PRINCESS MONONOKE (1997) MOVIE REACTION!! FIRST TIME WATCHING!! Studio Ghibli | Hiyao Miyazaki

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[@Time4utube]

Peaky blinders reaction when can if not seen it 6 episodes per season 6 seasons

[@MasterPlan1P]

my favorite thing about this movie is the sympathy it shows to many people in this world. Aboshi could have just been just evil, but she legitimately is making a better world for people to live in. Its just on the backs of the dead forests. And the forest spirits have every right to be mad. But they want extinction of humans too, just as dangerous a thought as what the humans want. The true villain in this movie is bloodlust and revenge. Its easy to fight and kill and find reasons to do it again. its harder to live despite the cruelty and find peace.

[@torontomame]

Yes! I absolutely agree.

[@ilikethenight9732]

One of the greatest animated films ever…

[@pflanzenfr3ak]

🌱

[@jettblackproduction]

THE.

[@Danny01474]

@@jettblackproduction There's a lot of anime movies that contest that title these days. Suzume no Tojimari Kimi No Na Wa A Silent Voice to name a few.

[@KevinPlump]

It's a classic but I like ninja scroll better when it comes to Japanimation

[@Coldlighting]

​​@@Danny01474 Kimi no na wa and A silent Voice are beautiful films, but Mononoke Hime is just better.

[@LeonardWashington1989]

The first Miyazaki movie I ever watched. His best work imo.

[@Panacamanana]

Same here. It’s solidified as one of my favorite films. Everything about it is just perfection.

[@octaviohenrique6079]

No its not

[@LeonardWashington1989]

@octaviohenrique6079 my opinion but ok 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@lazwolf316]

Same happy to see people reacting to it hope they do all of the studio movies.

[@ghostmkc4045]

thats a fair opinion, my favorite is spirited away but mononoke is his best overall. Howls moving castle is third for me.

[@TurboMaui]

The quickness I clicked on this video. Top 3 Miyazaki movie for sure

[@GamerArtistWriter106]

Cool hearing Keith David voicing the boar god, but what's even cooler (at least to me) is knowing that Moro, the wolf goddess, is voiced by Gillian Anderson, Agent Scully!

[@jaives]

esp since Moro is originally male in the Japanese dub.

[@Ycekhold]

@@jaives Moro has a male _voice_ in the Japanese dub, yes. She's still female, though. It's a Japanese tradition that all talking dogs are voiced by men, and all talking cats are voiced by women, regardless of their actual sex.

[@laurainathunderstorm]

​@@jaives Moro is not male, she is a wolf goddess that gave birth to Ichi and Ni, and San refers to her as mother as well.

[@cr0-okedglasses814]

I love the script so much. Lady Eboshi wants to help the weak and the hurt, but in order to protect them, she needs the metal from the mountains. Wolf Goddess Moro wishes to protect the forest and the homes of those living there. Neither side is good nor evil, they are both heroes for their people.

[@Deorman]

At heart Lady Eboshi wants total freedom, she pick people that are oppressed, she refuses to bow to gods and want to be free from the human world and the emperor, That's why she's at peace at the end despite loosing everything, in the end she got nothings that people like lord Asano or the Emperor would want, she kept her promises. She's free.

[@ViewerOnline101]

The significance of the crystal dagger was in how it opened San's eyes as to how she was letting her hate consume her. It was a gift from someone she cared about and in her anger and hate she used it to hurt someone she cared about. That's why she was so shocked when she stabbed him, because she was horrified at what she had done and become going from wanting to save the forest to wanting to just kill the humans.

[@kevthepoet]

One of my favourite movies of all time. For the environmental concerns, the grey morality, the sentiment of loving nature more than civilization, for the animation and the story. And that last twenty minutes - wow. Gets me every time. Magic.

[@zerotwo6814]

The narrative point of "seeing with eyes unclouded" is what makes this film so important to me. In encourages us to set aside our biases and stigmas to see things as they truly are in reality. Life can become so much clearer, make so much more sense, but appear so much more tragic that way. This is putting in a much shorter way than it should be expressed, of course.

