That story is crazy. The first part of it is here: https://www.polygon.com/animation-cartoons/2020/5/28/21270864/princess-mononoke-neil-gaiman-translation-disn

That story is crazy. The first part of it is here: https://www.polygon.com/animation-cartoons/2020/5/28/21270864/princess-mononoke-neil-gaiman-translation-disney-studio-ghibli-steve-alpert https://www.polygon.com/animation-cartoons/2020/5/28/2127086... In the book Alpert goes on to relate how he had to baby-sit the entire process right down the final mix in order to keep people from messing with it.