Let’s get one thing out of the way immediately: if you finished Princess Mononoke waiting for San and Ashitaka to walk off into the sunset together, you missed the movie. I say that with love, because I used to feel exactly the same way the first time I watched it. It’s a natural instinct —…
Let’s be real for a second — chasing the “true” 4K version of a beloved film has become its own weird hobby. And when that film is Princess Mononoke, Miyazaki’s brutal, gorgeous, forest-spirits-versus-industrial-progress epic, the hunt feels personal. This isn’t some throwaway blockbuster getting an AI upscale slapped on it for a cash grab. This…
I’ve sat through a lot of theatrical re-releases over the years, and most of them feel like a cash grab dressed up as an “event.” This one doesn’t. Princess Mononoke landing back on American screens for five nights only, September 26 through 30, 2026, as part of Studio Ghibli Fest, is genuinely one of the…