[@dya-in1997]

Lady Eboshi is trying to survive and thrive in a world which is cruel to her, her women, and her lepers. We see the politics behind it all, and we can understand why she wants to expand, why she wants to bring prosperity to her people. I really love her character.

[@BrandonDuckett]

I love the effort he put into making no solid bad guys, just humans doing human things for human reasons.

[@too_many_hobbies]

Lady Eboshi is one of the best, most complex female characters ever written.

[@aaronthesaxman660]

Jane from Tarzan threw me off when I first watched it 🤣

[@weirddeck4193]

Lady Eboshi is just trying to make it in a world where war is everywhere and spirits dictate where you can live sometimes, I understand not wanting to hurt nature but the only ones we see who know how to deal with the spirits is the one tribe in the beginning. It’s hard to say don’t fight the forest spirits when we see the damage they can do.

[@dalvarez101093]

Not that complex of a character. You watch too many movies with characters being written a certain direction.

[@too_many_hobbies]

@@dalvarez101093 And you presume to know much about a complete stranger.

[@DefenestrateYourself]

@@dalvarez101093 you’re not smart. Bless your heart

[@briankramme7295]

The way flowers bloom and die in the forrest spirits footsteps is so amazing.

[@mnomadvfx]

It gives and takes life in the same beat.

[@robling1937]

I think the "our shifts are 4 days long" is more like a fireman being three days on or similar. They aren't working that whole time. The are still eating and sleeping and socializing, but they are also doing shifts on the bellows.

[@goofrider]

Lady Eboshi isn't supposed to be a villain, just flawed. Her main flaw is she believes humans are of a higher order than nature and animals, even the animal gods. She's a stand-in for us modern humans. And Irontown is a stand-in for modernity. And she needs the iron not strictly for profit but also for Irontown's survival. The weapons they make from the iron are not only for trade but also for protecting Irontown from the samurais and animals. As beautiful as nature is, it can also dangerous. The world in the film is a violent world full of cruelty and danger, whether human side or nature side. And at the end she does pay a price (losing her arm) and learn to seek a better balance with nature.

[@kevthepoet]

I didn't realise how many people rated this so highly, alot of people's favourite Miyazaki movie, favourite animation and even favourite movies. And with good reason. It is a masterpiece.

[@dansouth1973]

Have always LOVED the shades of gray in this movie, it's not good vs. evil so much as its self-interest vs. environmentalism.

[@evvilprisma1755]

Mind over spirit.

[@xiiir838]

Although, yes, you're right, I think you used the wrong label. Yes, it's in the best self interest of women to live in a society where they are respected and necessary members of society. Yes, it's in the best interest of lepers to live in a society that takes care of them, respects them and gives them a reason to be alive despite their illness. But I really think this movie is more about *progress Vs conservation.* In this movie, Lady Eboshi represents progress, change, and what it takes to create a better place. The forest creatures represent an stagnant stability. Nothing changes in the forest (and btw forest creatures do not want nor allow humans in their forest. No human, it doesn't matter if it's good or not). The conservation of the forest and the old ways of humans oppose Lady Eboshi's egaIitarian society.

[@dansouth1973]

@@xiiir838 I think the story and characters within are open to interpretation. The forest is in balance, equilibrium, and has every right to exist as it does without outside interference. You seem to portray Lady Eboshi as entirely altruistic, but she is willing to sacrifice her men, cut down forest and animal, and work with Jigo's assassins to reach her goals. I do think her character is incredibly interesting though, showing how she cares for the people of Iron Town high and low. That's the gray I was talking about, no one here is pure evil or good, except maybe Ashitaka who himself is vulnerable to the same corruption that took Nago.

[@revenge3825]

@9:20 Interesting to see how in the english version they took out the meaning of the crystal dagger and made Ashitaka and Kaya seem like brother and sister when in the japanese version the dagger is like an engagement ring, only given away at the wedding. Kayas goodbye is basically her confessing her love to Ashitaka. Which makes it also more meaningful when Ashitaka gifts the crystal dagger to San later.

[@laurainathunderstorm]

In the original they don't mention any of that either, at least not explicitly in dialogue so the dub didn't change much really.

