Princess Mononoke is like the best anime ever.....

leathelanime · Post by **leathelanime** » Sun Nov 17, 2002 3:49 am

I got the dvd like a year ago and I've watched it well over a 1000 times and I never get tired of it, It is such an amazing anime and powerful also! I just havent found a anime that is like this...I think this is one of a kind..here are some reasons why I like it

1)The Story is Amazing
2)The Characters Are Amazing
3)The animation is amazing
4)The Dub is amazing
5)Nature is amazing

I LOVE THIS ANIME! MONONOKE FOREVER!!!!

Beefmaster10000 · Post by **Beefmaster10000** » Sun Nov 17, 2002 4:01 am

Yes, it is a very good movie.

UncleMilo · Post by **UncleMilo** » Sun Nov 17, 2002 4:03 am

I'm fond of Mononoke, though it isn't my favorite Ghibli title...

I think it is a fantastic title and the only place I would disagree with you is on the dub. I think the dub is mixed... Some of the voices are GREAT and some are not... the worst voice is San herself...

the dub of Spirited Away is SO much better...

Just shows what a talented voice director can do with talent vs. a poor voice director can do with talent. The guy who directed Mononoke has done MANY poor dubs before that one... but because he had so many titles under his belt... that's how he got the job with Disney...

Disney realized their mistake when they had to go back and redub over half an hour of recorded dialogue (which is days worth of work)

Anyway...

I am very glad Disney did actually release a bi-lingual DVD (since they originally wanted to release an English only DVD)

I do want to say that as far as anime goes, there are MANY worse titles you could select as your all time favorite...

so THUMBS UP to you!!

And if you haven't seen Brad DeMoss' AMV "Rythm of the Heat", I urge you do so!

-Uncle Milo

leathelanime · Post by **leathelanime** » Sun Nov 17, 2002 7:04 am

Some of the voices are GREAT and some are not... the worst voice is San herself...

I thought Claire Danes did a great job doing her voice...all the emotion was captured very well

the only place I would disagree with you is on the dub. I think the dub is mixed

Well I think Ive said this a thousand times but oh well....I dont care for subs..I only watch them when they are not licensed and once they Are I never watch them again.

Anime Jedi · Post by **Anime Jedi** » Sun Nov 17, 2002 9:18 am

Yah, it was awesome. I don't know about the best, but definitely up there.

One thing I didn't like though, was the main menu sections on the DVD. I felt they were boring and there wasn't too much in the special features section (as I recall).

I'll go check right now...

yup, not much there.

Aetherfukz · Post by **Aetherfukz** » Sun Nov 17, 2002 12:14 pm

OMG, Princess Mononoke if f?#*ing great!
I loved the characters, the plot, the animation, and also the dub.

The issue with mankind killing the forest / nature and them striking back can be applied to our world 1:1 really. And Ashi Taka rocked evertime he got his Bow and stone arrows!

Besides, anyone out there knows if the movie was fully hand-drawn of if there was CGI involved, because sometimes in the movie it's really hard to tell...

Also I was really glad of the dub. Gillian Anderson did good as Mara (hope I remember the name of the wolf god right) and Claire Danes did a great job as San. I think this is one of the best dubs out there, if you look (hear) at Now and Then, Here and There, the dub is miles ahead!

The one thing that I have to admit, there could have been more Special features, not just the trailers. Like the Escaflowne movie, the menus are pretty animated, and there is an extra Audio channel with the Dolby 5.1 score. That sure would have rocked for Mononoke, because I think the soundtrack is one of the best & most epic I have ever heard.
On the cover of the DVD it says "The Star Wars of Animated Features". That is true, although I would have written "The Lord of the Rings of Animated Features". Would work out better, if it was just for the soundtrack. They are both epic in the same ways...

Peace & Respect
-- Aetherfukz

Tsuji Mania · Post by **Tsuji Mania** » Sun Nov 17, 2002 2:15 pm

I love how people new to the world of Japanese animation instantly jump on the Mononoke Hime bandwagon and carry a banner around declaring its superiority, yet they have never seen the true classics that established Miyzaki and Ghibli as the pinacle of works that can cross age and cultures like Nausica and Laputa.

Tom the Fish · Post by **Tom the Fish** » Sun Nov 17, 2002 2:26 pm

Tsuji Mania wrote:I love how people new to the world of Japanese animation instantly jump on the Mononoke Hime bandwagon and carry a banner around declaring its superiority, yet they have never seen the true classics that established Miyzaki and Ghibli as the pinacle of works that can cross age and cultures like Nausica and Laputa.

I think you can be a little forgiving since it is not an easy thing to see the Ghibli catalog here in the US without either spending quite a bit of money (tho well worth it) or stiffing the Ghibli folks and buying a bootleg.

Tom

SSJVegita0609 · Post by **SSJVegita0609** » Sun Nov 17, 2002 2:41 pm

Good movie, though I strongly disliked Claire Danes... Too ditzy and stupid. I wish disney'd stop buying the damn rights so they can underpublisize the movies then rip em off.

leathelanime · Post by **leathelanime** » Sun Nov 17, 2002 5:50 pm

Im not new to the anime world...Im one of the biggest owners on this site and I buy have been getting anime since the Early 90's....And yes NATHAT is a great dub! now if only If icould get the new dvd's....video games are ruleing my life...