting along,
but still frequently fighting.
The animation movie begins with the
watchman on the village tower who notices
that something is wrong. In the
next few moments, a giant demonic,
boar-like creature
comes out of the forest.
The boar attacks Ashitaka,
the Prince of the village
and the main character.
According to the wise woman whom
Ashitaka consulted with later,
the monster was a boar god in
whom a metal bullet landed.
The shot drove the creature insane and
made him attack everything and everyone.
The curse on the prince's arm
will expand throughout the body,
kill the young man and
will only lift if "Ashitaka
cuts his hair and leaves
us [the village]".

English: 
Just like in real life,
at different moments we can
see the supposed antagonist and
kind of understand what he or she means.
It is a story of the forest animals
and humans living in symbiosis.
Still somewhat getting along,
but still frequently fighting.
The animation movie begins with the
watchman on the village tower who notices
that something is wrong. In the
next few moments, a giant demonic,
boar-like creature
comes out of the forest.
The boar attacks Ashitaka,
the Prince of the village
and the main character.
According to the wise woman whom
Ashitaka consulted with later,
the monster was a boar god in
whom a metal bullet landed.
The shot drove the creature insane and
made him attack everything and everyone.
The curse on the prince's arm
will expand throughout the body,
kill the young man and
will only lift if "Ashitaka
cuts his hair and leaves
us [the village]".

English: 
That was actually a quote.
Having almost no choice,
Ashitaka sets off on a journey on
his horse/mountain goat/antelope (it
was a mix) called Yakul.
In all of these scenes,
we encounter beautiful
ancient forests and super
realistic clouds. They were too realistic.
It is known that Yakushima Island in
Japan served as a big inspiration for the
forests.
Yakushima is a dense Japanese
forest filled with rare animals and
blooming nature. After long travels
and encountering several enemies,
Ashitaka arrives into the lands where
the Wolf goddess Moro roams free.
Moro has a constant companion,
a young woman named San,
that was raised by the wolves. She
helps the wolves fight Lady Eboshi,
a strong female leader of a
village that produces iron and

English: 
That was actually a quote.
Having almost no choice,
Ashitaka sets off on a journey on
his horse/mountain goat/antelope (it
was a mix) called Yakul.
In all of these scenes,
we encounter beautiful
ancient forests and super
realistic clouds. They were too realistic.
It is known that Yakushima Island in
Japan served as a big inspiration for the
forests.
Yakushima is a dense Japanese
forest filled with rare animals and
blooming nature. After long travels
and encountering several enemies,
Ashitaka arrives into the lands where
the Wolf goddess Moro roams free.
Moro has a constant companion,
a young woman named San,
that was raised by the wolves. She
helps the wolves fight Lady Eboshi,
a strong female leader of a
village that produces iron and

English: 
weapons with gunpowder.
Because of powerful Eboshi,
the forest is suffering and the balance
that lies between humans and nature is
incredibly shaky.
Ashitaka must now choose between
nature and humans to get rid of the
curse inflicted on him. Otherwise,
he will die and times
won't be peaceful. Now,
let's talk about the
technical parts of the movie.
From a technical point of view,
the movie is a piece of art.
The animation quality took my breath away.
Many of the alluring scenes
such as the animal gods,
the hand drawn ancient forests, basically
everything were illustrated
with care and beautiful colors.
The producer was Hayao Miyazaki,
and the writer was Neil Gaiman.
Yes. The Neil Gaiman
that created Coraline.
The vocal cast consisted of
several really talented people.
Billy Crudup as Prince
Ashitaka, Claire Danes,

English: 
weapons with gunpowder.
Because of powerful Eboshi,
the forest is suffering and the balance
that lies between humans and nature is
incredibly shaky.
Ashitaka must now choose between
nature and humans to get rid of the
curse inflicted on him. Otherwise,
he will die and times
won't be peaceful. Now,
let's talk about the
technical parts of the movie.
From a technical point of view,
the movie is a piece of art.
The animation quality took my breath away.
Many of the alluring scenes
such as the animal gods,
the hand drawn ancient forests, basically
everything were illustrated
with care and beautiful colors.
The producer was Hayao Miyazaki,
and the writer was Neil Gaiman.
Yes. The Neil Gaiman
that created Coraline.
The vocal cast consisted of
several really talented people.
Billy Crudup as Prince
Ashitaka, Claire Danes,

English: 
starring as Princess Mononoke, Minnie
Driver who played the fierce lady Eboshi,
Billy Bob Thornton playing Jigo,
another very complex and
interesting character.
Jada Pinkett Smith as Toki, a
commonsensical woman from the village,
and Gillian Anderson
as Moro, the Wolf God.
So Princess Mononoke is considered
as one of the finest movies ever
made by Hayao Miyazaki.
One of the reasons for that is because
you can't get all the hidden lessons at
once.
It would help if you rewatch the anime
several times before forming final
conclusions. The movie avoids
easy moral simplifications.
Indeed, Princess Mononoke is
a very philosophical movie.
You don't find such films easily
in the cinematographic industry.
This was also the first animated movie
to win "Japan's Picture of the Year"
in 1997.
My overall rating for the movie
would be five out of five.

English: 
starring as Princess Mononoke, Minnie
Driver who played the fierce lady Eboshi,
Billy Bob Thornton playing Jigo,
another very complex and
interesting character.
Jada Pinkett Smith as Toki, a
commonsensical woman from the village,
and Gillian Anderson
as Moro, the Wolf God.
So Prince Mononoke is considered
as one of the finest movies ever
made by Hayao Miyazaki.
One of the reasons for that is because
you can't get all the hidden lessons at
once.
It would help if you rewatch the anime
several times before forming final
conclusions. The movie avoids
easy moral simplifications.
Indeed, Princess Mononoke is
a very philosophical movie.
You don't find such films easily
in the cinematographic industry.
This was also the first animated
movie to win Japan Picture of the Year
in 1997.
My overall rating for the movie
would be five out of five.

English: 
The plot is captivating, Studio Ghibli
developed the characters really well,
the music is gorgeous, and
the scenery was very bright.
The movie is indeed a great gift
to humanity from Hayao Miyazaki.
In my opinion, it deserved
to get an Academy Award.
Hope you guys enjoyed this
video, give it a big thumbs up,
subscribe to my YouTube channel,
check out my Fiverr gig and
my blog, ReaderMaria.com.
Thank you. Bye.

English: 
The plot is captivating, Studio Ghibli
developed the characters really well,
the music is gorgeous, and
the scenery was very bright.
The movie is indeed a great gift
to humanity from Hayao Miyazaki.
In my opinion, it deserved
to get an Academy Award.
Hope you guys enjoyed this
video, give it a big thumbs up,
subscribe to my YouTube channel,
check out my Fiverr gig and
my blog, ReaderMaria.com.
Thank you. Bye.
