Princess Mononoke

Pros: Story, beautiful animation, beautiful backgrounds, characters, action, interesting concepts

Cons: For Americans not experienced with anime: this is not Pokemon!!

The Bottom Line: Hayao Miyazaki's greatest film and the most popular movie in Japan of all time made it overseas uncensored so take the Japanese people's word and buy it!

Review: It is a well known fact to "hardcore" Japanese anime fans that "Americanized" anime is just plain, well, terrible. It gets censored to pieces, the dubbing ruins the experience, there are a whole host of reasons why many think that anime somehow gets...

Pros: Deep story, lush environment, developed characters

Cons: Drags a lot in places, typical anime style

The Bottom Line: The story meanders a lot and could need tightening up a bit, but the animation is gorgeous, the characters are very deep, and the soundtrack is stunning.

Review: Now this is what movie making is all about, be it an animated movie or not. Right from the first few minutes of film, when a giant monster crashes into a quiet village, you could tell this was a different kind of animated movie. Straight from the...

Pros: wonderful animation

Cons: the voice of Billy Bob Thornton as a Japanese monk

Review: Princess Mononoke is an animated feature film from Japan, that has been re-dubbed in English. (I read that the movie earned more than $150 million in Japan.) As being the voice of an animated character seems to be all the rage in Hollywood, there...

Pros: imaginative, beautiful, complex

Cons: none that I can think of

Review: I am usually not a fan of animated films because they all seem to disclose their stories in a traditional manner - one major character is the good guy that we must root for and we know that he/she will win in the end. The lines of good and evil are...

Pros: Story, Animation, Characters, and Voice Acting

Cons: Its Limited Release

Review: It's about time that a excellent piece of animated film work is noticed and translated. "Princess Mononoke" is one of the top five films I have seen this year. It's the tale of a prince who has been cursed and exiled from his home gets stuck in a...

Pros: Great film with a solid message and beautiful animation.

Cons: The DVD is lacking extras, compared to the R2 version

The Bottom Line: This is a gorgeous disc, well worth the price.

Review: Surprise world! Welcome to Japan's best kept secret - well, at least at the time, that is. Back in 1999 when Princess Mononoke was released in America, nobody had heard of Hayao Miyazaki, and cartoons were just for kids. Anime was either demon...

Pros: EVERYTHING!! Plot, characters, animation, plot, music, plot, sound, plot..

Cons: None, except for minor character development

Review: And then.. wow. Here's Gotenks..

Uh, wow. Basically, this is one of my favorite animes.. hmm, where do I start?

This thing really, really controls your emotions.. from the beginning, where you meet the main character(s), be it San...

Pros: The first introduction of Ghibli on the big screen in the States. A real eye candy treat

Cons: Not Ghibli's best work, but it's still damned good.

Review: Yup. Miramax released it. It's a Disney subsidiary.

I'm constantly impressed by what actually shows up for review on Epinions. Anime movies. Who'da thunk it?

On to the review.

I love Miyazaki's stuff. The man is a...

Pros: Excellent story, splendid animation, good voice acting, wonderful music...in short, everything!

Cons: May be a little too violent for younger viewers.

The Bottom Line: Mononoke is an absolutely brilliant work of art laid down on film. Watch it alone, or watch it with family or friends and talk about it afterward.

Review: The Movie

Made in 1997, Princess Mononoke enjoyed a phenomenal degree of success in Japan, but took two years for Disney to bring it to these shores. It played in limited venues in the US in 1999, making only about three...

Pros: incredible animation, great story, very interesting, ADDICTIVE!

Cons: may be a little long for some people

The Bottom Line: The Greatest Movie of All Time. See it now.

Review: This movie ranks with the best. The movie did seem long but i couldnt take my eyes off the screen! Everything about the movie was good. The animation was just phenominal. The audio was superb. And best of all, the story line was amazing.

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