An incredibly rich, nuanced, and thought-provoking epic: Princess Mononoke is perhaps the greatest Hayao Miyazaki film in terms of artistically exhibiting his signature anti-war and environmentalist themes commonly found throughout his filmography.
In the absence of a wholly evil active villain are instead the effects of anger and the subsequent cyclic violence, illustrated through the film’s blatantly simple yet nonetheless powerfully effective metaphors.
Though nothing short of fantastical, it's more pragmatic and closer to reality than one may think. For…
