actually miyazaki said kaya was ashitakas soon-to-be wife. i know she refers to him as "anisama" which translates to "older brother" but miyazaki stated thats just what younger girls called older men at the time. kaya gave the arrowhead to ashitaka bc they would've have to given their prized possession to their partner during marriage (or something of that sort idrk). i think ashitaka passed it on to san to show his affinity towards her 🤷🏻♀️
oh my god I knew it as a kid I didnt her her call him brother (eng dub so its more literal obviously) and remembered her as his girlfriend then in more recent years I've been sat there thinking "huh... could of sworn she wasn't his sister"
My favourite thing about this movie (having just watched it) is that hate and anger technically make Ashitaka stronger but he chooses to use that strength to destroy the root of all the hate and anger by loving everyone on all sides of the conflict. What a BAWSE move.
After the battle, when Okkoto goes to the spirit of the forest to be healed, and the hunters follow him, disguised in the skins of dead boars to fool Okkoto's sense of smell, the hunters as dead eyed boars stabbing Okkoto in the stomach as he walks is still one of the most upsetting things I've seen in film. Affects my decision to watch it again or not.
That's valid, dude. This still my favorite Studio Ghibli film, but those dead-eyed boars are one of the most unsettling things I've seen in animation. Also the gore/suffering kicks up to 11 in the last third of the movie.
"H E Y, D O N ' T K I L L T H E T H I N G Y O U L I V E O N, I D I O T." Okay, where did I put that poster paper and my markers? Also props for the term, "Co-masticate."
"I'm simply going to talk about this movie like I talk about any movie." You say that line in the disclaimer as though it might be a flaw of the review, and while I can't speak for all of your viewers, I'm sure there are many who would agree with me that that is _exactly_ what I wanted from this video. I can go anywhere to learn about the dubs vs. subs discussion. I came here for some Mikeynalysis. Thanks for the brilliant dissection, as always.
I really liked the ending of Princess Mononoke. San’s attitude towards humans changes only a little bit, but ultimately, everyone changes for the better. Everyone learns something.
"I'm gonna talk a lot about Environment and Environmentalism." Well, it's kinda hard to AVOID talking about that when it comes to Miyazaki movies😂. Which makes sense considering he was born in Japan during WWII
As I watched this, I kept feeling myself rebel against your suggestion that Ashitaka's act of defending his village against the demon was an evil one, but I ultimately reconciled it to myself as a *necessary* evil act, an unavoidable mistake; an *inherited sin* that occurred as a part of the cycle that leads people to, in the absence of good options, commit further evil as a poor corrective against the consequences of past evil (that they have probably benefited from in the environment of their upbringing, making them complicit, as you mentioned). There was no "good" option for Ashitaka. The least evil thing for him to do would have been to practice non-violence even in the face of this threat (to his credit, he did attempt diplomacy before attacking, albeit to no avail), even if it meant watching his village be destroyed, but you'd have to be the goddamned Buddha to be that detached. So it took a little time for me to get on your wavelength, but I now read your characterization of Ashitaka killing the demon as "evil" in an objective context, without judgment. Overall, this was a very thought-provoking review that helped me to think about the movie in new ways. Bravo.
Well he obviously was afraid the demon would kill people, not just destroy buildings. He tried to persuade it with words first but when his sisters and all the other people were in clear danger, he drew his weapon to protect them. That's not evil, it's heroic.
I felt much the same way. His crime was he killed the spirit god and be banished or let it destroy everyone and everything he cared about. It puts a whole new spin on the story. It never occurred to me to look at the move through the lens provided, but instead my own unique world view. Thank you for your discussion of mikey's thought provoking review.
I think Ashitaka's issue here is that he doesn't know what the origin of the evil is, so he cannot cure it in a satisfying way until he gets to the place of origin of the conflict and hears all sides. He cannot lift the curse, only contain it (within himself) rather than let the violence spread.
. I reject it was evil at all. The boar had become the embodiment of destruction and death, had become evil incarnate. I reject that he was banished for killing the boar. I think instead he left in hopes of saving his life and as the future ruler of the village, he had to leave to do so in a certain way that removed his obligations to the village.
@@firstlast-cs6eg While there's a part of me that appreciates this viewpoint, it also inherently goes against one of the points that I agreed with the most that was made in this video: There is no evil side, just sides that are pushed to evil actions in constant escalating retaliation towards each other. The boar itself was not evil, nor was it incarnate. Rather, the corruption that was placed within the boar through the evil of the attack on it led to its rampage in retaliation. It wasn't evil; it wanted what it viewed as evil to have a taste of its own medicine. Hence the boar's dying words, essentially "You shall know my hate." And in any religious perspective, killing the gods - assuming, as in this setting, they are killable at all - is a big no-no. Which puts the banishment from a small, tradition-holding village and status as non-person and exile into perspective. But that in itself can become a whole other debate, so I'll leave that there.
a channel that sounds like femjoy. kek. also mononoke doesn't have her demons transited to ashitaka just cus she bit his literally exact demon side arm....small and obvious mistake, that doesn't seem like it makes any sense being intentional, otherwise an adequate review that isn't too self aware.i guess, good on you mentioning the garden scene
I know this it 3 years old so maybe no one will see this buuuuut,,,,,,,,,,,, I bought the "fight less" shirt in the Catawampus store and it just now arrived and I am so very excited. Thanks all!
