{
  "id": 16856230,
  "title": "Miyazaki Hayao’s Animism: The Historical Theories That Shaped “Princess Mononoke”",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/miyazaki-hayaos-animism-the-historical-theories-that-shaped-princess-16856230",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T21:01:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/articles/-/55493"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Miyazaki Hayao’s masterpiece Princess Mononoke demonstrated his very different approach to depicting the natural world compared with his creative predecessor, Tezuka Osamu. The film challenged mainstream Japanese history by bringing ancient forest culture and medieval itinerant figures to life, with an animistic worldview inspired by bold historical theories.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}