Princess Mononoke [1997] [DVDRip] [DivX] [ENG]

Plot Outline: On a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigami's curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest and Tataraba, a mining colony. In this quest he also meets San, the Mononoke Hime. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119698/ Narrator: In ancient times, the land lay covered in forests, where, from ages long past, dwelt the spirits of the gods. Back then, man and beast lived in harmony, but as time went by, most of the great forests were destroyed. Those that remained were guarded by gigantic beasts who owed their allegiances to the Great Forest Spirit, for those were the days of gods and of demons. One to convert the sceptics, a rich, thoughtful and charming animation Author: Jeremy-93 from Oxford, England If, like me, your heart sinks at the prospect of another pious, sanctimonious, tub-thumping eco-fable, give "Mononoke Hime" a chance all the same. It does have a distinct, and far from subtle, ecological message, of the "can't we just live together?" variety, but on the other hand it's far from clear that the answer the film suggests is "yes", and there are plenty of nuances and subtleties along the way. More to the point, there's a proper story, well-conceived and well told, there's a memorable, beautiful and violent world, credible characters and a good deal of charm. The animation is mostly very fluent and careful, though not flashy in the way we're getting used to in this CG age. ("Mononoke" uses cgi, but subtly and with restraint, so that the feel remains that of a group of traditional craftsmen under one guiding hand). Quite often one finds that there are more static elements in a tableaux than you'd expect in a Disney animated feature, but I think this is an aesthetic choice rather than a mere economy: it stylizes and formalizes, while focussing attention on the important elements in the frame. But there is occasional jerkiness, though not enough to detract seriously, and perhaps it wouldn't trouble audiences whose frame of reference isn't so western as mine - I'm not sure. Talking of the western and eastern sensibilities, the Region 2 DVD which I'm reviewing gives you a choice of English and Japanese dialogue, and though I watched the American dub first, I'd generally prefer the Japanese version, for the key roles of Ashitaka and San. Billy Crudup is appealing but too low-key, and Clare Danes strikes me as badly miscast: she sounds a bit too old, and altogether too urban to bring out the core of wildness or the steely sense of loyalty to her world. Like other reviewers, I have trouble with the Texas drawl of Billy Bob Thornton, which is just too regionally specific to match the look of the character (please understand that I'm not suggesting the cast should all have done fake Japanese accents!). On the other hand, it's pretty much a toss-up between Yuko Tanaka and Minnie Driver (who's very closely attuned to the aesthetic of the original) as Eboshi, and Gillian Anderson and Jada Pinkett Smith are just right. Still, overall you get more vividness and conviction from the original voice cast. Oddly, the lip-sync seems more approximate in the Japanese version, perhaps a fault in the synchronization on the R2 DVD. The subtitles unfortunately but understandably come from Neil Gaiman's adaptation of the screenplay rather than re-translating the Japanese - one's aware, for example, that Gaiman has added bits of extra, explanatory dialogue. With all that out of the way, let's concentrate on what makes the film work: it delineates a world that's at once mythological and believable, and refuses to sentimentalize or simplify (even if it occasionally allows itself to preach). There are feuds and failures of trust not just between the humans and the animals, but within each world - and the animals seem as ready as the humans to exclude the other from their world. Indeed the conceit of the film seems to be that language, rather than being a product of distinctly human evolution, was originally shared among mammals at least, and it's as the war with the humans goes on that the animal kingdom becomes more brutish and less coherent. For all the prince's idealism and the delicate rapprochement some of the characters inch towards, one gets the impression that the logic of conflict will be hard to resist. Perhaps the most appealing and intriguing element in this world is the kodoma: the little, voiceless tree-spirits seem to be a cross-between a mushroom, a toddler and a rattle, and I defy anyone not to be captivated by them.

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god_nikko (2008-05-24)

good, best copy here, ill DL and seed for about a week because i am going to be at my dads.

srag (2008-06-14)

gr8 upload! thnx man

afturaftur (2008-09-13)

subs?

wellcan (2008-09-25)

v7-8
a9
m9
dub 9
best subtitle :

wallsofinnocence (2008-10-04)

can someone PLEASE seed this because
i downloaded this and it has only reached
12%!! it's always stopping.

Sickological (2008-12-14)

Excellent movie, Excellent quality.

Cosburn (2009-01-11)

Could you post more Anime Titles for advice please i am currently looking for more. Thanks for the movie
-------Aaron Cosburn

10000_ (2009-03-31)

yo check out all of studio ghibli 's work - totoro / porko rosso / grave of the fireflies / tales of earthsea / whispers of the heart / the cat returns / ponyo by the sea / howls moving castle
... they are all good

Bootyhunter (2009-05-03)

V:7
A:7
Someone needs to rip a better quality Princess Mononoke. I can't find one anywhere.
Spoken Language is English.

kronickelly (2009-06-16)

WARNING! it contains a bunch of non-english subtitles in this movie, which is baffling because everything is spoken in english. If you can handle ignoring the retarded letters in the bottom of the screen then grab this, if not, grab another verison.
Otherwise...
A: 8
V: 8.5
EXTREMELY GOOD MOVIE!!! one of the all-time classics, WHATEVER genre you're into, I guarentee youll like this movie :D (very cool)