WARNING: HISTORY NERD RANT INCOMING Soooooooooooo, you referred to Ashitaka as the last prince of the Emishi "tribe," which is sort of true but only goes halfway. The Emishi were actually a separate ethnic group within Japan, culturally and linguistically distinct from the Japanese-speaking Yamato people. The Emishi existed in northern Honshu well before the Yamato arrived, and for a long time resisted rule by the Japanese emperors.You may have noticed that the Ashitaka and the Emishi villagers dressed differently than other Japanese in the film, and the village men had stocky builds and full, bushy beards-- traits associated with the Emishi and their modern-day descendants, the Ainu. (European explorers encountering Ainu for the first time in the 19th century actually thought they were Caucasians.) That might seem like a myopic distinction, but I think it has some relevance to your analysis. Ashitaka's status as an Emishi is yet one more way that he would have been marked as an outsider by the people of Iron Town.
My two cents: The Emishi were eventually partially absorbed into the Yayoi Cultures, ceasing to exist as a distinct cultural polity, and laying the footwork for the future tribalist cultural ethno-entity political state known as the Yamato Peoples. Their closest living relatives, are the Ainu peoples of Hokkaido. Though DNA studies link them with the Negrito peoples of the Andaman Islands.
"you saved literally all living things, god and mortal alike, and existence in all observable dimensions so you no longer pray to god, the gods are now going to pray to you FIGHT LESS TALK MORE SAY SORRY SOMETIMES"
To this day this is one of my favorite movies anime or otherwise. You did an amazing job saying why the film works as a nuanced piece and I'm glad I found your channel, I'm definitely subscribing
@@jxomxo Nah, Avatar wasn't going for the complexity of Mononoke or Nausicaa. It was going for a simpler narrative of good vs. evil, nature vs. technology, black and white. Avatar is more comparable to Pocahontas.
Mikey: Im simply going to talk about this movie, like I talk about any movie. So here's what the story of Princess Mononoke means to me. Exactly what I wanted from Movies with Mikey. I loved this and love you. Thank you so much!
My favorite animated movie of all time. I just finished it again before watching this, and this review made me have even more respect for it than I already did, somehow. And now I want to watch it again. Absolutely mind-blowing review. Good job.
I'm so drunk and so appriative that you posted this. I love your videos so much man. you are the best. that you so so much. I just broke up with my gf and you have been my fav distraction. I love you. thank you
Oh fuck yes, that would be awesome! Paprika or Paranoia Agent would be my first picks, but everything Satoshi Kon does is amazing so I'd be happy if Mikey did a video on any of his work.
Great review, as always!! According to an interview of Miyazaki himself, Kaya wasn't supposed to be his sister, she just used the honorific older brother; which i guess, having never seen the English dub, might have been translated literally. Anyway, here's the excerpt (www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/interviews/m_on_mh.html): - Kaya, who saw Ashitaka off, loved Ashitaka, didn't she? M: Yes of course. She calls him "Anisama (older brother)", but it just means that he is an older boy in her clan. - So they are not real brother and sister. M: If they were, that wouldn't be interesting at all. There used to be a lot of marriage among blood relations in Japan. I thought of Kaya as a girl who is determined to do so (marry Ashitaka). But Ashitaka chose San. It's not strange at all to live with San, who lives with such a brutal fate. That's life.
Hey, so I wrote an essay on Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away for my Culture and Environmental Politics term paper and I used your video for inspiration. So yeah, thank you for making this, cause I got an A!
Moon! Awesome take on Miyazaki, I haven't watched his movies in almost 15 years, this makes me want to revisit his library of movies. Thank you for doing what you do Mikey.
Absolutely in love with this video, its such a quality, vertical-slice type of analysis and so so so well put together and edited. Seriously, your presentation style gives me life.
One more great video! About the disclaimer, I think we all did enough autosatisfaction about how great Miyazaki is. So it's good that you save your time for actually interesting comments and analysis. Thank you for one more amazing video! And I vote for Moon!
Bro your commentary makes me love movies so much more. Half of your "movies with mikey" are you explaining why I love my favorite movies way more clearly than I ever could and the other half are you opening me up to art I probably would have never noticed or cared about otherwise. Now to watch mononoke again.
Please. Moon. A million times, MOON. (I'm voting for the film "Moon," starring the ineffable Sam Rockwell) 1 vote for Moon, please. Thanks. Moon. Not Arrival.
This was an amazing analysis of a film I've always loved. It was probably one of the first movies I watched that really addressed that morality is complex and a matter of perspective. Thank you!
I'm always watching your videos first, then watching the movie, then rewatching your videos. Finally got around to watching Princess Mononoke and wow, it definitely delivered. And then rewatching your commentary added another level of understanding. Keep it up Mikey, you make me excited to watch movies again.
