Studio Ghibli is a Japanese animation film studio formed in 1985 by animators and filmmakers Hayao Miyazaki and Takahata Isao, as well as producer Suzuki Toshio. His art is characterized by reoccurring themes of conflict between nature and man. The narrative of Princess Mononoke revolves around a struggle between the forest gods and a mining enterprise. The natural world has the potential to be violent and vicious. It is a clash between the environment and mankind.