After 133 minutes and 144,000 animation cels (a masochistic number of which were touched by Miyazaki’s own hands), it’s possible to understand how both parts of that line can be true at the same time. —DE
But Miyazaki was ready to drop the gauntlet in no uncertain terms. “I love you,” San the wolf girl tells the warrior prince in the movie’s final moments, “but I’ll never forgive the human race.” After 133 minutes and 144,000 animation cels (a masochistic number of which were touched by Miyazaki’s own hands), it’s possible to understand how both parts of that line can be true at the same time. —DE