Interesting episode! After thinking about how complex and looooong Mononoke is, I can't imagine the challenge making a cohesive episode out of that film must have been. I thought the disclaimer was unneeded, but then I don't spend much time discussing anime on the internet, so maybe it was. :) I just watch the stuff I think is good. I'm glad you gave Mononoke your treatment. I think it's an amazing film, and probably my favorite of Miyazaki's "serious" movies (that Nausica though . . .) Having recently introduced my toddlers to Miyazaki's films (and hence watching Kiki almost every day for the last two months) I find it amazing the depth even the more kid friendly of his films have, the layers of meaning and pitch-perfect storytelling that I've found in them is inspiring. And Mononoke, yeah . . . that's a tall order. Good work, I'm looking forward to the next episode!
this was interesting, the fact you have almost no context in terms of the broader medium of anime let's you get a unique perspective rather than being bogged down by "all the anime shit"
@@gaiusjuliuspleaser lol plz with the 8 month late replies....i don't recall what i was talking about, but if YOU are talking about miyazaki, all his work are animated film. anime generally refer to tv length episodes of series, with much lower production quality....
@@lyrilljackson thats simply not true. Anime is literally short hand for animation and is used for anything animated both film and series. Generally anime refers to japanese or other asian animation but technically it could refer to western animation just as well.
@@lyrilljackson Yeah, it is tough to put a description on anime but that one is just wrong. Series, OVA or Feature length Movie, it's all anime. Miyazaki's work included. When it comes to western animation I still class it as anime if it was inspired enough by Japanese animation, making it a movement more than a specific national thing. That being said, Miyazaki makes anime.
I know no one will read this... I gotta say the last, and I mean last thing I expected to see was a vhs screen tearing (I think that's what it is) with my damn formal name spookily being blasted into my head when watching this with my headset on at night. PS love all of your vids so far Mikey really great, you can thank cinema wins for sending me here a while back.
Excellent critique of my favourite animated movie of all time. This is only my second comment on a TH-cam video in the 14 years of YT. I wholeheartedly agree with your opinion. Superb work Mikey.
Fantastic deconstruction of one of my very favorite films. Quite entertaining! This is the first video of yours that I've watched, and I'm already convinced to subscribe! As much work as I'm sure you've put into the video, my favorite part has to be "Thwomp, BAP!" at 8:19.
Your movie review had a unique, flavorful balance of humor and insight. But what made me slap that hot red subscribe button was the quote "And they got a bad case of the evils and SHOT GUNS AT DOGS. Then dogs kicked their ass."
Great analysis, though I wouldn't consider Ashitaka nothing. He might have considered himself as such, due to being outcast by his village, but was never that or seen as such. You're videos are always awesome with superb editing, though I'm highly surprised your not continuously smacked with YT music copyright hits unless your always paying out a lot of money for purchases.
Mononoke really is one of those 'What did YOU do today?!' films. I want all the people to see it. My vote goes for Moon because then I'll have a good excuse to watch moon.
I just found this, and your channel (Cinemawins sent me), but this needs to settle in my brain for just a bit. You gave me lots to mull over, so thanks for that.
I am getting less and less surprised that I'm often crying at some point in your presentations. This was my first Miyazaki, and therefore should be my favorite. But I always loved the deep/tragic/triumphant romanticism of Howl's Moving Castle. In any case, you've given me a much, much deeper understanding of what the film is about. I only hope you live a million years so you have enough time to review every movie ever made (that's worth your attentions) and that I get to cry during almost all of them.
Moon, the greatest independant film ever in being able to do science fiction and upstage Tom Hanks in Castaway, for the movie making equivilent of 17 cents. Or Arrival, possibly the greatest film ever made.
if you want another really good animated movie with deeper themes look up Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade, its a political espionage movie taking place in an alternate japanese 50s its super good
Wow man. I'm going through all of your videos now. Came over from CinemaWins. Every single one is a new perspective on films I hadn't considered previously. This is one of my favorite movies of all time. You summed it up perfectly: Fight less, talk more, say sorry sometimes. Wow. Really great video man. Love your style and obvious dedication to your work. Instant fan over here. I've shot links to your videos to all of my friends. Many of them are as impressed as I am. Keep up the great work.
He was pretty upfront about the fact that he has very little (almost no) experience in animation, especially anime. I assume that extends to stuff such as trivia.
You are GOD. You managed to make at least one 8sec-attention-spam-millennial sit still focused on one thing for half an hour. Seriously, You inspire me a great deal on my editing work. I'mma gonna edit an homage to you.
Stop feeding into the Baby Boomer-born propaganda infantilizing our generation with that b/s about "Millennials" having short attention spans. We are g-damn adults working our asses off for but scraps offered by those at the top.
This is the first review that ever made me want to watch the movie, so thank you. The other reviews, as you almost said, just heap praise on the god-like director and Studio and focus entirely on the mind-blowing visuals etc etc. - you actually told me what the movie was about, backing it up with quotes from the man himself. So yeah, good job!
