![]() ![]() But Ashitaka chose San.” Also, he throws cold water on the idea of the warrior’s return to Emishi Village after the curse is broken, stipulating that the boy still can’t go back, nor would such a move be pragmatic because of his mission (to find a balance between humans’ and nature’s interests) and San (who would obviously have difficulty living amongst humans. ![]() Miyazaki further explains: “I thought of Kaya as a girl who is determined to do so. Ashitaka is the male protagonist in the 1997 Studio Ghibli film Princess Mononoke. In his interview with Mononoke-hime Theater Program in July 1997 (translated to English by Ryoko Toyama), Miyazaki says that Kaya loves Ashitaka and isn’t his sister, and that her reference to him as “Anisama” (older brother) is simply the way that girls in their tribe address older boys. According to Princess Mononoke director Hayao Miyazaki, this wasn’t his vision of the two characters. The responsibility for the confusion regarding Ashitaka and Kaya’s relationship lies at the door of the English-dubbed version, which changes her identity to that of his little sister.
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