Some submitted by Shadowdragon, others are ones I have found personally, some have been submitted by others as well. If you know of anything, please send it my way! I'd really appreciate it. Now, let's see what we can find out about Princess Mononoke!   The original film title was Ashitaka Sekki ("The Tale of Ashitaka")  The singer for the original theme song for Mononoke was a guy.  Yes, a guy.  If you haven't heard the Japanese theme I can assure you it's sung just as high as the American one.  Yakkul isn't a real animal, but he is based on a Yak. Shuna's Journey, another manga by Miyazaki, contains a similar animal.  Ashitaka was an orphan.  In fuedal Japan, cutting someone's hair meant that they were dead, so when Ashitaka cut his hair it meant he was dead to his village and could never return even if he suceeded.  The girl from Ashitaka's village that gave him the knife was not really his sister.  'Older brother' is supposed to be a title of respect.  The knife that Ashitaka recieved is called 'gyoku no kogatana' and symbolizes eternal love, hence it's importance when given to San.  Ashitaka is so remorseful after killing the soldiers on the way to the first village because he never shot to kill.  He was aiming for the soldier's sword, but his cursed arm flared up and pulled his aim off.  The soldiers before the village mistake Ashitaka for a high-ranking soldier because only they could wear helmets and Ashitaka's hood resembled a helmet. Gillian Anderson has been a long-time fan of Myazaki! All right, go Scully! "Mononoke" is actually a type of ghost in Japanese culture. The Mononoke was told to be a poltergeist that inhabited inatimate objects- for example- stones, trees, and walls. So therefore "Mononoke Hime" very loosely translated would be "Ghost Princess". Did you know that Moro has two tails???? It took me 3 times to watch the movie before I noticed this......... maybe I'm just crazy. *^^* The two other wolves are blue ( in majority of all scenes ) They don't mention the other wolves' names (K.A's note: I thought they did; or did I just read their name somewhere else??) Lady Eboshi's coat is really a man's coat- not a kimono; it shows her importance (K.A's note: If this is true, it's probably a Hapi coat (pronounced 'Happy') or something similar) the forest spirit's stripe on his face change color to show if he will save a life or take one (K.A's note: Huh. I didn't notice this one at all.) Did you know that Osa has no arms or legs? He lost them when some chemicals blew up. Thanks ShadowDragon.. e-mail me if you have any information about the movie! Go back home