This is another movie from our DOWNLOADED movie file folder. It is an old anime, and it is still good. Of course, it could not compare with the effects and animation quality of current Japanese animation, but story-wise it could still compete.
Somehow, I recognized a formula for animes that became popular, usually it involves a protagonist that wants something, like being the BEST or number one on one activity like being a ninja, being a pirate, being a hunter, being a baker, a boxer, a tennis player, etc, and then fight scenes are always a part of getting what s/he wants to prove his/her improvements to get the NAME s/he wanted. There are names for the moves or power, and normally there are worlds involve, like the spiritual world and the mortal world. It usually involves the main character reaching for his/her dreams too. But this is not true in all Japanese animation, there are a lot of exceptions, I am just reacting on the anime that works for the mainstream audience.
On the movie generally, it is about a prince who gets a curse from battling a demon. He was then somehow banished from his town and was given a task to find his own cure. He wanders and finds out about Princess Mononoke, a human that grew in the loving arms of a white fox god. This movie teaches you to give respect to the other spirits, and also accept people the way they are. One thing I also love about anime is the values that they portray, especially about greed and power. This movie also shows the same value as the monk and the woman wanted to get the NAME as the most powerful being. But then they were not successful, and realizes that they cannot get it.
I also love how women are portrayed as strong beings on the movie. They don’t succumb to the usual patriarchal thinking. They have their own voice, their own brains to think.
I give this movie a 3.80/5.
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