Nausicaä and the Rise of Studio Ghibli | The Director Project

[@Geekritique]

I hope you all enjoy the video!

[@LesangdesdieuX]

This is a really precise analysis, Nausicaa is my favorite ghibli story, there is so much depth, harshness and intensity to the background, so much nobility, love and strenght to the main character, really the meaning of a masterpiece as the best work of a master of his craft

[@isabelleelena6293]

Nausicaa is such an underrated movie! Most people list Totoro or Spirited Away as their favourite Studio Ghibli movie, but Nausicaa is definitely my favourite! The worldbuilding and artwork is beautiful and Joe Hisaishi’s music really ties it together. I always figured that the story felt somewhat incomplete, and after reading the manga I understood why Miyazaki was reluctant to put together the movie, but still an amazing story. Also bonus that Disney brought in Patrick Stewart for Lord Yupa

[@MMA-qg6ud]

Nausicaa is my favorite too.

[@TheMilhouseExperience]

I always flip between Nausica and Castle in the Sky. I love the characters in Castle more, but I want to get lost in the world of Nausica so much more.

[@doefarris2189]

The Nausicaa theme is the embodiment of Grief, I love it so much.

[@tronam]

I love all of Miyazaki’s films, but Nausicaa still remains my favorite after all these years. No matter how many times I’ve seen it, the ending always brings me to tears. It’s his epic masterpiece.

[@tronam]

I can’t stand any of the dubs though. The only one I ever liked was the original Streamline Pictures dub of My Neighbor Totoro before Disney got distribution rights in North America and re-recorded new dubs with famous actors instead.

[@AaaSWE]

I saw Nausicaa at a very young age in the 80s. For many years I believed i had dreamt seeing the movie. I had vivid pictures in my mind for many years but I could not remember where they came from. One day in my teens I saw pictures from the movie and I could not believe it actually existed. Then I was able to import it on DVD and seeing it again was a revelation. It is still one of my favorite films to this day.

[@Geekritique]

Love this story! Too cool. Glad you got to see it again, to believe it.

[@TrueMakaveli50]

“Our lives are like the wind… or like sounds. We come into being, resonate with each other… Then fade away.” -Nausicaa

[@dashman8499]

not exaggerating, one of the best video essays ive seen. simply masterful.

[@Geekritique]

That’s super kind of you. Thank you. Very glad you enjoyed it so much.

[@heraofthearctic6249]

sorry, how does this only have 3,000 views? i was expecing at least 10x that when i scrolled down. this was honestly the best ghibli essay i have watched... maybe ever. the comparison with his other movies, the way the wind and life and war themes interact with everything, and to capture that all in only 16 minutes??? wow. just wow. the time whizzed by. i have a feeling i will be rewatching this one a few times lol. this was not only a great video on miyazaki, but of worldbuilding, culture, story, and theme. thank you so much for this creation

[@Geekritique]

This might be the best comment I’ve ever received. Thank you so much. I’m so pleased you enjoyed the video!

[@TimeturnerJ]

I'm not crying, I've just got some toxic fungi spores in my eye :'))

[@Geekritique]

Glad you liked the video!

[@TheSeptemberRose]

Nausicaa is definitely my favourite Miyazaki film! I showed it to my children when they were young. I also showed them Totoro. Interestingly, it was my eldest who first shared Spirited Away with me! She's a huge fan of all things Japanese!

[@siddharthgaur2205]

I had my first watch of Nausicaa and I was blown away and was like is it really a movie of the 1980's era . The story is so good but the animation of the movie kept me in awe and I was thinking how this movie can look so good even after almost 40 years ❤ must watch it. Ahh i miss completely hand-drawn animation movies

[@b2ickwall978]

Wow... I appreciated the look into this film and Miyazaki as a whole! It was hilarious (but true) to me when you were listing the traits of his films and listed cuteness.

[@Geekritique]

Glad you appreciated it! Also, yeah. There’s no better word that I can think of in English to explain the “cuteness”, but it’s something he uses often.

