Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Princess
EAN: 9780788820618
Format: Animated, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0788820613
Label: Miramax
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageJapaneseOriginal LanguageFrenchOriginal Language
Manufacturer: Miramax
MPN: D19300D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Miramax
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 19, 2000
Running Time: 134 minutes
Studio: Miramax
Theatrical Release Date: 1997

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Accessories:

• My Neighbor Totoro
• Princess Mononoke: Music From The Miramax Motion Picture
• Kiki's Delivery Service (Widescreen Edition)

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
An a-list of stars lend their voice talents to this breathtaking animated adventure that follows the fearless princess mononoke as she leads a band of animal gods into battle against humankind. Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 01/08/2002 Starring: Animated Run time: 150 minutes Rating: Pg13

Amazon.com essential video:
This epic, animated 1997 fantasy has already made history as the top-grossing domestic feature ever released in Japan, where its combination of mythic themes, mystical forces, and ravishing visuals tapped deeply into cultural identity and contemporary, ecological anxieties. For international animation and anime fans, Princess Mononoke represents an auspicious next step for its revered creator, Hayao Miyazaki (My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service), an acknowledged anime pioneer, whose painterly style, vivid character design, and stylized approach to storytelling take ambitious, evolutionary steps here.

Set in medieval Japan, Miyazaki's original story envisions a struggle between nature and man. The march of technology, embodied in the dark iron forges of the ambitious Tatara clan, threatens the natural forces explicit in the benevolent Great God of the Forest and the wide-eyed, spectral spirits he protects. When Ashitaka, a young warrior from a remote, and endangered, village clan, kills a ravenous, boar-like monster, he discovers the beast is in fact an infectious "demon god," transformed by human anger. Ashitaka's quest to solve the beast's fatal curse brings him into the midst of human political intrigues as well as the more crucial battle between man and nature.

Miyazaki's convoluted fable is clearly not the stuff of kiddie matinees, nor is the often graphic violence depicted during the battles that ensue. If some younger viewers (or less attentive older ones) will wish for a diagram to sort out the players, Miyazaki's atmospheric world and its lush visual design are reasons enough to watch. For the English-language version, Miramax assembled an impressive vocal cast including Gillian Anderson, Billy Crudup (as Ashitaka), Claire Danes (as San), Minnie Driver (as Lady Eboshi), Billy Bob Thornton, and Jada Pinkett Smith. They bring added nuance to a very different kind of magic kingdom. Recommended for ages 12 and older. --Sam Sutherland




Rating: - Frickin' Sweet
This movie is amazing! Everything about this movie is great, though I must admit it can be gory at times. One of my favorites.

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Rating: - excellent
This movie was beautifully made as a whole. I found the plot to be fantastic and it stuck with me for awhile as I contemplated my own actions. Isn't that what a good story does? As with another reviewer, this was not what I expected to see by the title, which turns out to not be a problem with the beautiful artwork/graphics and a storyline that hooks you deep.

This movie was good enough to even hook my mother, whom showed up as it started. She does not like anime in the least and is ... Read More

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Rating: - Princess Mononoke
Everyone should be able to view Hayao Miyazaki animation. This film is no exception. You must see these films more than once. Put the setup in Japanese and English subtitles to get a better effect. Watch the films once for the story and then for the background animation. Superb!!!!

I can't wait for Studio Ghibli's next film to come to the U.S.. It is currently showing in Japan.

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Rating: - Great movie!
Very good movie i recommend anyone to buy it whether your a fan of Anime or not. Also thanks to amazon on a very speedy delivery. VERY SATISFIED!!!

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Rating: - Great Fun
This is everything you would expect from a Hayao MIYAZAKI film. A gem for the Studio Ghibli fans ^_^
Any film from Hayao MIYAZAKI will be anime at it's finest!

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