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Mononoke was my first Ghibli film, and still a fave, even after seeing most of the catalog. Now my daughter is hooked on anime after seeing Ponyo. Miyazaki is a genius.
You get scared taking trash out at night, I get scared when I have to turn off the ground floor lights resulting me dashing up the stairs like an elephant on fifty barrels of sugar.
My Japanese teacher has taught me how to translate the title track of Princess Mononoke. It has not much to do with the video but I am proud of my achievement and I wanted to let you know it.
Eyo Linfamy I just watched princess mononoke with my girl on friday and was spitting them educated guesses that it was the sengoku era and that ashitaka was emishi. I’m learning and spreading you’re great knowledge. (also decapitating arrows was really funny at first, not often so you see arrows de-limbing people) Thank you for your great knowledge 🙇🏻♂️
There’s a low end Japanese restaurants chain in Bangkok called yayoi. Romulus and Remus founders of Rome were also raised by wolves 🐺 pretty cool 😎 how both powers like the same animals
@@arcotroll8530 Yeah. Another was Atalante from Greek myth, a powerful huntress who helped out Jason and the Argonauts as well as helped Theseus hunt the Caledonian Boar. She was brought out to a mountain to be abandoned by her birth father, but was discovered by a bear mother who recently had lost her cubs. Bears were a symbol of Artemis, goddess of the hunt and moon, so Atalante became quite skilled with the bow as she was raised by the bear. Another one, and one that really goes to show how ancient the trope is, is Enkidu from the Epic of Gilgamesh. The EoG is the single oldest known written work of fiction in the world, and while there are stories that can predate it thanks to oral tradition, it's currently the first story that was written down that we know of. King Gilgamesh was a cruel king, and the people prayed to the gods about his tyranny, and in response the gods made a man out of clay named Enkidu. Enkidu was "born" out in the wilds, and was taught how to live by wild animals, before being discovered by a Priestess who took him in, taught him how to live as a man rather than an animal. Then he went on to beat the shit out of Gilgamesh, become close bros with him, and eventually was killed, causing Gilgamesh to undergo a massive journey and character development that is the central story of the Epic. "Person raised by wild animals" is one of the oldest cliches in the world thanks to the EoG, so it shows up absolutely everywhere. It's a way to show that a character has incredible physical ability, as they are able to survive in the wilds without any of the comforts and protections of civilization. Then the trope tends to diverge with the character either being a heroic figure who leaves the wilds and joins society, showing that they have that physical power but will use it for humanity, or the character stays as a "wild man" and often becomes a villain that is defeated by the actual hero of the story, as they'd rather keep that physical ability for their own sake.
Lol when u said “removing samurai heads with arrows” the movie clip of that part & 4:29 !!!! That made me laugh out loud!!!!!! Ty u made my day because of that funny part of the video
Eboshi is one of my favorite characters: badass, but flawed and while she has some claim to be the hero, her actions could also be considered villainy. Despite having little screen time, she's a surprisingly complex character.
Yes Ghibli perfectly portrayed her as a 'gray' character, not 100% good but not 100% bad either (just like most matters or things in this world) People could see her as a hero or antagonist, depending on which side you see her from
I searched a lot about Mononoke's costume design but couldn't find anything really accurate because in my language there aren't many articles about it so it was really nice to know! What I do found was that the inverted triangles are usually used to represent the feminine and in occultism they are a symbol for summoning spirits as well, what may be related to her face paint. Also many characters wolf/nature related have now the same facepaint as her like Rayla from The Dragon Prince or Red from Tangled the Series (that's actually a werewolf) what I think it's obviously a reference to her. What I found that related the most to the use of facepaint in Japan was about the Kabuki theater, but then despites the use of red paint it all looked more like Kyoshi from Avatar then like San so it makes much more sense what you said. Thank you for the awesome video! :)
I’ve been waiting for a Princess Mononoke video from your channel, it’s one of my favorite movie and I love the story and mythology. That diss as student debt by giving it a Kami spirit though.....that hurts pretty deep lol!!
