It’s only revealed later, just before his death, that there’s a boar god underneath all of that. While many folks have made the comparison to Nago and Princess Mononoke, comic book writer is ...

In other films, like Princess Mononoke ... Spirit, however, never speaks in any of his various forms. Though many question the Lord of the Forest's nature, it's clear by the end of the film that ...

A new anger Set during the 14th Century, the Muromachi period of Japan, Princess Mononoke tells the story of Ashitaka, a young prince cursed by the hatred of a dying boar god, who has been ...

But Princess ... Mononoke by putting a shape — or lack thereof — to the way people can choose to vilify things they don’t understand. As the curse recedes and the Forest Spirit’s body ...

Photo: Ghibli Park Here in the Mononoke Village, you’ll find a replica of the Demon Spirit, a watchtower from Emishi Village, and a statue of the giant boar god Lord Okkoto. The Demon Spirit and ...

Twenty-five years old this week, the film is Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki's most complex work. But how it was mishandled in the West speaks of fundamental artistic differences, writes ...