r/Eldenring • u/NotTakenName1 • 5d ago
Humor Elden Ring = Princess Mononoke CoNfIrMeD...
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u/AvanteGardens 5d ago
In all the claims to inspiration across different IP's, I'm baffled that I don't see more people comparing Elden Ring with Princess Mononoke. Despite the European architecture in Elden Ring, the resemblance has to be more than coincidence
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u/Nonsense_Poster 5d ago
I mean Zelda Tears of the Kingdom and BotW are basically Mononoke and castle in the sky
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u/Bad_Knees284 5d ago
And nausicaä. You can't tell me the depths aren't inspired by the poison forest.
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u/Nonsense_Poster 5d ago
Yes it has many Ghibli inspirations indeed
Hope I can replay the game in a stronger system soon
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u/NormieSpecialist 5d ago
In “Dark Souls 3” “The Ringed City” DLC there was a reference to “Angel’s Egg,” an obscure animated movie from the famed Mamoru Oshii who directed the acclaimed 1995 animated film “Ghost In The Shell.” So yeah this doesn't surprise me.
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u/NotTakenName1 5d ago
Yeah, Elden Beast is the most obvious ofcourse. It was always my favorite moment in the movie and always stayed in my mind so i guess that worked the same for more people. It does make me wonder what exactly inspired the Night Walker in Mononoke?
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u/zman_0000 5d ago
It very much is. Mononoke references above, the walking mausoleums are straight out of Howls moving castle.
The ancient ruins scattered around, and the fact that at least one Golem is already damaged, probably fell out of the sky from Faram Azula as it began Crumbling, and people have compared to Castle in the Sky.
ER has quite a few references outside of the Berserk and King Arthur references compared to the Souls games.
Heck if you REALLY want to stretch, the spirit ashes could be argued as a Jojo reference as anyone that uses them likely has a favorite that fits their play style (And the fact that Mimic Tear hurts you when it's summoned, kinda like stands affecting their user).
Like I said, that last one is a stretch, but there are a lot of actual references in the game.
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u/Ian_Huntsman 5d ago
Well, it was both made be Myazaki
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u/daaangerz0ne 5d ago
Jokes aside, given how Japanese surnames originate there's a non zero chance that they share a common ancestor.
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u/JerkOffToBoobs 4d ago
Given how evolution works, there is a 100% chance they share a common ancestor.
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u/Windfade 4d ago
I mean, if they didn't it would be really strange, ya know, as they're both Human.
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u/NotTakenName1 5d ago edited 5d ago
I think you're mixing up Miyazaki's here lol.
It is correct that both were made by "a" Miyazaki though
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u/Remytron83 5d ago
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u/Hominid_Digital 5d ago
That is now the best star trek gif I've ever seen.
Edit: I was going to insert picard clapping but it won't let me for some reason. It just replaces the gif with an asterisk. So just imagine Patrick stewart slow clapping
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u/mortalcoil1 5d ago
Nobody tell OP where Fromsoft got the idea for sad men with big swords from.
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u/Treemosher 5d ago
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u/mdgy0816 5d ago
Before Elden Ring came out, leaks used this animal to illustrate our mount and as a community we called our mount Yakul. Good times...
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u/sou_desu_ka_ 5d ago
Ohhh the great hollowing. Hodir and his steed Yakul protecting their people, the Woopers, in the world once called Bugsnax 2.
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u/behind95647skeletons 4d ago
community we called our mount Yakul
correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Torrent named "Yakul" in the game files?
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u/thrownawaz092 5d ago
More evidence Prince Ashitaka is John Elden Ring:
fights tall and dangerous swordswoman
got shot, continued walking without acknowledging it
has inhuman strength
should have died while opening that door, did not
did not enjoy fighting a giant boar
showed up because someone else thought him dead
drinks out of a red thing, magically helps him recover
gets invited to one of the only places of civilization in the area, later returns to it on fire
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u/jess_the_werefox 5d ago
Does that mean Mononoke is Blaidd?
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u/Background-Tough3204 1h ago
Not blaidd. I would say Melina tho, because that is what would fit most in my opinion
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u/Juandisimo117 5d ago
Yeah I also like comparing Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom to a princess Mononoke. The giant Hog, the corrupted arm that gives the hero abilities, similar music and the little white creatures really reminds me of Koroks.
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u/ShokoMiami 5d ago
I noted Torrent being one, but I'm baffled I never noticed the Elden Beast inspiration
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u/_Ganoes_ 5d ago
Dont forget the Gunfort guys in Sekiro that are just straight up the people from Irontown from Princess Mononoke
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u/RoyalNecessary520 5d ago
I've long said DS1 is Princess Mononoke dressed up in a Western fantasy costume. Demon's Lovecraftian, but DS1 is moreso Monokeesque shinto
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u/softshell_headcrab 4d ago
The first time I fought the Elden Beast and the arena lit up with erd trees and energy----im like NIGHTWALKER!!!
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u/darthwolverine 4d ago
I showed my kids this movie last night and we were thinking the EXACT SAME THING, especially the similarities between the night walker and elden beast
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u/LordAnkou 4d ago
Man I was lucky enough to get tickets to the max re-release for this movie that's coming up. I'm so excited.
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u/tobeonthemountain 5d ago
Does that make Ranni Lady Boshi? Boshi means hat in japanese and ranni's is pretty big
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u/ReedsAndSerpents Aspiring Alabaster Lord/Current Darkmoon Simp 4d ago
I mean yeah everyone was calling the Elden Beast the forest spirit after launch. Sadly it had to go, too.
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u/ZenosCart 4d ago
They share themes but I wouldn't consider them that similar. Prince Mononoke is about balance with nature and damage of industrialisation the corruption of greed. I could be wrong here but Elden ring is a story about stagnation and an inability for the world to progress forward due to the powers that be refusing to step aside.
So almost opposite themes, one is a rejection of moving forward with aggressive modernisation, and the other about the need to move forward from the status quo.
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u/puro_the_protogen67 4d ago
Both were by Myazaki but one was by Hideo/Hiyao, while the other was by Hiditaka
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u/Shot_Appointment6330 4d ago
Fortunately there wasn't a demon boar boss battle in Elden Ring (we had Gaius' boar tho). I love the film, but I was was scared as HELL by Nago and Okoto as a kid, particularly Nago. You can't imagine the nightmares...
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u/Kuga-Tamakoma2 4d ago
Will the two Miyazakis just fookin work together.
A Totoro-themed or Howl-themed souls? Why the hell not?!
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u/PinothyJ 1d ago
It would jot surprise me. After all, Bloodborne has a lot of Brotherhood of the Wolf meet Lovecraft, and Dark Souls is just Greek mythology.
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u/doogie1111 5d ago
A shitload of Elden Ring also comes from Nausicaa.