Good grief, this is only one of the best animes out there! I love it so much. I don’t want to sound like some n00b, but its all I can do. It’s so old school it hurts, as old school as ranma or vapire hunter D, and more! Only problom is, like so many animes, its way to short.
And Mononoke Hime (original japanese name for Princess Mononoke) was made in Japan by Hayao Miyazaki, creator of Nausicaa: Valley of the Wind, Laputa: Castle in the Sky, My Neighbor Totoro, and many more classic gems (including the new Sen to Chihiro, or Spirited Away, which is now the highest grossing non-American-made movie ever made.)
Also interesting to note is that Miyazaki-san is the most powerful businessman in the entertainment industry of Japan, and the 4th most powerful businessman in all of Japan. Goes to show how seriously they take animation over there.