Princess Mononoke (1997) A bit disappointing and overrated actually. The animation and soundtrack are amazing, probably one of Joe Hisaishi's best Ghibli scores, but the story is too vague. Most characters are flat as cardboard and most of the time you don't have a clue what their motivations are to behave the way they do. The eco-message that Miyazaki likes to rub in our faces didn't really bother me though. Another thing that I didn't expect was that's it's pretty violent for a Ghibli movie, with plenty of blood and body parts flying around. 7/10