Princess Mononoke


 * This article is for the film. For the character, see San

Princess Mononoke (Mononoke-Hime) is a 1997 Japanese animated epic historical fantasy film written and by Hayao Miyazaki animated by Studio Ghibli and produced by Toshio Suzuki. The film stars the voices of Yoji Matsuda and Yuriko Ishida, Yuko Tanaka, Kaoru Kobayashi,Masahiko Nishimura

Plot
In Muromachi period Japan, an Emishi Village is attacked by a boar god turned demon The last Emishi prince Ashitaka, kills the demon, but receives the curse which grants him great strength, but will grow until it shatters his bones, rips apart his soul, and eventually kills him.

Ashitaka sets out on a long quest to the west to search and beg for the Deer God of the Forbidden Forest to heal him of this deadly curse but only to find more conflict and hatred.

Release

 * 12 July 1997 - Movie theater in Japan
 * Christmas 1997 - VHS release in Japan
 * 1999 - English dub version
 * 2003 - Newer VHS/DVD release in Japan
 * 2006 - DVD release in Australia
 * 18 November 2014 - DVD release in USA