[@revenge3825]

@laurainathunderstorm But it's pretty much suggested. Making them siblings in the english dub changes how you see their relationship, the meaning of the dagger and why it is such an impoetant moment when he decides to give it to San later on. I also grew up with the German Version where they make it more explicit that the dagger is a romantic gift. It's just interesting and fascinatong to me how little changes like that can effect a story :)

[@Wired4Life2]

@@revenge3825 Subs > Dubs, always.

[@moioomio]

@@revenge3825 No It's not. She also says equivalent of "brother" in Japanese. The suggestion of romantic feelings is in how she delivers her lines "I'll always think about you. Always". But this is a constant in every version, so the language doesnt matter.

[@revenge3825]

@@moioomio When I googled it it confirmed that she is not his sister and that it was changed in the english dub. There is also an Interview where Miyazaki confirmed that she loves him and said that "Nii-sama" just means an older boy in her clan. In the end everyone can see their relationship however they want, just wanted to share how different a version can be if you change one detail :)

[@EnragedPlatypus]

"To see with eyes unclouded by hate" is probably my favorite line from any media. Such fantastic advice. I hope you guys do Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. I know at least two Miyazaki nerds that managed to completely miss that one.

[@mnomadvfx]

Nausicaa is one of my top 2 Miyazaki films too. I'm not generally a fan of the post apocalyptic genre, but the way they played it worked for me. I wish Miyazaki would have gone back and done an OVA series based on his full manga which has a lot more story than the movie does.

[@cinematicgoodness7325]

Fun Fact: I watched this movie in preschool. I don’t just mean during my time in preschool, I also mean in my preschool class when I was a wee lad. Like, they literally wheeled out the TV in the middle of my classroom one day and popped this movie in randomly. Little 6 year old me saw heads flying off in the first 10 minutes and went, “I don’t think I should watch this…but I can’t look away.”

[@6666Imperator]

I find it so interesting that most people watching this movie are on the side of the forest but in their own lives they most likely are more like the humans from iron town. Yet, it has something soothing to for a moment try and remember that we should live together with nature and not try to completely eradicate it, despite nature being chaotic and us wanting to have everything very predictable.

[@xiiir838]

It's because of the rampant 👈⬅️wing propaganda that has been fed to our societies for decades. People really don't understand that our technology could never have existed without all the damage done to the environment, and even in moder Times we still can't stop hurting the planet because we don't have the tech

[@ReelRejects]

Where would you rank Princess Mononoke among the Miyazaki Classics & Which Studio Ghibli do you Rewatch the MOST??

[@loulalala_user]

'princess mononoke' was the first ghibli movie i've ever watched !!! i'd say it's my third favorite after 'when marnie was there' and 'nausicaä'. i've definitely rewatched 'when marnie was there' the most, it became a comfort movie and i watch it whenever my anxiety is acting up

[@kalkent3699]

Laputa: The flying Castle

[@PaulJohnson-zv3hl]

I watch Spirited Away the most but I think my favourite is the boy and the heron, it was quite a moving story of passing the torch.

[@wowbrowncow_]

watch grave of the fireflies

[@firebolt221169]

Grave of the fireflies is number 1 for SURE. This is number two easily

[@robertbell2575]

it's the details you spot even after numerous viewings. For instance, when the Spirit of the Forest falls on Iron Town, when it shows the town's inhabitants in the water, one of the lepers realises they've been cured! Don't think I spotted this until my 15th viewing. Great movie!

[@McGraggle]

You guys would LOVE "Kiki's Delivery Service" It's a beautiful ghibli move that's less plot heavy than this movie but still has a super powerful message❤❤

[@besupaaa]

I recommended this one too. ❤

[@kathymailhot2855]

I still gotta fully watch that forsure

[@Tokyo-Slim]

I was part of a test screening when Disney was first considering bringing these over to the US. I remember being so pumped when I walked out of the theater!