Hi. I think what you said about Ashitaka becoming nothing after killing that boar god sounds to me like the case with the Elric Brothers in Fullmetal Alchemist. They performed the forbidden act of human transmutation, it took away Alphonse's body, leading to Edward Elric transmuting Al's soul to a suit of armor, and then he lost an arm and a leg, much like Ashitaka's curse. They lost their bodies after committing human transmutation and became nothing.
Pretty good analysis bro! I remember seeing this in theatre when I was like, 10 or how ever old I was in 1997, and it's always been one of my favorite movies. Also what DO you have to say about Rush Hour 3?
You saw it in theaters in '97? Was that in Japan? Cause it didn't get released in the USA until '99 and didn't become the popular shit for like 2-3 years, and I didn't see it until '04.
This will always be one of my favorite movies. You tackled the themes phenomenally in my opinion, and at the same time you were original in what you said. Kudos
My heart says Moon, but i really wanna see what you have to say about Rush Hour 3 - not enough comedies here, especially dumb ones. So yeah, Rush Hour 3.
This actually isn't the review I thought I was going to get, it's a lot better. You skimmed the obvious points and dove deep on what caught your attention, and in the process showed details I never thought about before.
Adin Myrick this is what separates good writers from great writers. mikey can and will find something fresh and convincing to say about anything that may seem to have been "overdone."
You're right, he probably will. He's a fantastic writer. Even as a writer myself, I can only hope to put as much emotion and real humor into my scripts as he does.
Wow. Just.... wow. I happened upon this channel from a random comment in a Moviebob video and this just blew me away. Mononoke-hime is my favorite Miyazaki film to date and your analysis was fantastic considering your newness to doing videos on Japanese animation. Keep on keepin' on.
actually miyazaki said kaya was ashitakas soon-to-be wife. i know she refers to him as "anisama" which translates to "older brother" but miyazaki stated thats just what younger girls called older men at the time. kaya gave the arrowhead to ashitaka bc they would've have to given their prized possession to their partner during marriage (or something of that sort idrk). i think ashitaka passed it on to san to show his affinity towards her 🤷🏻♀️
Dude I had no idea. Thank you for the info.
I was confused by the lone brother too, cause I remember it being pretty clear they were a couple.
Yeah i was confused bcz i thought kqya loved ashitaka like a lover not a brother
Yikes poor Kaya
oh my god I knew it
as a kid I didnt her her call him brother (eng dub so its more literal obviously) and remembered her as his girlfriend
then in more recent years I've been sat there thinking "huh... could of sworn she wasn't his sister"
My favourite thing about this movie (having just watched it) is that hate and anger technically make Ashitaka stronger but he chooses to use that strength to destroy the root of all the hate and anger by loving everyone on all sides of the conflict. What a BAWSE move.
After the battle, when Okkoto goes to the spirit of the forest to be healed, and the hunters follow him, disguised in the skins of dead boars to fool Okkoto's sense of smell, the hunters as dead eyed boars stabbing Okkoto in the stomach as he walks is still one of the most upsetting things I've seen in film. Affects my decision to watch it again or not.
_MY WARRIORS!_
_COME BACK FROM THE DEAD!_
i always thought they looked like leaches sucking the carcass dry. good scene, like everything else here.
Watch it again 😊
Don't be such a sissy 🙂 you will be okay, watch it again , it's a great movie
That's valid, dude. This still my favorite Studio Ghibli film, but those dead-eyed boars are one of the most unsettling things I've seen in animation. Also the gore/suffering kicks up to 11 in the last third of the movie.
"H E Y, D O N ' T K I L L T H E
T H I N G Y O U L I V E O N,
I D I O T."
Okay, where did I put that poster paper and my markers?
Also props for the term, "Co-masticate."
"I'm simply going to talk about this movie like I talk about any movie."
You say that line in the disclaimer as though it might be a flaw of the review, and while I can't speak for all of your viewers, I'm sure there are many who would agree with me that that is _exactly_ what I wanted from this video. I can go anywhere to learn about the dubs vs. subs discussion. I came here for some Mikeynalysis.
Thanks for the brilliant dissection, as always.
Oh yeah I really liked this take of "just talking about it as any movie" it brought out points I've never realized to think of :D
I really liked the ending of Princess Mononoke. San’s attitude towards humans changes only a little bit, but ultimately, everyone changes for the better. Everyone learns something.
"I'm gonna talk a lot about Environment and Environmentalism." Well, it's kinda hard to AVOID talking about that when it comes to Miyazaki movies😂. Which makes sense considering he was born in Japan during WWII
Not only that, but he lived through three of the four big pollution diseases of Japan.
As I watched this, I kept feeling myself rebel against your suggestion that Ashitaka's act of defending his village against the demon was an evil one, but I ultimately reconciled it to myself as a *necessary* evil act, an unavoidable mistake; an *inherited sin* that occurred as a part of the cycle that leads people to, in the absence of good options, commit further evil as a poor corrective against the consequences of past evil (that they have probably benefited from in the environment of their upbringing, making them complicit, as you mentioned). There was no "good" option for Ashitaka. The least evil thing for him to do would have been to practice non-violence even in the face of this threat (to his credit, he did attempt diplomacy before attacking, albeit to no avail), even if it meant watching his village be destroyed, but you'd have to be the goddamned Buddha to be that detached. So it took a little time for me to get on your wavelength, but I now read your characterization of Ashitaka killing the demon as "evil" in an objective context, without judgment.
