Anime world Princess Mononoke

The second main location is where you and the animals and spirits live. There are many huge trees there, at least 40 meters tall. There's also a lake in the forest, and in the center of the lake is a small island where you can most often see the forest spirit.

This is a large wooden city that is ruled by Lady Eboshi, the largest blacksmith. Major wars are often fought over this mountain, but because it is surrounded by a lake and the only road is very well guarded, attempts are most often made to capture it by boat across the water.

The monkeys are much larger and stronger than common Japanese monkeys. Their dark fur is somewhat reminiscent of that of gorillas. Monkeys are peaceful creatures, but humans are destroying their habitat by cutting down trees in the Cedar Forest. Since they lack a proper brain, they begin to believe that eating humans will make them smarter and stronger. Humans are destroying their habitat. They try to plant new trees, but Lady Eboshi prevents them. Nevertheless, San encourages them to continue planting new trees. However, more trees are being cut down than they can plant. They also treat you with suspicion because you are a human, even though you were raised by Moro for most of your life, and they believe that you will sooner or later betray them, but Ichi and Ni often stood up for you, driving these monkeys away from you.

Kodama (コダマ) are tree spirits that appear in Princess Mononoke. They are the children of old trees and are a sign of the forest's health. Kodama have white skin and black or gray glowing eyes, and are short, approximately 10-12 cm in height. Each Kodama has a unique head shape, but all have three black dots on their faces, symbolizing eyes and a mouth. They are generally peaceful and curious. However, if a tree dies, those within it will also die. Each tree has its own Kodama.

He is the protagonist of this story and the former prince of the Emissi tribe, but due to a curse, Nagi went into exile to be cured. His curse often manifested as a glowing purple-black aura on his right arm. This signified his anger or the anger of those around him, and sometimes resulted in an instantaneous increase in muscle mass in his arm and body, causing him intense pain. The aura itself often resembled the demonic curse that originally afflicted his body. Ashitaka is very stern and determined to achieve his goals. He doesn't let setbacks stop him from breaking the curse and saving his village or anyone in danger. He is also extremely curious and wants to know who San really is after witnessing her sucking poison from one of the wolves. Despite his outward severity, Ashitaka is very kind and wants only the best for both sides, does not want them to shed blood in destructive wars, and strives for peace between the forces of nature and humanity.

His desire for peace is emphasized several times throughout the film. One example of him engaging in combat only as a last resort is when he interrupts a fight between San and Eboshi. Even though both attack him, he first tries to convince them that hatred is blinding them, and when they continue to attack, he dispatches them non-fatally.

Furthermore, after declaring he would leave and take the "wolf girl" with him, Kiyo, a villager, brutally shoots him in the back. He simply moves on, without seeking revenge, and shows no interest in actions that could lead to further violence.

He also saw something good in San and at one point impulsively told her that she was "beautiful."

Your name is San and you are Moro's adopted daughter. When you were a child, your parents abandoned you as Mora's sacrifice and ran away. But Mora raised you, and you consider her your mother. During your attack on Iron City, everything goes wrong and you are almost killed. But Ashitaka saves you. You can also understand the language of animals.

The Forest Spirit, also called Shishigami (シシ神, lit. Beast God[1]) and Nightwalker (デイダラボッチ, Deidarabothti), is a minor character in Princess Mononoke. He is known as the god of life and death. The forest spirit resembles a deer, but with antlers like tree branches and a human-like face. At night, it can transform into a giant, translucent humanoid known as the Night Wanderer.

It is unknown whether he can speak, since he has never said a word in his entire history.

Gonza is Lady Eboshi's henchman. He was once a pirate. After his leader was killed, he followed Eboshi. He commands the soldiers in Irontown. He is Eboshi's loyal henchman and is ready to draw his sword at any moment to defend her honor. He trusts no one but Eboshi, as many, like Asano, are trying to take over Irontown. Despite being a former pirate, he can't swim.