Zakkenayo7 (2009-06-19)

This is an excellent movie, and is a must see for pretty much anyone.
The quality of the rip is severely hurt by the size of the file, a lot of the scenes are really pixelated and are shameful to the movie. I am glad someone made a torrent, but I think it would have been better in two 700 mb halves. Thanks though.

gramsp (2009-09-29)

amazing almost 600kb/s DL speed!
i will return the favor

snap09 (2009-12-28)

please seed...

puzz613 (2010-01-02)

Ignore the warning about subtitles. They are in Polish (ISO8859-2 encoding) and can be turned off.

vand3537 (2010-05-11)

darn, didn't look to see if this was dubbed or subbed, can't stand dubbed
is there somewhere I can get the original audio and Eng subs for this?

alix1 (2010-06-21)

Excellent quality torrent! Great DL speed. I will seed this for the next 14 hours with 1MB/s Dedi Upload speed.

d-animator (2010-10-07)

@Cosburn not sure if you were asking for the names of other anime films but if you were you should definately check out Howls moving castle(Studio Ghibli), Spirited Away(Studio Ghibli) and Akira(Manga).

3Dom (2010-11-03)

Can't believe how many people like the dubbed stuff. So bad. Just kills it. Like meeting a beautiful girl who opens her mouth and talks like a pirate.

regina_i7 (2011-02-16)

why is that i cant play it in our player?

Almightyjonas (2011-02-24)

Worked fine on my windows media player, but when i watched it on my DivX player the audio was delayed about 5 seconds... bugged me a bit.

ilovemycomputer (2011-03-20)

im sorry, but i gotta say, anybody who actually actively supports or states that they love english dub, you're a fucking idiot. I almost want to jab a pen into my knee for downloading this movie, good or not, because it defies everything that makes up a true anime fan and puts crappy english dub on a japanese movie. stick with the japanese dub and the english subtitles... god damn it.

ilovemycomputer (2011-03-20)

with that statement said, ever wonder why bleach is one of the raging animes out there right now? why it has like, 225+ episodes, and 3 different movies? THATS RIGHT, because people watch it in japanese with english subtitles. If all of the world was subjected to english dubbed anime's, I'd think of the anime Naruto and forcefully GAG myself.

Hyper9 (2011-03-23)

perfect quality video and audio. amazing movie.

Organism9 (2011-06-30)

Thanks for a great movie!

Sharak23 (2011-07-25)

only lame people watch dubbed movies

dragre (2011-08-27)

This is regarding a few posts, OK first I like English dub, there are a lot of people whom cannot read fast and along with that I would rather pay attention to the things going on instead of reading it if you like to read so much open a book and don't criticize others for their tastes. The world doesn't revolve around you. Two I would like to see peacemaker in English dub if it is able to be done.

sk_2013 (2011-10-16)

Guys, seriously. Who cares? I like both dubbed and subbed, I just prefer to pay attention to the action than read.
IN ANY CASE: This is a moot point. Either discuss the greatness (or there lackof) of the torrent, or shut up. Want a rating? Check a critic site. Want to argue over dub/sub? Go to 4chan. They can always use another troll. Otherwise, thanks to those of you whom this comment doesn't apply to, who still took the time to read it. Happy torrenting.

indielad (2012-01-12)

awful quality during motion scenes perfect during stills, audio volume fluctuates massively between people speaking and music / effects.. but thats not your fault.

guatsoulja (2012-02-27)

Personally, I like dubbed because I feel English voices have more tone to them. Japanese voices sound very similar to me. Just another opinion.
BUT, this is an excellent file, regardless of my opinion.

indiaman (2012-03-30)

Thanks for this wonderful movie.But as indielad rightly points out,quality not that great during fast motion scenes but great during stills.But overall quite good.

 kotuwa (2012-05-08)

here a little bit bigger but higher quality AVI. 950mb, 700x400)

(Just Sharing, Not Spamming)

botcrawl (2012-06-18)

Posers watch subs, it's 20212!

JamJulLison (2012-11-02)

To those complaining about english dubs. In most cases I think the jap is better. But this is one of the few where the English dub isn't bad either.

issac_92 (2012-12-03)

very fast download! going to seed this for awhile. great quality. even though the audio is english, the subs for english aren't good

Belgarion_5 (2013-01-05)

To people saying only losers watch dubbed, you are so weeaboo it's hilarious, why the fuck would I watch a video in a language I don't speak unless the dub is fucking absolute shit.

bawbzor (2013-04-19)

V:7
A:10
The video is pretty badly pixelated in some parts for me on VLC. I'm not sure if this is because of how old the film is or from the quality of the rip.

Dr. Howard (2013-10-09)

To each, their own.. I feel dubbed Japanese films can lose important (cultural) meaning and also if I hear a recognizable english voice (as is the case with Disney) it takes me out of the experience.
My 2¢

Jeder (2013-12-01)

Imagine seeing Expendables 3... and they all speak german! so stupid! theres 5 amazing english dubs the rest is HILARIOUSLY bad
il let you find the 5 good ones and they aint hentai, newbie.