Overall, this was a very thought-provoking review that helped me to think about the movie in new ways. Bravo.
Well he obviously was afraid the demon would kill people, not just destroy buildings. He tried to persuade it with words first but when his sisters and all the other people were in clear danger, he drew his weapon to protect them. That's not evil, it's heroic.
I felt much the same way. His crime was he killed the spirit god and be banished or let it destroy everyone and everything he cared about. It puts a whole new spin on the story. It never occurred to me to look at the move through the lens provided, but instead my own unique world view. Thank you for your discussion of mikey's thought provoking review.
I think Ashitaka's issue here is that he doesn't know what the origin of the evil is, so he cannot cure it in a satisfying way until he gets to the place of origin of the conflict and hears all sides. He cannot lift the curse, only contain it (within himself) rather than let the violence spread.
. I reject it was evil at all. The boar had become the embodiment of destruction and death, had become evil incarnate. I reject that he was banished for killing the boar. I think instead he left in hopes of saving his life and as the future ruler of the village, he had to leave to do so in a certain way that removed his obligations to the village.
@@firstlast-cs6eg While there's a part of me that appreciates this viewpoint, it also inherently goes against one of the points that I agreed with the most that was made in this video: There is no evil side, just sides that are pushed to evil actions in constant escalating retaliation towards each other. The boar itself was not evil, nor was it incarnate. Rather, the corruption that was placed within the boar through the evil of the attack on it led to its rampage in retaliation. It wasn't evil; it wanted what it viewed as evil to have a taste of its own medicine. Hence the boar's dying words, essentially "You shall know my hate."
And in any religious perspective, killing the gods - assuming, as in this setting, they are killable at all - is a big no-no. Which puts the banishment from a small, tradition-holding village and status as non-person and exile into perspective. But that in itself can become a whole other debate, so I'll leave that there.
"Goes into self isolation."
"Like declaring war on your own lungs!"
Damn, some of your quips have aged like milk lmao.
Ha!
This is absolute pog😂😂😂
Names Samuel. On a vid about my favourite film. Right before bed. Thanks man.
a channel that sounds like femjoy. kek. also mononoke doesn't have her demons transited to ashitaka just cus she bit his literally exact demon side arm....small and obvious mistake, that doesn't seem like it makes any sense being intentional, otherwise an adequate review that isn't too self aware.i guess, good on you mentioning the garden scene
Yeah but who actually calls you Samuel
My fellow Sam, we should fight back against the Kodama
I know this it 3 years old so maybe no one will see this buuuuut,,,,,,,,,,,, I bought the "fight less" shirt in the Catawampus store and it just now arrived and I am so very excited. Thanks all!
i saw your comment and well done you! :-)
WARNING: HISTORY NERD RANT INCOMING
Soooooooooooo, you referred to Ashitaka as the last prince of the Emishi "tribe," which is sort of true but only goes halfway. The Emishi were actually a separate ethnic group within Japan, culturally and linguistically distinct from the Japanese-speaking Yamato people. The Emishi existed in northern Honshu well before the Yamato arrived, and for a long time resisted rule by the Japanese emperors.You may have noticed that the Ashitaka and the Emishi villagers dressed differently than other Japanese in the film, and the village men had stocky builds and full, bushy beards-- traits associated with the Emishi and their modern-day descendants, the Ainu. (European explorers encountering Ainu for the first time in the 19th century actually thought they were Caucasians.)
That might seem like a myopic distinction, but I think it has some relevance to your analysis. Ashitaka's status as an Emishi is yet one more way that he would have been marked as an outsider by the people of Iron Town.
i love it when history nerds come out of the wood work
No one gives a shit
Untrue
Really cool thoughts. thanks for the much-needed context.
My two cents:
The Emishi were eventually partially absorbed into the Yayoi Cultures, ceasing to exist as a distinct cultural polity, and laying the footwork for the future tribalist cultural ethno-entity political state known as the Yamato Peoples. Their closest living relatives, are the Ainu peoples of Hokkaido.
Though DNA studies link them with the Negrito peoples of the Andaman Islands.
"you saved literally all living things, god and mortal alike, and existence in all observable dimensions so you no longer pray to god, the gods are now going to pray to you
FIGHT LESS
TALK MORE
SAY SORRY SOMETIMES"
"Too many weird bloodstuffs" is exactly my memory of this movie
To this day this is one of my favorite movies anime or otherwise. You did an amazing job saying why the film works as a nuanced piece and I'm glad I found your channel, I'm definitely subscribing
This movie puts Cameron's _Avatar_ to shame.
Absolute facts
Mononoke and Nausicaä are both the perfect examples of what Avatar really thought it was trying to be
@@jxomxo Nah, Avatar wasn't going for the complexity of Mononoke or Nausicaa. It was going for a simpler narrative of good vs. evil, nature vs. technology, black and white. Avatar is more comparable to Pocahontas.