My niece loves this movie, she watchedvit when she was a little girl and would act just like her because wolves are her favourite animals and Princess Mononoke was the princess of the wolves ❤❤❤❤❤
Thanks for the video, Mononoke hime is one of my all time favourite movies. Good to hear about its inspirations. Also, to brag a little: I actually visited Kasuga shrine in Nara, as well as Yakushima, which is said to be an inspiration for kodama forest - and I can absolutely believe that.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought the arrow dismemberment was a bit extra. It's kinda neat to see all the folklore put together especially now that I get some of it from this channel and having to figure out all the offhand references that crop up in Fate/Grand Order the second say, Sakata Kintoki and Shuten or Ibaraki are in a scene together, or stuff like Shuten's beef with Suzuka Gozen.
@@konstantinriumin2657 lol no I get that, it's just kind of not something you generally see in a family film, which Princess Mononoke still very much is.
Concerning the shishigami: "Deer" comes from Old English "dēor", which refers to any quadraped. So Deer god (or Deer spirit) is actually pretty appropriate.
Wow this is such a great video I did’t know I needed. All of this historical context gives the film so much more depth and now I want to rewatch it tonight. Instant subscribe!
Thank you for clearing up the name of the movie for me. It always confused me on why it was called Princess Mononoke when no one in the movie was called Mononoke
Just watched Princess Mononoke yesterday, it's really good movie since I like Japanese myth. Somehow I found one of your video because I subbed your channel before.
I love princes mononoke and I live in the Santa Cruz mountains and I walk my trash down a half mile through the woods often at night cause I procrastinate every trash day
oh nice video iv gotten a bit behind on your videos . i used to follow you on my other mail account for a few years now. but since i moved to another country i havent had time to watch till now sorry lin . also please do more explained miyazaki movies :3 i was wondering if Chihiro(spirited away) may have some stuff you can explain??
@@Linfamy oh your right i somehow missed that LMAO how embarrassing! i even looked at the video list twice and missed that one video xD what can i say im a blondie that might explain it XD thanks for telling me ill go enjoy the video now :D
I never knew that the Wolf in "Spice and Wolf" had a real world connection with Japanese folklore as a deity of agriculture! It's been a while since watched that show, can't remember the names of the characters
That's not a youkai. At least the animals in that movie. Ther are Gods, Ther are The Gods of Nature. Ashitaka, a young man who lives in Emishi's hidden village, is cursed by the Tatari god who tries to attack the village. Rather than just waiting for death, he sets out for a land far west to open up his own destiny. What Ashitaka saw there was the people of the Tatara field who carved out the forest to make iron, the chief Eboshi, the mountain dog clan who protected the forest, and the human girl Sun who lives with the mountain dog. Ashitaka knows why the Tatari God was born in the gap I'll give you a hint. (1) The place name has a history. (2) White is divine, red is suspicious For instance 1,White Wild boar (Ibukiyama no Okkoto Nushi) A male animal god described in "Kojiki". In "Kojiki", a wild boar god of the child and the wet wind appears three degrees. 1. Encountered when Yamato Takeru went to Ibukiyama 2. Appears at the time of rebellion against Emperor Ogami by Kosaka and Shinobukuma 3. Emperor Yuryaku is attacked at Mt. Katsuragi, The name comes from the Okkoto, Fujimi-cho, Nagano Prefecture, where Miyazaki's villa was located (Near my daughter-in-law's parents' house) 2 Moro no Kimi White large 300-year-old with a tail of two God dog . Female and mother. Like her two mountain dogs, she raises a sun abandoned by humans and loves her as a daughter. This wolf belongs to Mitsumine Shrine and is generally called "Oinusama" and is worshiped. The original name is "Okuchi no Makami". It is a deified god of Japanese wolves.
Pretty sure Miyazaki said specifically that the film takes place during the Muromachi period, so more the prelude to the Sengoku period than directly in it.
4:58 Everything significant is a kami. That weird looking tree? That’s significant, probably a kami. Your student debt? That’s significant...probably a kami. Linfamy, you are hilarious! 😂
This tradition of naming things in nature also is part of my native language. The name of a rock, plant, stars, water-spring or some natural structure is also the name of that very object and the name of what were once a god/"being". Though most of my country do not have such animist or shamanist traditions anymore, the act of superstition from the olden days still lingers; knocking on wood (since trees are where most gods lived) and saying "passing through" when going through an unfamiliar place.
