Ecology

Princess Mononoke makes the supernatural concrete—gods, curses, spirits are observable facts inside the story’s world. That move lets the film contrast our material reality with myth while staging a conflict between Irontown’s imperial ambition (Lady Eboshi) and nature’s desperate self-preservation (Okkoto, Moro, San). Ashitaka stands for balance: minimizing harm and insisting on coexistence. The climax exposes human greed as the destabilizing force and leaves a sober, collaborative path forward.