That last set of lines, culminating in "you no longer pray to god," caused me to cry literal tears of joy. This is awesome. You're awesome.
you are awesome
Mikey: Im simply going to talk about this movie, like I talk about any movie. So here's what the story of Princess Mononoke means to me.
Exactly what I wanted from Movies with Mikey. I loved this and love you. Thank you so much!
"They went left"
I cracked
me too xD im gonna use that forever and ever when describing paths xD
My favorite animated movie of all time. I just finished it again before watching this, and this review made me have even more respect for it than I already did, somehow. And now I want to watch it again. Absolutely mind-blowing review. Good job.
watching it since i was 7 or 8, and every time i watched it i cried a bit. and now i am 29y old guy.
I'm so drunk and so appriative that you posted this. I love your videos so much man. you are the best. that you so so much. I just broke up with my gf and you have been my fav distraction. I love you. thank you
Bozionjr ....you need a hug? Cause it sounds like you need a hug.
Bozionjr Hang in there, buddy!
Stay strong Boz! :D
I feel like I'm the same situation...
I'll watch this when I can think
Shit sucks bro, you will be ok some day tho! *hug*
People will soon understand time as before Movies with Mikey and after Movies with Mikey
Facts.
I hope you do some Satoshi Kon eventually. His movies are amazing.
My vote is Arrival.
Satoshi Kon, yes! And I'd definitely vote for Millennium Actress.
Hell yes! Satoshi Kon would be one hell of a ride. :o
Oh fuck yes, that would be awesome! Paprika or Paranoia Agent would be my first picks, but everything Satoshi Kon does is amazing so I'd be happy if Mikey did a video on any of his work.
Yearly viewing, fills my heart with hope and my head with details I must have missed on previous veiwingds
Great review, as always!!
According to an interview of Miyazaki himself, Kaya wasn't supposed to be his sister, she just used the honorific older brother; which i guess, having never seen the English dub, might have been translated literally.
Anyway, here's the excerpt (www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/interviews/m_on_mh.html):
- Kaya, who saw Ashitaka off, loved Ashitaka, didn't she?
M: Yes of course. She calls him "Anisama (older brother)", but it just means that he is an older boy in her clan.
- So they are not real brother and sister.
M: If they were, that wouldn't be interesting at all. There used to be a lot of marriage among blood relations in Japan. I thought of Kaya as a girl who is determined to do so (marry Ashitaka). But Ashitaka chose San. It's not strange at all to live with San, who lives with such a brutal fate. That's life.
Hey, so I wrote an essay on Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away for my Culture and Environmental Politics term paper and I used your video for inspiration.
So yeah, thank you for making this, cause I got an A!
Moon!
Awesome take on Miyazaki, I haven't watched his movies in almost 15 years, this makes me want to revisit his library of movies.
Thank you for doing what you do Mikey.
Absolutely in love with this video, its such a quality, vertical-slice type of analysis and so so so well put together and edited. Seriously, your presentation style gives me life.
I come back to this video every couple months, and I cry every time. Thanks for making it.
"I reject my humanity, JoJo!"
Dio is the hero mother nature deserves.
"Evil is a byproduct" Beautiful. I need to rewatch Mononoke.
I haven't seen Arrival yet, so Moon.
Moon. Great work as always Mikey. Thumbs up for the $40 hold music love.
One more great video! About the disclaimer, I think we all did enough autosatisfaction about how great Miyazaki is. So it's good that you save your time for actually interesting comments and analysis.
Thank you for one more amazing video!
And I vote for Moon!
Bro your commentary makes me love movies so much more. Half of your "movies with mikey" are you explaining why I love my favorite movies way more clearly than I ever could and the other half are you opening me up to art I probably would have never noticed or cared about otherwise. Now to watch mononoke again.
All of your thoughts are why this was always, and always will be my favorite Miyazaki film. Thank you for all of the effort.
Please. Moon. A million times, MOON. (I'm voting for the film "Moon," starring the ineffable Sam Rockwell) 1 vote for Moon, please. Thanks. Moon. Not Arrival.
This was an amazing analysis of a film I've always loved. It was probably one of the first movies I watched that really addressed that morality is complex and a matter of perspective. Thank you!
This was a truly brilliant video. Entertaining, thoughtful, funny and intelligent all at once!
