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CHANGING SAKÉ INTO WINE - Neil Gaiman on Adapting

CHANGING SAKÉ INTO WINE – Neil Gaiman on Adapting “Princess Mononke” for America

Over a decade afters its original release, Hayao Miyazaki’s PRINCESS MONONOKE remains a monumental achievement in animation, and enthralling adventure-fantasy whose traditional hand-drawn cells easily outclass much of the soulless computerized cartoons of today. Looking back, it is easy to see MONONOKE as part of a trend toward showing some respect for anime when releasing [...]

Princess Mononoke (1999) - Anime Review

Princess Mononoke (1999) – Anime Review

Complex adult animation from anime-auteur Hayao Miyazaki
Feature film animation was once monopolized by Disney; in the era of CGI, other production companies like DreamWorks and Pixar staked a claim to the territory. But fans of anime know that there is another company that puts out consistently high-quality animation that often surpasses the best of Disney: [...]