Princess Mononoke/Trivia

Trivia

 * The landscapes which appear in Princess Mononoke are said to have been inspired by the ancient forests of Yakushima, off Kyushu, and the mountains of Shirakami-Sanchi in northern Honshu. ( in Japanese)
 * The Forest Spirit is based on the Japanese Serow, including their well-known habit of stopping and staring when they spot humans in the forest.
 * San's dagger is made from the tooth of a wolf
 * In Naruto, the character Kiba Inuzuka's facial markings resemble San's.
 * In The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Irwin makes a reference to Princess Mononoke, by calling Mandy 'Princess Wanna-know-ke'. Characters in The O.C. also use 'Princess Mononoke' as a pejorative term.
 * In the English dub of the first season of Digimon, one of the episode titles is "Princess Karaoke", a reference to Princess Mononoke since Karaoke rhymes with Mononoke.
 * This is the only animé directed by Hayao Miyazaki that does not feature a flying sequence, his well-known trademark, though it could be argued that the shot where Ashitaka glides across a cliff atop one of the wolves is a flying sequence.
 * The bootlegged version of Telefang Speed Version, known as Pokémon Jade Version, featured box art with Yakul, Ashitaka's elk, trying to pass him off as a Pokémon.