Magnificent stuff my man
I'm always watching your videos first, then watching the movie, then rewatching your videos. Finally got around to watching Princess Mononoke and wow, it definitely delivered. And then rewatching your commentary added another level of understanding. Keep it up Mikey, you make me excited to watch movies again.
wow, that music choice at the end, 👌 nailed it. this is gotta be the best video essay for my all time most favorate film! bravo
Interesting episode! After thinking about how complex and looooong Mononoke is, I can't imagine the challenge making a cohesive episode out of that film must have been. I thought the disclaimer was unneeded, but then I don't spend much time discussing anime on the internet, so maybe it was. :) I just watch the stuff I think is good. I'm glad you gave Mononoke your treatment. I think it's an amazing film, and probably my favorite of Miyazaki's "serious" movies (that Nausica though . . .) Having recently introduced my toddlers to Miyazaki's films (and hence watching Kiki almost every day for the last two months) I find it amazing the depth even the more kid friendly of his films have, the layers of meaning and pitch-perfect storytelling that I've found in them is inspiring. And Mononoke, yeah . . . that's a tall order. Good work, I'm looking forward to the next episode!
this was interesting, the fact you have almost no context in terms of the broader medium of anime let's you get a unique perspective rather than being bogged down by "all the anime shit"
pfft why would anyone relate this to anime stuff
@@lyrilljackson Because this is literally anime? Anime is just a Japanese word that means 'animation'. The Simpsons is considered an anime in Japan.
@@gaiusjuliuspleaser lol plz with the 8 month late replies....i don't recall what i was talking about, but if YOU are talking about miyazaki, all his work are animated film. anime generally refer to tv length episodes of series, with much lower production quality....
@@lyrilljackson thats simply not true. Anime is literally short hand for animation and is used for anything animated both film and series. Generally anime refers to japanese or other asian animation but technically it could refer to western animation just as well.
@@lyrilljackson Yeah, it is tough to put a description on anime but that one is just wrong.
Series, OVA or Feature length Movie, it's all anime. Miyazaki's work included.
When it comes to western animation I still class it as anime if it was inspired enough by Japanese animation, making it a movement more than a specific national thing. That being said, Miyazaki makes anime.
5:11
fuck me, the nausicaa theme always gets me
mikey you have to do nausicaa at some point. No, not in that way. Maybe in that way
Mikey, I am continually impressed by how well you handle my favorite films with care, consideration, and love. Great episode!
This is your best. I binged about half your catalogue and this one was my favorite.
Exactly what I wanted from an analysis of Mononoke. Nicely done, Mikey.
Vote: Moon.
Thanks CinemaWins for showing me awesome channelingu ^_^
I know no one will read this...
I gotta say the last, and I mean last thing I expected to see was a vhs screen tearing (I think that's what it is) with my damn formal name spookily being blasted into my head when watching this with my headset on at night. PS love all of your vids so far Mikey really great, you can thank cinema wins for sending me here a while back.
Fact say you say me naa read this, DISLIKE
I got reminded why I'm subscribed to your channel. Your storytelling and observations are underrated.
Excellent critique of my favourite animated movie of all time. This is only my second comment on a TH-cam video in the 14 years of YT. I wholeheartedly agree with your opinion. Superb work Mikey.
Fantastic deconstruction of one of my very favorite films. Quite entertaining! This is the first video of yours that I've watched, and I'm already convinced to subscribe!
As much work as I'm sure you've put into the video, my favorite part has to be "Thwomp, BAP!" at 8:19.
KAYA WAS HIS WIFE-TO-BE
San was his love interest. So he gives her the gift of his wife to be.
Your movie review had a unique, flavorful balance of humor and insight. But what made me slap that hot red subscribe button was the quote "And they got a bad case of the evils and SHOT GUNS AT DOGS. Then dogs kicked their ass."
That ending is so fantastic, and I doubt I would have ever been able to put the bow down component together myself. Thank you for this review.
Moon please!
Oh, I was the guy who asked about Pain and Gain at PAX. Thanks for coming to PAX and putting on a great show.
This is an utterly beautiful and interesting look at one of my favorite films. Thank you so much for making it. 💜
"The gods are going to pray to you." Golden line.
Great analysis, though I wouldn't consider Ashitaka nothing. He might have considered himself as such, due to being outcast by his village, but was never that or seen as such. You're videos are always awesome with superb editing, though I'm highly surprised your not continuously smacked with YT music copyright hits unless your always paying out a lot of money for purchases.
Moon, for certain. You did an absolutely phenomenal job with a monumental task bud. So happy to have watched it. Well played.
As someone who grew up with this film, this review means so much to me.
Moon please. Arrival was fantastic, but needs space to breathe.
Arrival please and thank you ❤
Am Named Samuel. Liked your video, but it feels weird.
Samuel...
That ending was ORGASMIC man. God damn I hope we can get you doing this for a living.
And the monkey's paw closed a finger...
This was excellent. I dig that you were not bogged down by the fact that it is anime. You talked about a great story and treated as a great story.
“Then San and Ashitaka co-masticate” well that’s a sentence I did not expect to hear today. Or...any day. In my life.
Mononoke really is one of those 'What did YOU do today?!' films. I want all the people to see it.
My vote goes for Moon because then I'll have a good excuse to watch moon.
Arrival
I just found this, and your channel (Cinemawins sent me), but this needs to settle in my brain for just a bit. You gave me lots to mull over, so thanks for that.
I am getting less and less surprised that I'm often crying at some point in your presentations. This was my first Miyazaki, and therefore should be my favorite. But I always loved the deep/tragic/triumphant romanticism of Howl's Moving Castle. In any case, you've given me a much, much deeper understanding of what the film is about.
