Princess Mononoke (movie)
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Alternative title:
A Princesa Mononoke (Portuguese)

Księżniczka Mononoke (Polish)

La Princesa Mononoke (Spanish)

Mononoke Hime (Japanese)

Princesa Mononoke (Portuguese)

Princesse Mononoké (French)

Principessa Mononoke (Italian)

Prinsessan Mononoke (Swedish)

Prinsesse Mononoke (Danish)

Prinzessin Mononoke (German)

Принцесса Мононоке (Russian)

もののけ姫 (Japanese)

幽靈公主 (Chinese (Hong Kong))

魔法公主 (Chinese (Taiwan))

모노노케 히메 (Korean)

원령공주 (Korean)

Themes:
animism,
anthropomorphs,
deforestation,
demons,
environmentalism,
epic,
forest spirit,
forests,
gods,
gore,
magical creatures,
Muromachi era,
Shintoism,
spirits,
war
Objectionable content:
Significant

Plot Summary:
While fighting to save his village from the attack of a demon-god, Ashitaka comes in contact with it and is inflicted with a deadly curse. In his search for a cure he is forced to leave his village forever and journey to the forest inhabited by animal gods. There he finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and a village led by Lady Eboshi.

User Ratings:
10010 ratings have been given [details]
Running time:
133 minutes

Production cost:
¥2,400,000,000

Vintage:
1997

2005-05-09 (Señal Colombia - Colombia)

2006-12-30 (Spain, Cuatroº)

Premiere date:
1997-07-12 (Japan)

1999-08-13 (United States, Special Premiere Showing at Comicon)

1999-10-29 (United States and Canada wide release)

2000-01-12 (France)

2000-01-25 (Italy - Future Film Festival)

2000-04-29 (Japan, In English with Japanese Subtitles)

2000-09-08 (Poland)

2001-01-04 (Croatia)

2003-12-24 (Germany, RTL II - TV Premiere)

2006-01-28 (Canada, YTV)

Release dates: We have 35
Chronology:
(1994-08) Started Production

Opening Theme:
"Ashitaka Sekki" (アシタカせっき; "The Legend of Ashitaka") by Joe Hisaishi

Ending Theme:
"Mononoke Hime" (もののけ姫) by Joe Hisaishi

Official website:
Links: We have 9
Trivia: We have 9
Comment:
At just under US$20 million production costs, Princess Mononoke was the most expensive anime ever created when it was released.
Princess Mononoke was also the most successful Japanese, and in fact international (non-US) film ever created. Princess Mononoke earned over US$150 million at the Japanese box office. Mononoke was, however, beaten at the Japanese box office shortly after by the US-produced Titanic, but it kept its title as the most successful Japanese film ever produced until Miyazaki's Sen to Chihiro surpassed it, earning in excess of $200 million dollars in Japan alone (also surpassing Titanic for the Japanese box office crown).
Mononoke was included when Disney and Tokuma signed an agreement in 1996 giving Disney exclusive worldwide rights to a number of Ghibli films. Part of the deal in fact stipulated that Disney must release Mononoke theatrically in the United States. Disney agreed to this without ever seeing Mononoke.
When Disney finally saw Mononoke for the first time it was nothing like what they expected (they expected a cute, children's anime similar to Miyazaki's other films), but they were contractually obligated to release it.
The North American theatrical run of Princess Mononoke was deemed an abysmal failure in the end, the most successful international film ever created (at the time) earned a paltry $2.4 million dollars in the United States and Canada.

Reviews:
Princess Mononoke BD+DVD (Nov 25, 2014)
Princess Mononoke DVD (Jan 1, 1970)
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