Forest Spirit Drawing

Narrator: In ancient times, the land lay covered in forests, where, from ages long past, dwelt the spirits of the gods. Back then, man and beast lived in harmony, but as time went by, most of the great forests were destroyed. Those that remained were guarded by gigantic beasts who owed their allegiances to the Great Forest Spirit. For those were the days of gods and of demons... Lady Eboshi: What exactly are you here for? Prince Ashitaka: To see with eyes unclouded by hate. San, The Princess Mononoke: Even if all the trees grow back, it won't be his forest anymore. The Forest Spirit is dead. Prince Ashitaka: Never. He is life itself. He isn't dead, San. He is here with us now, telling us, it's time for both of us to live. San, The Princess Mononoke: Ugh, I smell like a human. Lady Eboshi: Now watch closely, everyone. I'm going to show you how to kill a god. A god of life and death. The trick is not to fear him. Kôhroku: Huh, I didn't know the Forest Spirit made the flowers grow. from 'Princess Mononoke' (1997) Starring (in the English version) Claire Danes (My So Called Life), Billy Crudup (Waking the Dead), Minnie Driver (South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut), Gillian Anderson (The Mighty Celt), John DiMaggio (Final Fantasy X), Jada Pinkett Smith (Madagascar), Billy Bob Thornton (Armageddon), and Keith David (Gargoyles). English Version Adapted by Neil Gaiman (Marvel 1602). Written and Directed by the Genius himself Hayao Miyazaki (Lupin the 3rd: Castle of Cagliostro) Forest Spirit, also called Shishigami (シシガミ) and Night-Walker (デイダラボッチ, Deidarabotchi), is a supporting character in Princess Mononoke. It is known as a god of life and death. The Forest Spirit looks like a deer, but with more antlers and a human-like face; It can transform into a gigantic, translucent humanoid during the night called the Night-Walker. The Deer God "Forest Spirit" is the protector of the Cedar Forest and is the god of life and death. It heals Ashitaka of his bullet wound, yet interestingly leaves the boar's curse untouched. Later, it takes the life of Okkoto and Moro. During Lady Eboshi's hunt to kill the Deer God, she shoots it as it transforms, turning it into the humanoid-like Night-Walker, releasing its destructive body. This causes the life of everything it touches to be drained away, causing mass destruction and death; this lasts until Ashitaka and San return its head, restoring peace. Source: Ghibli Wiki Princess Mononoke (Japanese: もののけ姫, Hepburn: Mononoke-hime) is a 1997 Japanese-animated epic fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network and Dentsu, and distributed by Toho. The film stars the voices of Yōji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yūko Tanaka, Kaoru Kobayashi, Masahiko Nishimura, Tsunehiko Kamijo, Akihiro Miwa, Mitsuko Mori and Hisaya Morishige. Princess Mononoke is set in the late Muromachi period of Japan (approximately 1336 to 1573 CE), but it includes fantasy elements. The story follows a young Emishi prince named Ashitaka, and his involvement in a struggle between the gods of a forest and the humans who consume its resources. The term Mononoke (物の怪), or もののけ, is not a name, but a Japanese word for supernatural, shape-shifting beings that possess people and cause suffering, disease, or death. The film was released in Japan on July 12, 1997, and in the United States on October 29, 1999. It was a critical and commercial blockbuster, becoming the highest-grossing film in Japan of 1997, and also held Japan's box office record for domestic films until 2001's Spirited Away, another Miyazaki film. It was dubbed into English with a script by Neil Gaiman, and initially distributed in North America by Miramax, where it sold well on DVD and video, despite a poor box office performance, thereby greatly increasing Ghibli's popularity and influence outside Japan. Source Wikipedia

Drawing:Marker on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:11 W x 14 H x 0.2 D in

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