Princess Mononoke (Special Edition) | 
 enlarge | Studio: Optimum Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 576
Format: Pal, Special Edition
Language: Japanese (Original Language)
Rating: Parental Guidance
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 133
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5060034573418
ASIN: B000CBEWZ6
Release Date: March 27, 2006
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Amazon.co.uk Review
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
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best film ever March 24, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Not just the best studio ghibli film but the best film ever. The storyline is brilliant. The animation is breath taking and to top it off the characters are excellent.
I would recommend this film to anyone anime fan or not.
 I just didn't see what all the fuss about this movie is about!?!? March 2, 2008
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
I was extremely disappointed with this film. I didn't connect with the characters very well and found the storyline a little weak. Nowhere as good as Spirited Away. :-(
one of myazaki's best February 24, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
if not the best. Spirited Away may have been the commercial breakout and it was a great film - but at times the narrative wandered from a coherent storyline into seemingly random dreamlike events and motivations.
Mononoke suffers from none of this - events unfold according to motivations both expected and surprising, but always natural, involving you in the story and giving the characters substance. The journey into the world of Miyazaki's imagination - a world which is always beautiful and fantastic - is relaxing and enjoyable with no jolts or bumps from inscrutable actions or events.
Classic storytelling at it's best.
 Scary for kids! February 14, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Brilliant, and fantastic animation but fairly menacing for children. Our boys, 5 and 8 were a bit disturbed, although they enjoyed it the 5 year old wouldn't go to bed on his own. If your kids are of a delicate disposition or under 10 they may be scared.
Great for adults though!
the most amazing anime film iv'e ever seen! February 3, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
ok, so i haven't seen all the anime or even all the studio ghibli films BUT out of those i have seen (and that includes the very almost equally fantastic spirited away) i can wholeheartedly say this is still the best. perhaps one of the main reasons was that i just randomly picked it up from hmv one day without a clue what it was like, it was the first studio ghibli film i'd ever seen. i watched the english dubbed version, the cast was excellent.
i won't bore you with long details but the story has to be one of the most original plots ever created. the animation is so stunning and the music makes you nearly cry. princess mononoke should be put down as one of the greateset animated masterpieces ever created. simply beautiful, one that will stick in your mind for a while. :)
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