Growing environmental concerns made writers and critics think about the human-nature relationship. This led to the emergence of ecocriticism- a critical study that focuses on nature representation in literature. Even though it originated in the West, The United States, it spread to other parts of the world, reaching the East and Japan. As it developed, ecocriticism influenced other fields like TV, animation, and cinema. With the urge to introduce children to the environmental crisis as soon as possible, animators and directors started working on cartoons focusing on those. Different representations of nature have been applied, one being nature as 'Mother Nature,' the image of which is debatable to ecofeminists. The question is how these animated movies depict nature and how this depiction influences children's understanding of nature and the environment. Since every studio has its own style, influenced by the culture within which it exists, the primary objective of this thesis paper is to analyze how the depiction of nature is related to culture and vice versa. Also, the other objective is to question how this connection is represented in animated movies focusing on different customs of the Pacific – the art of sailing and folk stories about deities and nature - and religions of the East – mainly Shintoism with forest spirits and animals - applied to Disney's Moana and Studio Ghibli's Princess Mononoke.