What are Peach, Xena, and Mononoke?
Princess Mononoke Company acquired the North American film rights to "Princess Mononoke". Disney was to release it through its independent subsidiary Miramax Films. According to rumor, when Miyazaki met with Harvey Weinstein, the chairman of Miramax Films, Weinstein demanded that edits should be made to "Princess Mononoke". In response, Miyazaki sent Weinstein a katana with a message stating "No cuts." The English dub of "Princess Mononoke" is a translation with some adaptation by fantasy author Neil Gaiman, author of "The Sandman". The main changes from the Japanese version are to provide a cultural context for phrases and actions which those outside of
Mononoke Mononoke Mononoke (物の怪) are vengeful spirits (onryō), dead spirits (shiryō), live spirits (ikiryō), or spirits in Japanese classical literature and folk religion that were said to do things like possess individuals and make them suffer, cause disease, or even cause death. It is also a word sometimes used to refer to "yōkai" or "henge" ("changed beings"). Mononoke can be often seen in literature of the Heian period. As a famous example, in the 9th volume of the "Genji Monogatari", "Aoi", is the ikiryō of Lady Rokujo, who possessed Aoi no Ue. Other than that, there are also statements about mononoke