Perhaps the most beautiful & tragic film I've seen

Rating: 10/10 (4 December 2001)

Before this anime, I had seen few anime features. Transformers the Movie is really entertaining, but even Optimus Prime gets a little old when you're 23. So I'm not the most well-informed anime critic, but Mononoke has so much more to offer than just good animation. The images and action in the movie are good though, very clear, and the colors and shading are stunning.
Beyond the allure of animation, however, is a fantastic epic. Seeped in fantasy and mysticism, this is the story of a boy-prince that must go on an arduous and lengthy journey to uncover and stop a great evil. That evil ends up being the selfish,violent, unyeilding hunger for power/status/possesions of humanity.
This story does much to speak to the sad state of humanity's ability to coexist with nature and lack of understanding of its place in the world and the inherent right of all life to flourish unmolested by the destructive arrogance of men.