Yes, deer 🦌. Your singing was amazingly adorable. I enjoyed the episode. Deers and wolves are pretty. I’m gonna pretend that you my deer and I’m your wolf. 😂 Okay. That’s going overboard with my daydream. See you soon.
Oh yeah, that arrow head thing, I got surprised by too, I knew the movie had some blood on it but didn't know was that heavy on these themes, and compared on how light hearted movies of the studio, is quite a surprise XD
It seems Miyazaki didn't want to be known as someone who only made movies about cutesy things. "Hm.. what's *not* cute? I know, tearing off limbs and heads."
The Deidarabocchi form of Shishigami in this picture was also inspired by the original 1954 Gojira (Godzilla), and again another spirit god in the Manga MUDMEN.
After I watch this video, I watch the Princess mononoke for the first time. Man, it's a beautiful movie. And there's some thing i've learned from this movie 1. Linfamy are right, you can't trust Jiko. 2. Ashitaka and San are cute.
I don't know how true this is but there's an island that inspired Miyazaki to write Mononoke called Yakushima. It is amazingly beautiful, it's got these cryptomeria trees that are absolutely ancient.
@@deplatformedcrowprinceluna6339 Daiki: *eats all the aburaage in a week* Hitomi: hey Daiki- What The Heck?! Daiki: *transforms into a nine tailed kitsune* and You said I would not achieve it in this way Hitomi: *confused half-bakeneko noises*
Take a closer look at the scene where Ashitaka shoots a powerful arrow. His arrow hits the sword. It doesn't hit samurai's arm. In another scene, when the samurai's neck is cut, multiple parts are cut with a single arrow. Obviously, the arrow has a magical power(Juryoku?). It has been pointed out that it may have a cylindrical cutting force field.
Well done 👍 😁👍. Excellent analysis and cliff notes version of the movie 🍿 🎥 for folks that haven’t seen it yet. You really should see it at least once in your life. Then again it would be easy to not know about it here in the West since it came out the same year as James Cameron’s “Titanic” movie. What an unbelievable coincidence. Anyway, it’s available on HBO Max if you’re interested in watching it for yourself. Keep up the good work my friend. Hopefully 🙏 you will do a full review of this film🤞. If not, this will suffice for now👌. 🌎🔥🌊✨🌙🎃✨🎉🍵🍰✅🍍🥥🍻😉❤️☀️!!!
When living in japan in the 90’s I assumed that “Mononoke” “Mono” being thing and “Ke” being hair and so meant something like “Asokonoke” or “Mange”The hair down there”. Knowing that contemporary Japanese didn’t trim their pubic hair I made my second dubious assumption that a healthy full Bush that hangs proudly like a wet monks beard when climbing out of the onsen or ofuro is something of great reverence or a symbol of social standing and therefore the movie was named “Princess Pubes” obviously . I am now aware that I may have been completely wrong. gaijin logic.
12:23 Deer lower their head to prepare to charge at people and hit them with antler, when a person bow down, the deer see a challenger for 1 on 1 head smack fight, the deer also lower their head when human give them food, they thought human gets blackmailed to give them food if they are threating human by violence.
10:04 the town women are former adult entertainers? How did you know this? Did I miss the explanation in the movie? Ps: I think it would be interseting if you can make video about this shiraboshi. Most of us only know Geisha as entertainers in ancient Japan.
Yep, quotes from the English dub: "Women like that... It's a disgrace. They defile the iron." "Lady Eboshi goes around buying the contract of every brothel girl she can find." Also, here's one of the notes Miyazaki wanted the English translators to know: "Lady Eboshi’s people are very low class; outcasts; *former prostitutes*, hustlers, crooks, and reformed pimps; lepers. But she’s not; she’s from a different class." From an interesting article about Neil Gaiman's experiences helping to translate the film: newsbrig.com/neil-gaiman-butted-heads-with-disney-over-princess-mononoke-translation/26570/ I agree, video about shirabyōshi would be neat =)
SO that's where Deidara got his name? Interesting. From the eternal battle between Deidara's "art is in the moment" and Sasori's "art is for the ages" I found in Masashi Kishimoto a kindred spirit.
