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Ashitaka rides Yakul as a demon god charges, while a man wearing glasses steps out of the way.

Princess Mononoke · Analysis

Princess Mononoke (1997): What Is the Tatarigami? Hatred as Calamity

Jul 27, 2025 · 4 min

Ashitaka shows his cursed right arm as a man wearing glasses watches.

Princess Mononoke · Analysis

Princess Mononoke (1997): How Ashitaka Becomes the Protagonist

Jul 26, 2025 · 13 min

Kaya and San appear in split scenes with the crystal dagger, while a puzzled man wearing glasses gestures between them.

Princess Mononoke · Analysis

Princess Mononoke (1997): Why Does Ashitaka Give Kaya’s Dagger to San?

Jul 25, 2025 · 10 min

A man wearing glasses pauses among moss-covered roots as the Forest Spirit stands in a sunlit forest.

Princess Mononoke · Analysis

Princess Mononoke (1997): The Forest Spirit and the Meaning of “Deicide”

Jul 25, 2025 · 8 min

A thoughtful man wearing glasses sits in a dark cinema showing a scene from Princess Mononoke.

Princess Mononoke · Analysis

Princess Mononoke (1997): Why Are the End Credits Black? A Reading Alongside Evangelion

Jul 19, 2025 · 7 min

Split scenes of Ponkichi celebrating with other tanuki and Porco aboard a boat, with a man wearing glasses between them.

Pom Poko · Analysis

Pom Poko (1994): Ponkichi as the Hidden Protagonist, Seen Through Porco Rosso

Jul 10, 2025 · 6 min

Moro and a tanuki monk flank a man wearing glasses, with other tanuki behind them.

Pom Poko · Analysis

Princess Mononoke (1997): Miyazaki’s Pom Poko—A Personal Reading

Jul 6, 2025 · 8 min

Lady Eboshi and Moro flank a worried man wearing glasses.

Princess Mononoke · Analysis

Princess Mononoke (1997): Eboshi’s Sympathy for San and Moro’s Contradiction

Jul 6, 2025 · 8 min

Lady Eboshi speaks about rebuilding in front of a stone wall.

Princess Mononoke · Analysis

Princess Mononoke (1997): Why Eboshi Does Not Return to Irontown

Jul 6, 2025 · 7 min

Porco, Mr. Piccolo, and a man wearing glasses in a workshop, with inset portraits of Gina, Fio, Curtis, and the Mamma Aiuto boss.

Porco Rosso · Characters & Cast

Porco Rosso (1992): Characters, Voice Actors, Analysis, and Character Map

Jul 2, 2025 · 10 min