Princess Mononoke

From Hayao Myazaki, the creator of Spirited Away, comes another amazing fable, set in a historic realm where the spirits still lived.

Using similar lush visuals as Spirited Away, and a storyline full of action, compassion and love, this is a genre-busting movie of the best kind. It’s also a protest against development at the cost of the environment. And possibly a little bit of an anti-war movie, such as Grave of the Fireflies was.

But more than just lush visuals and a great storyline, this is a movie that embraces the spirit world. Now this may set alarm bells off is some Christian minds, but look closely at the movie and you’ll see a lot of Christian parallels.

A word of warning though, never be fooled into thinking that animation is for kids, this is an action packed movie set in a time where evil must be fought head on.