Nago was beloved by the other boar gods of Kyushu, calling him their "handsome and strong brother," and his death and transformation into the Tatari-gami deeply saddened Okkoto and the other boars. The boars were also outraged that the Forest Spirit had saved not Nago, but a human named Ashitaka. While Moro noted that Nago had fled out of fear of death, similar to her own, even though she hadn't run away, the boars were consumed with anger and doubted that Nago wouldn't have fled out of fear. They disobeyed the wolf goddess, even claiming that he must have been devoured by wolves.

It is likely that Nago's spirit has at least partially possessed Ashitaka, judging by several scenes in which Ashitaka's right hand acts independently of his will, such as when she attempted to kill Eboshi in front of the sick, including Osu.

Nago (ナゴ) or Nago no Kami (ナゴの守, meaning Nago the Guardian) is the boar god and one of the leaders of the boar clan in Princess Mononoke. He was transformed into a Tatari-gami after Lady Eboshi wounded him while fighting her men. He was later killed by Prince Ashitaka with his own arrows. When Nago's curse touched Prince Ashitaka, it cursed him as well, dooming him to a slow death from the mark unless he sought help. Nago once had brown fur and light green eyes. In his demon form, Nago resembled a giant spider with worms crawling on him and red eyes. Due to the heat and demon venom, Nago's fur was almost completely burned away. Nago was the leader of a nearby boar clan, which held off the Irontown people who were attempting to invade the mountainside. Initially, Nago had the upper hand, and the people were unable to mine or extract iron ore from the mountainside due to attacks from Nago and the boars. However, the situation changed when Lady Eboshi and her archers arrived, putting an end to Nago and the boar clan's campaign. During the battle, Eboshi wounded Nago, leaving an iron ball embedded in his body. The iron began to corrode him from the inside, and combined with his rage and fear of death, Nago transformed into a demon god and began wreaking havoc on the surrounding area until, sometime later, he reached Ashitaka Village.

During a fierce battle, in which Ashitaka tried to beg Nago to spare his tribe, he killed Nago, shooting him in the eye and skull. During their argument, Nago cursed Ashitaka, branding him with a mark that eventually led to his expulsion from the village.

Despite the Wise Woman of Ashitaka's promise to perform a funeral rite for Nago, the boar died with hatred and regret in his heart. With his dying words, he foretold the same fate that befell him and his kin. Nago's death and transformation into a demon god had a profound effect on the remaining boars, who now seemed to obey Lord Okkoto.

She was once a shirabyoshi[2] and then became a hostage to pirates. She later became the wife of the pirate leader. Gonza was one of the pirate crew members (in the film, Gonza explicitly states that he cannot swim, which clearly indicates that he was a pirate), but he was in love with Eboshi. Eboshi then conspired with Gonza to start a rebellion and killed her husband, freeing herself from the pirates along with Gonza. Soon, she discovered Ishibiya, Chinese cannons, brought them from China and modernized them. With their help, she conquered the territory of the Cedar Forest.

Eboshi, while caring for the slaves, conceals the fact that the iron forged by the women of Iron Town was later sold to samurai for weapons, leading to samurai raids (such as when Ashitaka rescued Jikobo) and "slave hunts," which resulted in even more slaves. Some of these were later sold to Iron Town.[7] Eboshi herself was aware of these contradictions and knew that it would eventually destroy the Irontown order, and one of her "secrets" that she told Ashitaka was that she would order vulnerable people (women, slaves, and those with leprosy) to create her weapons and let women forge iron (Tatara was actually Nyonin Kinsei) and let women fire weapons against the samurai in order to weaken the power of the samurai and destroy the system in which the samurai used iron and ultimately change the biased distribution of wealth, all part of her Kunikuzushi (崩崩し, lit. "collapsing nation"), with the battles with animals just part of her grand plan.

Lady Eboshi is surrounded by an aura of controversy. He noted that the samurai's attack on Eboshi and Iron City was karma;[4] this is consistent with Ashitaka's words that she "causes new hatred and resentment."

