The most well-known film from Studio Ghibli that represents the conflict between man and the natural world is Princess Mononoke. The story of Princess Mononoke is about how the peace between humans, animals, and gods would start to fall which resulted in conflict between the humans and gods. The main character, young Ashitaka, is infected and cursed by an animal attack. He is trying to seek a cure from the deer-like god Shishigami. In his travels, he sees humans devastating the earth, which results in causing anger among the wolf god Moro and his human companion Princess Mononoke. At the end of the film, Ashitaka breaks the curse and finally achieves peace between all. The film represents the Man vs Nature theme of how humanity would use its technology to destroy nature and thus the nature would punish humanity with its natural disasters.
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