One way to judge the greatness of an animated film is to imagine how godawful a live action version would be. Princess Mononoke scores very highly in this regard.

PRINCESS MONONOKE

Hayao Miyazaki

1997

Yōji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yūko Tanaka, Kaoru Kobayashi, Masahiko Nishimura

Written by Hayao Miyazaki

Title: PRINCESS MONONOKE

Year: 1997

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Cast: Yōji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yūko Tanaka, Kaoru Kobayashi, Masahiko Nishimura

Writing: Written by Hayao Miyazaki

Genre tags: KIDS, ANIMATED FEATURE