Yet Miyazaki has assembled these elements into a wholly different kind of movie from any previous Ghibli entry. Princess Mononoke contains many of the same elements as previous Ghibli movies: a preoccupation with Japan’s history a concern for the relationship between humans and nature and strong female characters.
If you substitute “movie” for “book,” however, every word would apply with equal force to the soaring triumph that is Princess Mononoke (1997), written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
“This book is like lightning from a clear sky…n it heroic romance, gorgeous, eloquent, and unashamed, has suddenly returned…here are beauties which pierce like swords or burn like cold iron here is a book that will break your heart.”
