 Who is the antagonist of Princess Mononoke?
The Japanese director, Hayao Miyazaki, who spent three years on Princess Mononoke and is reported to have done 70 percent of its paintings himself, seems to work from the outside in: to begin with the curve of the earth, then the mossy hills, the watercolor foliage, the nubby stones, the whorls on the wood, the meticulous carvings on a teacup. The wolf god, Moro, is slightly more sympathetic, but that's because her adopted "daughter," San (a k a Princess Mononoke), is human. It's a shame that the wolf princess warms up to Ashitaka and spends the rest of the film either saving him or being saved by him. The overfamiliar voices nudge Princess Mononoke closer to its American counterparts--but not by a lot.
 Lady Eboshi
 Lady Eboshi  The Martian Queen  Ashitaka  Moro