She readily abandons her subordinates, as she did when Moro and her clan ambushed the herders. Later, she even used her subordinates as bait to lure out the boars, knowing they would all die, and dropped bombs on them, as well as activating bombs hidden underground, causing mass murder. These dead subordinates were unaware of Moro's true intentions. Irontown carried out annual work that was usually only done in the winter to avoid damaging agriculture,[5] so many civilians (farmers, fishermen, merchants, and ultimately most of the surrounding area residents) suffered due to Irontown's unscrupulous policies. According to the film's official booklet, many residents of the surrounding areas and those living along the river harbored resentment toward Eboshi and Irontown for environmental destruction. Many of the samurai who attacked Irontown were actually farmers who had suffered because of Irontown,[4] and Asano, pursuing his own political interests and seeking concessions from Irontown, also received similar petitions from civilians and seized the opportunity to attack Irontown. However, Eboshi and Irontown refused to negotiate and fought back, further fueling the hatred. The abandoned village where Ashitaka and Jikobo were vacationing was destroyed by a flood, and the next scene showed a muddy river flowing through the Cedar Forest. This suggests that the floods were caused by deforestation in Irontown, and this village may have been one of the victims.[6] While caring for leprosy patients, she herself continues to pollute the environment and kills animals and people with poisonous weapons.

Lady Eboshi is a tall, slender woman with broad shoulders and a confident posture. She has very fair skin, almond-shaped dark blue, almost black eyes, a thin nose, red, heart-shaped lips, and jet-black hair that she wears in a somewhat traditional bun, adorned with a pink ribbon. She is the only woman in the film to wear lipstick. She wears a hakama, a dark red man's kimono, and a large black cloak that she drapes over her shoulders. This outfit is reminiscent of 'Shirabyushi',[1] hinting at her backstory. It is her complicated past, about which little is known, that causes her to think highly of herself and be lowly about the problems of others. In her 'battle outfit', she wears a shorter cloak and the red 'eboshi cap' for which she is named. Eboshi is a tough and confident woman who wants to change the world for the better. The townspeople love her as the ruler of Irontown, and she wields the greatest influence, as she was the one who freed them from oppression by bringing them to Irontown. Two of her most notable acts of help are buying contacts from women forced to work in brothels and caring for lepers: she cleans them and feeds them well; the women run the forge, and the lepers craft weapons. However, she views spirits as foolish creatures and displays indifference and cruelty in her interactions with them. Overall, she is a complex character.

In tense situations, she exhibits calm and collected behavior, which is explained by her status as a leader. She carries herself with obvious authority, which inevitably attracts Ashitaka's attention and provokes him. She is also a very strong woman who understands the injustice of women's position in society.

During your attack on the Iron City, you started to fight her, but your fight was interrupted by Asitaka, who knocked out both her and you, and at that moment Asitaka was wounded by a bullet.

The Moro clan (モロの一族, Moro no Ichizoku), often referred to as the Mountain Dogs (山犬, yamainu) or Dog Gods (犬神, inugami), is a family of wolf gods who live in the Forest Spirit Forest. Little is known about the clan as a whole, other than that they are charged with protecting the forest and, by extension, guarding the Forest Spirit. Only four members of the clan are shown, and it is not specified whether there are more. The four members of the clan are Moro herself, two puppies, each 44 years old, named Ichi and Ni, Moro and you (Moro's adopted child), and your name is San. The clan once collaborated with the Boar Clan and possibly fought side by side with them, but due to some disagreements, the alliance fell apart.

The Boar Clan (猪神, Inoshishi-Gami, lit. Boar Gods) is a faction featured in Princess Mononoke. Only two boars are known by name: Okkoto and Nago. The Boar Clan are the protectors and inhabitants of their mountains and forests. Over time, the Boars became the sworn enemies of humans, as humans began encroaching on their territory and plundering their lands for resources. The Boars are allies of the Moro Clan, but they have different ideas on how to fight Irontown. The Boars want to kill all humans, including Moro's daughter, San.

Under Nago's leadership, the boars initially managed to wreak havoc among the invading humans. However, after a conflict with Lady Eboshi, who brought firearms with her, the humans of her own faction, Irontown, achieved crushing victories over their opponents, including the boars. One day, Eboshi herself shot Nago, corrupting the boar god's mind and body with a lead ball, transforming him into a demon. The corrupted Nago was eventually killed by Ashitaka, but not before placing a curse on him.

