Anime Profile: Princess Mononoke
Fields | USA Info | Japanese Info | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
Title | Princess Mononoke | Mononoke Hime (もののけ姫) ("Princess Mononoke") |  |
· · · | Princess Mononoke | ||
Released | 1 movie (135 minutes) | 1 movie (135 minutes) | |
Dates | 1998 [1997] | ||
Company | Miramax [Tokuma Group/Nihon Television/Dentsu/Studio Ghibli] | ||
Producer | Tokuma Yasuyoshi | ||
Creator | Hiyao Miyazaki | ||
Director | Hiyao Miyazaki | ||
Genre | Fantasy | Fantasy | |
Characters | -- listed below -- | -- listed below -- |
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Characters: Princess Mononoke
English Name |
Japanese Name |
English Name |
Japanese Name |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Spirit | Shishigami | San | San | |
| Lady Eboshi Gozen | Lady Eboshi Gozen | Toki | Toki | |
| Monk Jigo | Monk Jigo | Gonza ⊕ | Gonza ⊕ | |
| Moro | Moro | Hii ⊕ | Hii ⊕ | |
| Prince Ashitaka | Prince Ashitaka | Kouroku ⊕ | Kouroku ⊕ |
Description: Princess Mononoke
This is a tale that takes place in the Japan of lore, where the gods of nature walk the earth in the form of beasts, and where the progress of mankind threatens to topple the delicate balance that remains.
Ashitaka slays a boar god maddended a mysterious plague, but not before he himself becomes infected by the same plague. Searching for answers and a cure, he journeys west, where he encounters an industrial village that threatens the sanctity of a sacred forest watched over by wolf gods.
He also encounters a girl, San, and learns that she goes by another name: Princess Mononoke [Mononoke Hime]. She stands with the wolf gods in the fight against the villagers. Now, Ashitaka must choose sides in this rapidly-escalating war... and he must decide soon, for even now the plague continues to ravage him. Can this war explain the plague... and provide a cure?
