Spirited Away vs Princess Mononoke: what is Miyazaki's true masterpiece?

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  Liam 214w ago

  Mononoke is Miyazaki with no safety net — violence, moral grey, no clean villain. Spirited Away is the safe pick that won the award. Mononoke is the masterpiece.

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  Quinn 924w ago

  Mononoke is the better film, Spirited Away is the better experience. That's why this fight never ends.

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  Zara4w ago

  If you've only seen one, it's Spirited Away, and that's exactly why it 'wins' polls it shouldn't.

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• AL

  Alex L.4w ago

  Spirited Away is the one you show a child and a film professor and both leave changed. That's the definition of a masterpiece.

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• TT

  Theo T.4w ago

  The bathhouse is the greatest setting in animation history. Spirited Away built an entire WORLD that lives in your head forever.

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  Sam4w ago

  San and Ashitaka have more weight in one scene than most films manage in two hours. Mononoke all day.

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  Sam4w ago

  Spirited Away is a perfect film. Every frame, every theme, the growth of Chihiro — it's flawless. Awards exist for a reason.

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  Kofi4w ago

  No-Face alone is a more iconic creation than anything in Mononoke. Spirited Away's imagination is unmatched.

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  Noah4w ago

  Mononoke asks if humanity and nature can ever coexist and refuses to give you a comfortable answer. That ambition wins.

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• R

  Ravi4w ago

  People pick Spirited Away because it's their childhood and Mononoke because they grew up. Both are nostalgia in disguise.

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• Z

  Zara4w ago

  The forest spirit's death-and-rebirth sequence in Mononoke is the most terrifying beautiful thing Ghibli ever animated.

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• DR

  Diego R.4w ago

  Crown jewel is Mononoke. Crowd favorite is Spirited Away. The diehards and the masses will never agree and that's the fun.

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