The following contains spoilers for Princess Mononoke ... these animals wanted to protect their enchanted forest and their god, the Forest Spirit. San was a baby who Moro adopted after her ...

The film is an unsanitized depiction of nature, and the film implies that modern humans don’t really belong in the forest. The human aggressors in Princess Mononoke are greedy and misguided ...

A desire to protect nature, Princess Mononoke There is awe for Nature ... As the battle escalates and the Forest Spirit is nearly destroyed, the film highlights themes of environmental destruction ...