Not only was Princess Mononoke shown on TV in Japan, the official Studio Ghibli Twitter account dropped a steady supply of behind-the-scenes details during the broadcast.
Ghibli let fans ask anything they wanted and pulled back the curtain on the 1997 Hayao Miyazaki anime classic, which almost wasn’t titled Princess Mononoke.
Speaking of Lady Eboshi, Ghibli gave a deeper insight into what the character was doing doing before she became the leader of Iron Town.
Princess Mononoke’s stature is so great that even its advertising tagline, “Ikiro,” meaning “Live” or “survive,” echoes throughout Japanese cinematic history.