[@bruja_cat]

I gotta mention a lot of Japanese folklore is incorporated in this movie, it’s not just the director’s “imagination” he’s drawing from their rich culture, for example the Emishi people that Ashitaka is a Prince of are traditional indigenous Japanese people from the north of Japan

[@kazuhisanakatani1209]

26:50 The wealth produced by Irontown allows Lady Eboshi to provide social welfare for those under her wing. You shouldn't think that her line here comes from greed. It's obviously a metaphor for the dilemma of the modern civilization we live in.

[@besupaaa]

If I'm not mistaken, there's a term in Japanese called "ma" that means the silent or quiet moment in storytelling, that communicates as much as anything else. I love that Miyazaki movies have time to breathe and let the story grow.

[@herdouacheng05]

This is such a beautiful movie. In my culture we still believe that there are still spirit guardian's in big forest that are still left in our beautiful world.

[@Vulcanerd]

Lady Eboshi is probably one of my favorite characters in all of Ghibli (she occupies a similar space to Kushana from Nausicaa). Not b/c I like what she's doing, but there is a moral gray there. Clearly, there's good in her that she takes in the lepers and buying out the contracts of the prostitutes and giving them work (btw, I think what they meant by four day shifts is just a four day work week?). But, it's the age old question of how much we/humans are willing to sacrifice of nature and the world we live in in the name of progress and more creature comforts. Like Tolkien, Miyazaki's works are full of nature vs humans and industrialization themes in most/all of his works.

[@melissafrench9572]

I feel like she’s one of the better villains in animation because you can hate her because she’s trying to destroy the Forrest but you could also like her because she’s trying to help her people from what they used to be by destroying the forest.

[@albertf9692]

She is as wrong as she is right. Same as forest animals. And forest god that was giving and taking life took no side in this conflict. People tend to overlook this for some reason. In the end humans are just animals and part of everything. If nature run its course most of iron Town people would be dead, preyed upon or enslaved. On the other hand in nature strongest flourish and weak are left behind. Maby it was time for forest gods to be left behind? Nature in its purest form.

[@royvives]

You have no idea. That is my all-time favorite animation to this day.

[@bigmikem1578]

Yes the Emishi were some of the original Native people of Japan before the Japanese took over the land.

[@kyuokuo]

The enemy in this movie isn't either HUMANS or NATURE, since both have positives and negatives like the human Yuboshi cared for the lepers who would've never made it in nature, while Nature cares for the world but is extremely unforgiving and would kill the weak and frail if they could not make it. Life and death, nature and industry. Such a nice movie and such a beautiful message!

[@TMN7Nemuro]

Eboshi is a former slave, and all the inhabitants of Tataraba are people whom Eboshi rescued from slavery, discrimination, and persecution, and they cannot live as human beings in society outside Tataraba. Because of his own experience as a slave, Eboshi committed the crime of destroying forests, making iron, and stockpiling weapons in order to achieve his ideal of creating a country where such a discriminated class of people could live happily without being threatened by anyone. This is based on Hayao Miyazaki's philosophy that there is no such thing as perfect goodness or evil in the real world, and that all people are both good and evil.

[@aaronthesaxman660]

This film asks such a beautiful question: how do well-intentioned parties with conflicting goals learn to coexist peacefully without letting hatred corrupt their hearts? There is no easy answer, but it's what we must learn to do--see with eyes unclouded by hate.

[@joyhana3542]

This is an amazing film! Another reading is from a feminist pov. Aboshi isn't after wealth in the sense to be rich, she is building a fortress to house and accommodate all the people within, to provide protection and the freedom people (they were former slaves, prostitutes, destitutes, etc.) could not obtain in other fiefdoms under the Shogun's rule. She is essentially trying to break from the constraints of society - unfortunately, money is necessary - by building a stronghold.

[@kiokuch.1602]

ITS THE RULE!! WATCH ALL MIYAZAKI FILMS!!!!

[@castro3336]

Omfg. I can't believe yall are reacting to this. MY appreciation for yall has amplified 10 times.

[@MrBoyYankee]

This, Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totaro,Ponyo, Howl's Moving Castle (Favorite) The Cat returns.

[@MrCOLBSTAH]

I clicked before this gets taken down by Ghibli!

