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Princess Mononoke : the first story / Hayao Miyazaki ; [English adaptation, Jocelyne Allen].

by Miyazaki, Hayao, 1941-

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Viz Media, 2014, c1993.

Samurai -- Fiction.

Wildcat -- Fiction.

Princesses -- Fiction.

Japan -- History -- Muromachi period, 1336-1573 -- Fiction.

9781421575865 (hc.)

101 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.

"First published in Japan by Studio Ghibili Inc."--Colophon.

"The original story created by Hayao Miyazaki in 1980 that was later released as an animated film. This initial version of the tale offers a new and different perspective from the final version presented in the film."--Jacket.

"After a long, exhausting war, a samurai lost in a forest encounters a giant wildcat-- a mononoke. The beast saves his life, but at the price of his daughter's hand in marriage..."--Jacket.

"An oversized, lavishly illustrated storybook featuring original watercolor art by legendary filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki! This is the original Princess Mononoke story, created by Hayao Miyazaki in 1980 while he was first conceptualizing the landmark animated film that would be released to universal acclaim seventeen years later. As an initial version of the tale, it offers a new and different perspective from the final version presented in the film. After a long, exhausting war, a samurai lost in a forest encounters a giant wildcat—a mononoke. The beast saves his life, but at the price of his daughter's hand in marriage..."--From publisher.

Fantasy fiction.

Allen, Jocelyne, 1974-

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