[Billthedrill]

Yep. I loved Princess Mononoke but found it impossible to explain to anyone outside of Japan.

[Cicero]

I have all his stuff on DVD. The whole family loves it. Great family entertainment.

[AnAmericanAbroad]

A lot of Miyazaki’s films are very deeply rooted in Japanese folklore and mythology. “Princess Mononoke” is indeed very difficult to explain to anyone outside Japan.

Here in the Czech Republic, there’s a great animated film called “Alois Nebel”, but unless one is familiar with the history of the expulsion of the Sudeten Germans at the end of WWII, I would imagine the story may not make a lot of sense.