[@aaronthesaxman660]

They're pretty aggressive with their copyright 😅

[@kinggoat2735]

Studio Ghibli is sometimes a channel killer. They will wait till you get three videos up and then put three strikes, all at the same time. Please do some research before posting any more, I might have misinformation, confused about what I heard, or totally wrong about everything.

[@IAmThatBit--]

​@@kinggoat2735no you're right. I used to make Ghibli content and had my old channel yeeted into the sun

[@flob4400]

I love how everyone at first just inmediately just decides a good and bad side despite the frase "see a world unclowded by hatred" is said a lot and is practically the thing that helps Ashitaka keep going, and I say I love it 'cause you either realize at the end what you were doing or after many rewatches and in both everyone can agree on simply wanting to watch it again. And is also why, for me, the first time I finished watching it the end felt kinda weird, because no one lost yet there's no winner, the people from the iron village have to start again and won't keep the land how they first intended to, the forest as it was is dead, princess didn't kill the lady (sorry I'm bad at their names), the boars, the monkeys, so many sides so many goals, points of view and ways of doing things and yet none worked but Ashitakas, getting that neutral ending. The fact that you feel weirdly unsatisfied yet amazed by an ending merely because it has no real winner says a lot of the kind of stories we're used to and how sometimes someone can miss an entire point despite it being there in front of your face the entire time throughout the protagonist. Also, I believe the english dub is- a bit more harsh than the original? idk I watched it with subtitles, the way they talk really kinda makes you take mostly the forest side

[@cobrallama6236]

My favorite Miyazaki movie is "Porco Rosso" and my favorite non-Miyazaki Ghibli films are "Whisper of the Heart" and "When Marnie Was There." "Princess Mononoke" is my third favorite Miyazaki movie behind "Porco Rosso" and "Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro." All aforementioned films are amazing masterpieces.

[@Dust_Bin_Gaming]

6:38 35:22 They are not Demons. Thinking like that is part of what lead people like Lady Eboshi to think so callously and disdainfully of the forest and the animals animals and spirits that live there. The two Boars are gods/kami and deserve(d) respect, and the Ape Tribe are just some of the local wild life. I think you're kinda missing some of Miyazaki's messaging a bit, thinking that way. As a followup to the environmental story of Princess Mononoke, I *highly* suggest Nausicaa of The Valley of The Wind! ^_^ It was (and one other, I doubt yall could even find, or could be shown on YT) were my very first experiences with anime, and my absolute fav of pretty much any media. Being an earlier work of Miyazaki's, you will find elements of both Ashitaka and San/Mononoke present in Nausicaa's personality.

[@goofrider]

Also, the forest spirit is suppsed to live when the head is returned. It's the sunrise than killed him.

[@zachtheraven5007]

They need to react to spirited away next

[@rosso757510]

6:38 Christianity, a sect of Judaism, is monotheistic and therefore cannot understand the polytheistic gods of Japan. Gods that have been hurt by human malice are transformed into gods of curses, and are not the "demons" you refer to. 8:33 Since you seem completely unaware of the ancient view of life and death, I will explain. Anything that brings misfortune that could engulf the entire community, such as curses or infectious diseases, must leave. The act of cutting one's hair signifies "dying while still alive." The reason no one sees Ashitaka off when he leaves the village is because he will never be able to return. He is treated as a dead person.

[@robling1937]

Omg, please do more Ghibli!!! Porco Rosso is my personal favorite, followed by Mononoke, then Totoro, Howl's, Spirited Away, and Castle in the Sky. Seriously can't go wrong with Ghibli though.

[@besupaaa]

I loved this duo on the Hereditary reaction, you worked out so great in noticing the stories and themes, so I know you will love this one. ❤ And I'm POSITIVE Tara and you would love Kiki's delivery service.

[@austinminton2730]

This is my favorite miyazaki movie.

[@muhammadhabibieamiro3639]

This was a surprise reaction

[@Pendy555]

This is one of my favorite movies of all time. I saw this when it came out in theaters for the first time in the US with my little brother in an art house theater in Madison WI. He thought it would be stupid but I convinced him to go with me and he became a fan as well. The morally grey areas for many characters is what helps makes it so captivating. I love the Japanese voice cast for this as well, but the dub for this is one of my favorites up with the likes of Cowboy Bebop. I was so glad you got to experience this movie for the first time and that you both enjoyed it. The art direction and music for this film is so good as well.