Okkoto took command of the boars after Eboshi defeated Nago. After a long history of warfare against humans, the clan realized their days were numbered: the piglets were weakening, the population was dwindling due to the superior numbers of humans and their weapons, and no new boar gods were appearing. So Okkoto led the boars in a massive, decisive battle against Iron City, knowing the outcome was a foregone conclusion, but determined to make the humans tremble before their wrath.

Okkoto (乙事主 Okkoto-Nushi) Okkoto is a character from Princess Mononoke. He is an old and blind boar god, the leader of the boar clan. After Nago's defeat by Lady Eboshi, Okkoto assumed control of the Boar Clan, presumably allying his warriors with Nago's. Okkoto led the clan into war against Irontown and any humans they encountered. However, Okkoto knew full well that such a battle would be unfavorable for the humans, but he paid no attention to this, as the Boar Clan was in decline. The clan's piglets were weakening, new Boar Gods had ceased to appear, and the humans were beginning to outnumber and outgun them. His appearance is that of a huge gray boar, 500 years old, with two pairs of tusks. Sometimes he is wise, and sometimes he simply goes into battle like a stubborn ram.

An antelope and Ashitaka's faithful animal who helped him many times and Ashitaka treated her well.

Moro (Moro no Kimi) is a minor character in Princess Mononoke. She is a three-hundred-year-old wolf goddess with divine strength and intelligence, as well as the ability to understand and speak human languages. Moro is extremely wise and perceptive of human tricks. She is steadfast and strong, aware of the evil intentions of humans. She is the leader of the wolf tribe and a loving mother. Moro acts threateningly towards Ashitaka. When San was very young, Moro caught her parents cutting down trees in her forest and attacked them. San's parents threw the child at Moro's feet as a sacrifice and fled. Instead of eating her, Moro raised San as her own daughter. Because of this, San acts like a wolf and despises humans, just like her mother.

Severely wounded by Lady Eboshi's shot during an attack, Moro is a highly intelligent and strong wolf who is willing to do anything to save her forest home and protect the Forest Spirit. Moro hates humans fiercely and dreams of the day she can finally wring Lady Eboshi's neck. But above all, Moro is a caring mother. Despite her hatred of humans, she is very attached to San, whom she took in after her parents abandoned her. Although she and Ashitaka had a heated argument, she appreciated his courage and love for San when he returned, despite being banned from the forest twice.

He is never shown. The messenger speaks for him.

He is a samurai and landowner, commanding an army of warriors and samurai. His goal is to capture Iron City, ruled by Lady Eboshi, for his own gain, and he often wars with them.

He initially appears as Ashitaka's ally, but is later revealed to be a hidden antagonist who wishes to present the severed head of the Forest Spirit to Emperor Mikado for a generous reward. The head is said to possess the power of eternal youth. He is the leader of the mysterious organization Karakasa-Ren (唐笠連, lit. "Umbrella Alliance"), which, along with the Ishibiya-shu (石火矢衆, lit. "cannon fodder") and Jibashiri (ジバシリ), who specialized in hunting, was an auxiliary unit of the Shisho-Ren (師匠連, lit. "Lords' Alliance"), a secret society that served the emperor and the royal court. Jiko, also a member of Shisho-Jigo, pretends to be a knowledgeable monk and initially helps Ashitaka by sharing information about the Forest Spirit, but is pessimistic about the state of the world. In his next appearance, it is revealed that he is hunting the Forest Spirit with the emperor's permission, and that he employs a troop of archers and hunters. Jigo forces Lady Eboshi to help him kill the Forest Spirit, claiming she is in his debt for allowing her to use his archers to drive Nago east.

Ashitaka is a 20-year-old prince from a distant land who has come to your home in hopes of receiving a blessing from the forest spirits and being cured of a curse. You, a human girl named San, grew up among the spirits and witness the cruelty and selfishness of humans every day. They destroyed your home in hopes of collecting resources and increasing their wealth. Humans are nothing but selfish, you were sure of it. But this prince is nothing like the people you knew.