# Where to Watch Princess Mononoke

**Princess Mononoke streams on Max and Netflix, and it's Studio Ghibli's fierce, sweeping environmental epic: a cursed young prince caught between an industrial frontier town and the ancient gods of the forest. Miyazaki at his most ambitious and morally complex.**

## Where to Watch

- [Max](https://www.max.com/movies/792d242d-33e5-4e85-8637-1b859d1b3dcf)
- [Max](https://www.max.com/movies/e31c2dc2-cb8b-416e-9eda-769be3bb3a6b)
- [Netflix](https://www.netflix.com/title/28630857)

Max and Netflix both stream Mononoke in gorgeous HD with subs and a star-studded English dub. It's more violent than Ghibli's gentler films, so it's the pick for older kids and adults.

## Synopsis

After a demon's curse marks his arm, the young Emishi prince Ashitaka travels west seeking a cure and walks straight into a war. On one side stands Irontown, a frontier settlement stripping the mountains for ore; on the other, the animal gods of the forest and San, a human girl raised by wolves who despises humankind. Ashitaka refuses to pick a side, searching instead for a way people and nature might live without destroying each other, in a story with no clean villains and no easy answers.

## Fast Facts

- **Format:** MOVIE
- **Episodes:** 1
- **Premiered:** 1997
- **Studio:** studio ghibli inc.
- **Score:** 8.5

## If You Liked This

- **[Castle in the Sky](https://hozuna.com/anime/castle-in-the-sky)** — Castle in the Sky shares Mononoke's sense of grand adventure and Miyazaki's love of flight, machines, and lost worlds.
- **[Howl's Moving Castle](https://hozuna.com/anime/howl-s-moving-castle)** — Howl's Moving Castle offers the same lush fantasy and anti-war undercurrent in a more whimsical register.
- **[Grave of the Fireflies](https://hozuna.com/anime/grave-of-the-fireflies)** — Grave of the Fireflies is the other essential Ghibli film for grown-ups, if you're ready for something devastating.
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## FAQ

### Where can I watch Princess Mononoke?

It streams on Max and Netflix, subbed and with an English dub.

### Is Princess Mononoke appropriate for children?

It's aimed at older audiences, with battle violence and some gore, so it's best for teens and up rather than young kids.

### Do I need to watch anything before Princess Mononoke?

No. It's a completely standalone film.