The opening of this movie is amazing! Just the soundtrack gives me chills every time. (Ponyo and Nausicaä also have very strong openings) And Yakkul is best boi.

[@benjaminschinella3491]

Billy crudup is ashitaka, Minnie driver is lady eboshi, Jada pinkett smith is toki, Claire danes is mononoke, Gillian anderson is Moro, and Keith david was the intro narrator lol

[@crystare_]

An absolute *Masterpiece!*

[@sarahanderson7398]

This is my favorite studio ghibli film.

[@Nate-616]

What a beautiful artistic film, a more rustic style of The Wild Robot! It truly gives The Legend of Zelda vibes. This is truly a simple, rustic, beautiful film with some fragmentation of a dark tone

[@IsaiahWP]

"Wolf just bit his head 😳" had me dying lol. I love this movie so much. It was the first "anime" style film I had seen as a kid.

[@kevthepoet]

TEAM WOLF PRINCESS! 😤

[@Arcannabis]

My first Miyazaki movie, and feature length anime movie. I remember watching this back in 7th grade!

[@kevthepoet]

Lucky you in the 7th Grade!

[@bigmikem1578]

That’s such a western concern “Good and Bad”. This film is contrary to that viewpoint.

[@DannyBedo]

Renting this movie from Blockbuster changed my entire opinion on animation at 12 years old. I had no idea how deep a story could be, this same year I saw Akira, which if you guys haven’t seen is probably the most important movie in Japan-America anime importations of all time. These are big boy movies and I adore them

[@towriiii_]

I'VE NEVER CLICKED SO FAST OMG MY FAVEEEEE 😭🫶🫶🫶

[@NealMarchuk]

I very glad that you appreciated the beauty and artistry of this amazing movie. However, your joke about Hayao Miyazaki dropping acid was in very poor taste. Please keep in mind that LSD is illegal in Japan, like just about all recreational drugs. Simple possession of controlled substances can be punished harshly over here. So by suggesting that Miyazaki uses them, you're basically calling him a felon. Something to keep in mind.

[@fazzywazzy2472]

Omg. Didnt expect this from this channel at all! Pleasant surprised😊

[@bigmikem1578]

When it first came out in Japan it broke all the theater records. Until titanic beat it the same year.

[@Byrvurra]

It's Keith David btw. I've only watched the first 3 minutes of this video, I'm sure you get around to it eventually. But it's Keith David. Keith David basically the only person that sounds like Keith David, so his voice is very recognizable.

[@skydivingintofiction7532]

As Human beings, we dominate the world, and nature is there so we can survive. The balance is knowing when to use the resources nature provides, and when to leave it alone. A lot of environmental activists don't understand this, along with companies that sometime abuse the land they use for profit. The arguing over the resource we use for gas powered cars is one such thing.

[@ohsnap8186]

Almost keith David... Almost 100% correct 💯

[@frydguy2331]

Mike McShane was the voice of one the villagers. He also was the voice of the Hand in Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, and was a regular on Whose Line Is It Anyway (British version)

[@darkknight8643]

This is absolutely one of the best movies I have ever seen in my entire lifetime. None of my family like it because “it’s a cartoon for kids”

[@40hup]

It is anything but that - but that too....

[@lucianaromulus1408]

Some people cant get past the animation aspect, which is sad

[@Vulcanerd]

One of my top three Ghibli movies of all time! So glad to see you guys doing a reaction to this. I would love it if you guys could do Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Laputa: Castle in the Sky, My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service or any of other Ghibli films. For that matter, might I also suggest Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro? It's not a Ghibli movie, but it is directed by Miyazaki before he made the studio (I think?)

[@ladrac198]

My second Ghibli film I ever watched after Spirited Away... and it's my favorite from them. Miyazaki does SUCH a good job showing the different sides and balancing the themes in this film.

[@KawaiiNancy]

I love seeing Miyazaki films in its original Japanese language 😊💜💜💜

[@pauloberbeck2126]

I really hope they check out Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind next!

