Princess Mononoke
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| - | {{Template}}'''''Princess Mononoke''''' is a [[anime|Japanese animated]] [[film]] by [[Hayao Miyazaki]] that was first released in [[Japan]] on [[July 12]], [[1997]] and in the [[United States]] on [[October 29]], [[1999]] in select cities and on [[November 26]], [[1999]]. | + | {{Template}}'''''Princess Mononoke''''' is a [[anime|Japanese animated]] [[film]] by [[Hayao Miyazaki]] that was first released in [[Japan]] on [[1997]] and two years later in the United States. |
| - | [[Roger Ebert]] placed the movie sixth on his top ten movies of 1999 [http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~ejohnson/critics/ebert.html]. ''Mononoke'' also became the highest grossing movie in Japan until ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' took over the spot several months later. Overall, ''Mononoke'' is the third most popular anime movie in Japan, next to 2001's ''[[Spirited Away]]'' and 2004's ''[[Howl's Moving Castle (film)|Howl's Moving Castle]]'', both also by Miyazaki. | + | [[Roger Ebert]] placed the movie sixth on his top ten movies of 1999. ''Mononoke'' also became the highest grossing movie in Japan until ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' took over the spot several months later. Overall, ''Mononoke'' is the third most popular anime movie in Japan, next to 2001's ''[[Spirited Away]]'' and 2004's ''[[Howl's Moving Castle (film)|Howl's Moving Castle]]'', both also by Miyazaki. |
| It is a ''[[jidaigeki]]'' (period drama) set in late [[Muromachi period]] of Japan, and centers on the struggle between the supernatural guardians of a forest and the humans who consume its resources, as seen by the outsider Ashitaka. {{nihongo|"[[Yōkai|Mononoke]]"|物の怪}} is not a name, but a general term in [[Japanese language|Japanese]] for a [[spirit]] or [[monster]]. | It is a ''[[jidaigeki]]'' (period drama) set in late [[Muromachi period]] of Japan, and centers on the struggle between the supernatural guardians of a forest and the humans who consume its resources, as seen by the outsider Ashitaka. {{nihongo|"[[Yōkai|Mononoke]]"|物の怪}} is not a name, but a general term in [[Japanese language|Japanese]] for a [[spirit]] or [[monster]]. | ||
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Roger Ebert placed the movie sixth on his top ten movies of 1999. Mononoke also became the highest grossing movie in Japan until Titanic took over the spot several months later. Overall, Mononoke is the third most popular anime movie in Japan, next to 2001's Spirited Away and 2004's Howl's Moving Castle, both also by Miyazaki.
It is a jidaigeki (period drama) set in late Muromachi period of Japan, and centers on the struggle between the supernatural guardians of a forest and the humans who consume its resources, as seen by the outsider Ashitaka. Template:Nihongo is not a name, but a general term in Japanese for a spirit or monster.
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