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He also proves himself perfectly capable of living alone in the wilderness without other people.

Archer Archetype: While a skilled swordsman, Ashitaka's truly badass feats are performed with his bow.

Anti-Human Alliance: San and her wolf brothers aid the boars in their last assault on the humans.

Normal arrows aimed at non-gods or non-demon-possessed characters are treated as as lot bigger deal than usual one of them cripples Yakul near the climax. The Gods shake them off (justified), Ashitaka's demonic strength makes his arrows far deadlier than they would usually be: he can easily decapitate people, and how about hitting the hilt of a mook's sword causing the poor guy's arms to fly off? Ashitaka is also seen catching an arrow as it shoots by him (with his demon arm), spinning it around and notching it, then firing it back in the space of about three seconds.

Annoying Arrows: Justified and averted.

Animal Motifs: San has wolves, for fairly obvious reasons.

An Arm and a Leg: Numerous limbs are lost in battles, from sword blows to cannon fire and even a bow and arrow as well as Lady Eboshi getting her arm bitten off.

An Aesop: War, greed, and hatred only escalate, corrupting everyone in the process.

Fire lances are shown to be used a few times in their full destructive power by Eboshi's soldiers.

Even after unification, the shogunate maintained gunpowder-weapon arsenals in case of rebellion.

Yes, there were quite a lot of firearms in pre-Edo Japan (first appearing in the form of Chinese cannons in the 13th century).

Princess Mononoke contains examples of the following tropes: Not to be confused with the anime Mononoke. It was the final Ghibli film to feature key animator Yoshifumi Kondo, who died one year after the film's release.

The film also stars Kaoru Kobayashi as Jigo, Masahiko Nishimura as Kohroku, Tsunehiko Kamijō as Gonza, Akihiro Miwa as Moro, Mitsuko Mori as Hii-sama and Hisaya Morishige as Okkoto-nushi. The young prince follows the demon boar's trail of destruction with the only clue he has about what transformed it into a demon: an iron ball found embedded in its body. Ashitaka leaves immediately, with only his trusted red elk Yakul. The village elders decide, with much reluctance, that Ashitaka must leave the village before the curse takes full possession of him, and travel west in search of his destiny.

The village's peace is shattered by the attack of a terrible demon their last remaining prince, Ashitaka (voiced by Yōji Matsuda), is injured during the fight against it, and even worse, the mortally wounded demon is revealed to be a powerful spirit-a giant boar that curses the Emishi with its last breath and reveals that the wound Ashitaka suffered will kill him too. The story is set during the 15th or 16th century (late Muromachi period), and begins in a small village of the Emishi, the indigenous inhabitants of Japan who by this time have mostly been conquered or driven into hiding in remote corners of the east. Joe Hisaishi composed the score while author Neil Gaiman adapted the film's English dub. Appropriately enough, it was also the first Ghibli film to earn a PG-13 rating in the United States. It's notably one of his darkest films, with a somber ambiance and themes, but still features the trademark stunning visuals of a Studio Ghibli production. Princess Mononoke (もののけ姫 Mononoke Hime) is an acclaimed 1997 animated film from famed Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki, originally intended to be his last until Spirited Away.