[@kevthepoet]

WE HAVE TO LEARN TO COEXIST 😢💜🙏🏾

[@HeyImBerserk]

OMG!!! I WAS NOT READY FOR THIS! Im just about to start but already liked and commenting! excited to rewatch this with you guys!

[@MxMoondoggie]

"Coloniser voice", really? Coming from a coloniser that's just funny. The British didn't take all of the Americas. They certainly didn't tell you to start manifesting your destiny by murdering all the natives, deciding that wasn't enough then deciding to annex Hawaii and go to war with Spain for their colonies. The USA in the form it exists now has not been around very long but the damage you have done to the world in that time is amazing. Being lectured by the country with military bases in countries across every continent, with the largest military budget in the world and who has been propping up dictators for decades is just funny. You live in a country where patriotism and the military are religion and you praise the damage you caused during the Cold War. Honestly visiting Cambodia and seeing what the regime you helped legitimise with bombing a country you wasn't even at war with did I want to strangle Kissenger. That's just the tip of the iceberg.

[@kellyramirez7465]

I for one am team Lady Asano, though I would fight for the Forest. Asano is such a realistic leader, trying to defend her people from the oppression of the emperor and the dangers of the forest (surprise, the wild is dangerous to humans). She’s trying to make a place in the world and doing all she can, even if blinded. San is her other side of the coin

[@FlyingScotsman4072]

Rejects reacting to more anime :O Let's go yes! You have to check out Ponyo, Sprited Away, My Neighbor Totoro and Kiki's Delivery Service! Some of Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli's finest work :)

[@Quantum_Bluntz]

I remember watching this on the hbo channels as a kid (before Netflix, crunchyroll, before any “apps”) all you had was what your parents could afford cable-wise in the 90s. Which bundle I guess. I didn’t understand that part at the time, I just knew we could watch cable at some houses and not at other houses. But some families you could tell were living comfortably (or spending comfortably). It’s when as a kid I found out there were more anime than what was on Toonami (I started with DBZ, Sailor Moon, Yu Yu Hakusho, and Inuyasha). Literally blew my mind as a 7 year old in 1997 that anime could be not a reoccurring series. (Remember I’m 7 in 1997. Some of y’all didn’t even exist in this timeline yet) Now I feel like 7 year olds have unlimited opportunities but for some reason it feels like the generations usually go like this: - Child: naive - Teen: experimental - Young Adult: feel invincible - Mid Adult: Mid life crisis (self awareness/realization of all the years that have passed you can’t go back to/or you’re running away from because they were traumatic) Idk what happens next so I won’t even try to guess. But I love this movie, so imma stop commenting and finish watching y’all’s reaction 😅😅😅

[@Koda89]

This was the first Miyazaki or Ghibli film I ever saw back as a kid, and oh man talk about a hell of a first impression. Still my favorite film of both the director and studio.

[@morris2446]

英語に訳されると意味が違ってしまうシーンが多々ある。 例えば英語ではカヤはアシタカの妹ということになっているが、実際は許嫁。 「兄様（あにさま）」という呼び方は歳の近い年上の男性を指しているけど、英語では単にBrotherになってしまうんだな…ニュアンスを伝えるのは難しい。

[@marinaryu5463]

さすがにわかってやってるんじゃないすか？

[@lucianaromulus1408]

I think the reason it was changed was for moral reasons, that his fiance seemed so young compared to him

[@marinaryu5463]

@lucianaromulus1408 I think so

[@jasonhoagland8444]

It is Keith David. The other thing Tara was talking about is March of the Penguins which was narrated by Morgan Freeman.

[@grackleboi2523]

San is voiced by Claire Danes, the undisputed queen of yelling angrilly at people.

[@lucianaromulus1408]

I just saw her in the Temple movie, what superb acting

[@labunnyxo1683]

I’m so happy tara got to react to this amazing film !!! ☺️

[@sl66ls2006]

Studio Ghibli films are simply brilliant. I love the films of Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki. Princess Mononoke and Grave of the Fireflies are actually my favorite movies. All this with the music of Joe Hisaishi, a musically colorful experience.

