| Look, I think that Princess Mononoke is one of the greatest things to ever hit the anime scene. In fact, I wish that every anime movie was this good. Alas, they aren't. Personally, I think that this is the singlemost greatest anime movie on the face of the planet. (Yes, I like it even more than Akira and Ghost in the Shell.) Does anyone else agree with me or am I alone in my opinion? |
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| I rated it a 9, but I have a few movies I rated a 10. Mononoke Hime is definitely a very great movie and I've already seen it a couple of times but I think there are some movies that are a tiny bit better. [edit]: Paprika and Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo are actually the only movies I've given a 10. |
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| I found Princess Mononoke absolutely stunning, its value was apparent to me even when I watched it as a child. I have since rewatched it many times and I never get bored of it. I also liked Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo, but I found that Princess Mononoke beat it with its fair amount of action and fights. I think this is indeed my favourite anime movie thus far, with Howl's Moving Castle and Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo coming close. |
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| I'm glad that someone else likes Princess Mononoke as much as me. I might be a bit biased because this movie started getting me to see the more hardcore side of anime. I hate to admit it but at the time I saw this movie I was a diehard DBZ fan and ... a pretty big Sailor Moon fan. (Hey, we were all young once.) Anyway, it still holds the number one spot in my heart. |
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| I do love Mononoke Hime. It's Ghibli's second best work, as far as I'm concerned. However I think there are better than Ghibli. Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo was excellent, and Kara no Kyoukai are stunning 'movies' (I'm not terribly fond of calling them movies given they're not even an hour each, but... well, still incredible). By all means Mononoke Hime is a fantastic movie, but there's better. I do think it's a bit of a shame people (as a whole, not specifically targeting anyone) view Ghibli as the pinnacle of anime movies without even considering others out there. It's a Ghibli title, so it's superior. Much like people still saying Eva/Bebop/Trigun are the best series ever; primarily because they're the first things people have been exposed to. The cherry poppers will always have a bias leaning in people's minds. |
| On a whole I don't really love Studio Ghibli movies, I just love Mononoke and Nausicaa. Besides that ... not really. And I do agree that there are other great movies out there such as GITS, Megazone 23, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, and Jin-Roh. (I'm also partial to Ninja Scroll though many would disagree with me there.) But to me Princess Mononoke just stands out, it has spectacular music, (some of the best anime music I've ever heard right up there with Wolf's Rain.) good plot, great dubbing, excellent character design, wonderful direction, overall it's just a masterful film. |
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| I'd call it the best, or anyway my favorite, film I've ever seen (animated or otherwise) outside of Makhmalbaf's 'Nun va Goldoon', which no one ever watches. |
| i dunno, spirited away was a notch higher than this one. its kinda hard to compare two excellent works like this. i supose thats a testament to miyazaki's greatness. Mononoke was the first of Miyazaki that i watched with any sirious intent. there was kiki's delivery service but thats on a league of its own lol. |
| i liked princess mononoke because none of its characters are 100% good or evil. they are real people, they want what they want, and sometimes go about getting it the wrong way. they story blew me away. |
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| So true, Ashgary. So very true. One of the reasons why I loved it too. Though I must say, Ghibli makes very high quality moives compared to many other studios besides maybe Production I.G. |
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| the ending made me my personal favorite. and made me feel it was the personal best ever. but hence, i need to see more anime movies. |
| Well, tomorrow I gave it the second place among the best anime movies. Action speaks for itself. |
| Out of all Ghibli movies, I liked Nausicaa better. |
| Signature? I ain't got no signature! I don't need no signature! I don't have to show you any stinkin' signature! |
| Castle in the Sky is good. I think Samurai X Trust and Betrayal is a movie in the Japanese version, and I say it is on par with this movie |
| try to see summer wars :) |
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| Yes! |
| i think sword of the stranger and spirited away are better but it gets a well deserved 3rd place spot |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
| I did enjoy Princess Mononoke, but I watched all the ghibli films pretty much in one go, and it didn't exactly stand out among them. Presonally, I much prefer spirited away, and it's my favorite movie of all time. |
| Personally I prefer Sword of the Stranger, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and a few others, but it was okay. |
| Mononoke is probably the best animated movie ever made, indeed. Miyazaki himself wouldn't agree to that though because he hates the movie and considers it doesn't reflect what he wanted to convey (plus he's a humble guy and would probably cite "Le Roi et l'Oiseau" or a Youri Norstein movie as his favourite). On the other hand, the film became much more than what it was supposed to be with the involvement of Toshio Suzuki as a very active producer (especially regarding the scipt - and don't forget that he chose the title of the movie, Miyazaki wanted to call it "The Legend of Ashitaka" -), the animation directors Masashi Ando & Yoshifumi Kondo's last contribution just before his death and of course Joe Hisaishi who almost wrote the ending of the movie against Miyazaki's will (in Miyazaki's ending, Lady Eboshi was supposed to die and San to live with the humans). On the whole though, the movie is much better than any other directed by Miyazaki and represents the very best of what modern Japanese cinema can offer. |
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| My top 5 movie list. 1.Akira 2.Grave of the fireflies 3.Princess Mononoke 4.The girl who leapt through time 5.Spirited away |
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| You're joking, right? I don't watch that many anime movies and I still have 20 on my list with a higher rating. The main characters were lacklustre, the end was disappointing and it just wasn't that interesting. |
| It one of the few Ghibli films I can re watch over again, and not get a little sleepy half way through it. It definitely the more violent out of the films. If I was comparing it to other ghibil films it would be near the top 3. but to other anime movies I don't know I may have to reserved that for the hilarious disappointing Blue Flames. |
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| wait someone necroed a necroed thread? |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
| from all of Ghibli's movies...no...From all of Anime movies it's still the best one I've ever seen in my life!... (the nearest one to it was The wind Rises(Kaze Tanichuu)) |
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AwokenStroken said: Just a piece of pretentious drivel made by Miyazaki; he should just simply crawl out from under a car port and wither out in the sun like the miserable earthworm that he is. If I was to make a parody of the angry Internet guy, I couldn't do a better Job than you just did with that xD People like you actually exist xD... Amazing to me. You're like an alive caricature Props^^ I hope Miyazaki did apologize for whatever harm he caused you, my dude xD.... Seems to me like he did something horrible to you. Oh wait....he doesn't know you're existing .... Nevermind. |
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AwokenStroken said: Merve2Love said: Why'd you assume I wasn't doing a parody lol? If I was to make a parody of the angry Internet guy, I couldn't do a better Job than you just did with that xD People like you actually exist xD... Amazing to me. You're like an alive caricature Props^^ I hope Miyazaki did apologize for whatever harm he caused you, my dude xD.... Seems to me like he did something horrible to you. Oh wait....he doesn't know you're existing .... Nevermind. Like idk u just point out the possibility but the rest of the message is as if you assume it's not one. Psssht, it's alright now^^ Miyazaki can't hurt you now. Calm down .The evil man won't do another Mononoke :D |
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| OKAY . That was a great joke . Mononoke is truly the goat . Studio Ghibli goat . |
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