I only hope you live a million years so you have enough time to review every movie ever made (that's worth your attentions) and that I get to cry during almost all of them.
Moon, the greatest independant film ever in being able to do science fiction and upstage Tom Hanks in Castaway, for the movie making equivilent of 17 cents.
Or Arrival, possibly the greatest film ever made.
Agreed.
if you want another really good animated movie with deeper themes look up Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade, its a political espionage movie taking place in an alternate japanese 50s its super good
YES DO JIN ROH PLEASSSSSSEEEEEE
why did this make me cry
Because it’s true.
Because when you combine Miyazaki and Movies With Mikey you get _real_ tear-jerking magic.
I love how deep this went, but also how casually and hilariously it was told. Keep making good content man.
Wow man. I'm going through all of your videos now. Came over from CinemaWins. Every single one is a new perspective on films I hadn't considered previously. This is one of my favorite movies of all time. You summed it up perfectly: Fight less, talk more, say sorry sometimes. Wow. Really great video man. Love your style and obvious dedication to your work. Instant fan over here. I've shot links to your videos to all of my friends. Many of them are as impressed as I am. Keep up the great work.
MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON
Why was it in my recommended? Idk but you win this one TH-cam. Sam-0 Mikey-2 TH-cam-1
Moon! (Only because Arrival is fresh and it could use some more time to stew).
Omg that Samuel bit scared me so much! 😂 my name is Samuel and I'm lying in bed with the lights off rn... Fun! 😂
Rewatched.
So, so good.
I have now seen this video one more times than I have seen Princess Mononoke.
Okay, 2 times more now. :)
that choice is pure cruelty.
Arrival, cause it got robbed at the gold man statue
No "but did you know"?
He was pretty upfront about the fact that he has very little (almost no) experience in animation, especially anime. I assume that extends to stuff such as trivia.
You are GOD. You managed to make at least one 8sec-attention-spam-millennial sit still focused on one thing for half an hour. Seriously, You inspire me a great deal on my editing work. I'mma gonna edit an homage to you.
Also, do Arrival.
Stop feeding into the Baby Boomer-born propaganda infantilizing our generation with that b/s about "Millennials" having short attention spans. We are g-damn adults working our asses off for but scraps offered by those at the top.
literally as I was watching The Arrival I was thinking about how excited I was for you to do an episode on it. That gets my vote!
This is the first review that ever made me want to watch the movie, so thank you.
The other reviews, as you almost said, just heap praise on the god-like director and Studio and focus entirely on the mind-blowing visuals etc etc. - you actually told me what the movie was about, backing it up with quotes from the man himself.
So yeah, good job!
Moon, Mikey. Moon.
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Hi. I think what you said about Ashitaka becoming nothing after killing that boar god sounds to me like the case with the Elric Brothers in Fullmetal Alchemist. They performed the forbidden act of human transmutation, it took away Alphonse's body, leading to Edward Elric transmuting Al's soul to a suit of armor, and then he lost an arm and a leg, much like Ashitaka's curse. They lost their bodies after committing human transmutation and became nothing.
Pretty good analysis bro! I remember seeing this in theatre when I was like, 10 or how ever old I was in 1997, and it's always been one of my favorite movies. Also what DO you have to say about Rush Hour 3?
You saw it in theaters in '97? Was that in Japan? Cause it didn't get released in the USA until '99 and didn't become the popular shit for like 2-3 years, and I didn't see it until '04.
This will always be one of my favorite movies. You tackled the themes phenomenally in my opinion, and at the same time you were original in what you said. Kudos
i loved every minute of this.
fight less, talk more, say sorry sometimes will always be a beautiful and valuable sentiment
thanks for what you do
My heart says Moon, but i really wanna see what you have to say about Rush Hour 3 - not enough comedies here, especially dumb ones. So yeah, Rush Hour 3.
Lemme see that Moon my boy!
Rush Hour 3. Do it. DO IT.
Mikey you're a Wild Card, and we love it when you do your thing.
This actually isn't the review I thought I was going to get, it's a lot better. You skimmed the obvious points and dove deep on what caught your attention, and in the process showed details I never thought about before.
8:58 Does anyone know the name to that song, of that the Guitar riff ?
1979 -smashing pumpkins
Gotta vote for MOON. Not sure what else anyone can say about Arrival.
You absolutely know that if Mikey does pick arrival, he'll take that statement as a challenge. He's done it in like two other videos :)
Adin Myrick this is what separates good writers from great writers. mikey can and will find something fresh and convincing to say about anything that may seem to have been "overdone."
You're right, he probably will. He's a fantastic writer. Even as a writer myself, I can only hope to put as much emotion and real humor into my scripts as he does.
That's why you'd wanna see Arrival! Mikey'll deliver, he always does.
Moon vs Arrival? WTF How can I choose!
Arrival for me. This was a great break down. Thank you for your effort.
Wow. Just.... wow. I happened upon this channel from a random comment in a Moviebob video and this just blew me away. Mononoke-hime is my favorite Miyazaki film to date and your analysis was fantastic considering your newness to doing videos on Japanese animation. Keep on keepin' on.