[@lordofninjas1]

Excited to see you guys starting to cover the Miyazaki films, I would very much like to see more. a couple of suggestions I have for future Miyazaki films are Spirited Away, arguably a favorite of every 90's kid, and My Neighbor Totoro, a film who's titular character became the mascot for Miyazaki's production company Studio Ghibli. Other suggestions I've not seen yet myself but think you'll enjoy based on what I know of them are Kiki's Delivery Service, Ponyo, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Castle in the Sky, and the Secret World of Arrietty. Coy brought up the concept of Subbed and Dubbed at the beginning. For those not in the Anime space these describe 2 different ways of watching Anime films and shows. Subbed means that you are watching it in its native Japanese but with subtitles in your native language, while Dubbed means that the language spoken in the film has been translated and dubbed over in your native language.

[@deopping]

Lord Okkoto, the Narrator. Keith David. He also voiced the Arbiter in Halo. And in The Final Shape, a Destiny 2 DLC, he took over the voice work of Lance Reddick after his passing, as Commander Zavala. And I'm sure he has many many more roles.

[@AshleighTreise]

One of my favorite Miyazaki creations....which is so hard to say cause all of his creations are so god damn fricken good

[@fashioni.star.]

My favorite film!! I watched this on my 7th birthday for the first time and it changed my life forever

[@panana6084]

It's one of my favorite movies growing up! I'm pretty sure this started my obsession with wolves, which ended up introducing me to Naruto, weirdly enough 😂

[@mike_010]

Fun fact, the girl who gave shitaka the dagger is supposed to be his fiancee

[@demonsorrows]

Still my favorite anime movie. My first was Akira when I was a like nine, but this still is best.

[@MasterPlan1P]

A huge metaphor/theme in this movie is knowing when the lay down your arms and stop the violence. So i think the monk and Lady Aboshi werent "learning a lesson" per say, just finally stopped their part in the killing. They saw were their greed and violence got them, and knew it wasnt worth it. Thats what Ashitaka was fighter for.

[@TardisHorcrux67]

I just watched this earlier this year for the first time myself and it's a beautiful and amazing movie 🖤 So excited for this reaction!

[@bigmikem1578]

Wow what a surprise one of the greatest films anime or not ever made. I wrote reports in my high school film class about this movie.

[@starthesilent4176]

All Miyazaki films are great, I thought think you should watch all movies with the original Japanese Dub. 👍

[@TimeSkipChapters]

⏱️ Timestamps by TimeSkip ⏱️ 00:00:00 - Introduction & Sponsorship 00:01:48 - Starting the Movie: Princess Mononoke 00:04:00 - Creature Design & World Building 00:06:10 - Introduction of the Wise Woman 00:08:05 - The Curse & Its Implications 00:16:30 - Meeting New Characters 00:18:16 - Exploring the Forest & Magical Elements 00:20:12 - Demon Spread and Iron Town 00:23:22 - Lady Aoshi's Iron Town 00:26:20 - Moral Dilemmas of Iron and Nature 00:29:29 - The Wolf Princess Appears 00:37:29 - The Night Walker's Legend 00:39:27 - Healing and New Beginnings 00:42:05 - Nago's Curse Explained 00:46:31 - The Forest Spirit's Dilemma 00:48:22 - War Tensions Rise 00:52:34 - Iron Town Under Attack 01:00:26 - Saving the Girl You Love 01:04:49 - The Spirit's Transformation 01:06:41 - Returning the Head: A Risky Move 01:14:30 - Lessons of Coexistence 01:18:19 - Animation and Voice Acting Excellence 01:20:21 - Subverting Expectations in Film 01:23:13 - Emotional Impact of Princess Mononoke

[@Kraev369]

The was the first one I’ve seen and now I’ve seen many and yeah this one still hits home for me I dunno if it’s the message or how you are left like “ what’s next “ it’s just beautifully done and open ended and yeah the animation is astonishing. I enjoyed this a lot thank you. I don’t know if y’all are doing all or a lot of studio ghibli but Arriety is really fun and beautiful movie as well it’s a story of the “ borrowers “ essentially so the animation on the smaller side of out world is so goooood!