Good for kids

Of course! Princess Mononoke is fun for the whole family!

"If life is getting you down and needs uplifting, then please come dance with me!"

Perhaps you could show us the promotion for the film where it's promoted as a family film? Not sure why you would be upset otherwise.

I know, it's easily Miyazaki's most violent film ever. I showed this to my sister back in the 00s and she expressed a wish to show this to her young daughter because of the "cute forest people", the Kodami. I had to tell her that her daughter would be freaked out by the stuff you mentioned.

Blood is nothing to hide. Esp. when treating a wound. A bloodbath or other bloody massacre is something else but this movie was okay.

But beheading (humans, wolf, forest spirit) and the cut off arms, the moving head and the grave/massacre of the boars, the creepy demon stuff, those are the things to consider.

Another would be the many Japanese culture references that's even difficult for adults to understand if without any knowledge in that area.

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Lincoln Lee: I lost a partner.
Peter Bishop: I lost a universe!

Actually more of an adult animated movie.

"What a bunch of slack jawed fags around here"-Predator.

I don't know, it's not really done in a hard R rated fashion like some animated films like Akira or even Cowboy Bebop. I would actually rather show this film to a young child than something like Grave of the Fireflies, which is more disturbing and "adult" to me.

All of the violence in this is appropriate with the theme of a fantasy/adventure setting. Sure, people do get decapitated and have their arms taken off by arrows, but if you notice it's done in a really artistic and stylized way, as there's no realistic blood spurts or any gore. Their heads and arms sort of pop off cleanly in a cartoonish manner. You'll also notice that the village massacre scene cleverly doesn't show any extreme violence other than the bad guys getting their due from Ashitaka. It's all very tongue in cheek, like with the Nazis getting their faces melted off in Raiders of the Lost Ark. There is a term for this, and it is known as "fantasy violence," where it is designed to not look real, and children will recognize it as such, as it offers a clear distinction between fantasy and reality.

Or I'd say this film is appropriate for kids in the same way that Lord of the Rings is. Yes, there are dark themes and violence, but in a way that is befitting of a fairy tale setting.

~ I'm a 21st century man and I don't wanna be here.

I thought this was aimed at older children and adults.

It's that man again!!