[@crypticTV]

0:25 Mass destruction from American bombing 2:50 Atomic bombs 1:50 Survived American air raids 4:10 Nausicaa manga starts 4:50 The movie that made Ghibli 6:50 Nuke 9:45 Pacifism 10:00 Patriarchial Ghibli tropes - 10:10 Strong women 10:20 Planes 11:00 Miyazaki bombs 11:30 Just like the Nobel Prize 12:00 First Ghibli movie bought by them later 13:45 Get yeeted 13:52 Hot dessert wind - Italy ruled Libya as a colony 14:30 Caproni 15:45 We must live 11 movies so far

[@aligotelli9820]

this is easily one of the best video essays i’ve ever seen... a couple weeks ago i was looking for a video about this film that accurately reflected its effect on me and this is the only one on youtube that has accomplished it. your channel deserves to blow up and i wish you the best in your efforts on youtube!

[@Geekritique]

Thanks for the kind words. Happy this spoke to you.

[@ModernMouse]

The long lasting impact of the bombings from WWII are fascinating. It's almost like an entirely new culture grew from it and Japan moved in a brave new direction afterwards. Looking into The Wind Rises and learning more about where Japan was pre and post-war, I'm obsessed with this idea that Japan would be a vastly different place without having been bombed to hell. Nausicaa seems like a story that would have never been created without the impact of WWII on Japan.

[@Geekritique]

Thanks for the comment, and sorry I'm responding a week late. Yeah, Japan's cultural landscape was totally changed because of the bombings. It is indeed like an entirely new genre of post-apocalyptic visuals.

[@jjstarrprod]

I think that's also the reason why animes that were made in the 70's and especially in the 80's were that much more thematically powerful than the ones made nowadays : because the directors of that era had experienced war themselves as kids and were traumatized by it. Miyazaki, Takahata, but also Katsuhiro Otomo, Mamoru Oshii, and all the big directors of their generations must have had seen war with their own eyes when they were kids, this is probably why all of them were 1/ so precise in their depiction of it, and 2/ profoundly anti-war to their core. It's something that has definitely been lost ever since, now that nowadays directors were born in the comfortable days of the 80's.

[@chrisbanbury]

Very few Western writers explore the paradox of pacifism or consider its virtues, even though it is a component of both Buddhism and Christianity. Nausicaa and Trigun and other Eastern stories do this with great sincerity. I love them for that even though pacifism seems to lead to impossible situations sometimes.

[@Ismael-kc3ry]

This is easily one of the best video essays I've ever watched, and one of the best discussions of Miyazaki's work in relation to his life. This is great work, and Nausicaä is such a wonderful movie. New subscriber here for sure.

[@Geekritique]

Thank you Ismael! Glad you enjoyed the video. Very proud of this one.

[@CultPopture]

Great stuff Dak, this helped me understand and appreciate the movie more.

[@Geekritique]

Thanks man, glad you found some new love for the movie!

[@Gallifrey103]

Miyazaki is a director whose films I should definitely watch at some point. It's a gap in my anime knowledge that needs filling more than the others.

[@Geekritique]

It’s anime in the sense that he’s Japanese, but frankly, he just wants to make good films. It’s good stuff, I hope you like it.

[@torenatkinson5708]

Generally, I am not a big fan of what anime has produced over the years. The exceptions of course are Akira, Perfect Blue, Ghost in the Shell, Memories, Metropolis, Paprika, and everything Miyazaki.

[@tristanbeaumont8048]

The intro is so perfect. The music and tapestry perfection

[@Geekritique]

Thank you! Very pleased you enjoy it.

[@markwarrensprawson]

When I was little, like kindergarten little, I had a favorite film that I knew for some reason or another as "Choppy and the Princess". I must'v asked my mom to rent "Choppy and the Princess" for me about a thousand times and each time she'd rent it for me, I'd watch it and re-watch it over and over again until that somber bell would toll, "Time... to... take... the... video... back." The film took root deep in my soul. Years went by and life got busier. Video's were replaced with DVDs and eventually the places we'd rent them from disapeared altogether. When I was old enough to look for "Choppy..." I looked and looked and looked. But nothing. I would ask everyone I met who ever claimed to haver an interest in film. Nothing. That brave princess who flew through the skies above desert terrain, those menacing, yet misunderstood giant fishmoths that aged through the sands covered in eyes, the boy with the fiery spirit always too quick to reach for his gun, and of course there was a plethora of characters and themes I'd altogether forgotten, they all remained with me for years until I had no choice but to think them all a dream. But then... Then, when I was 31 years old, I began to work for a company and one of my colleagues was an avid Ghibli fan. One night he leant me his copy of "Nausicaä" and upon getting home, pretty drunk and already sentimental as, I popped it into my PC's DVD slot. Witin ten minutes, my eyes were streaming with hot tears. I'd found my Choppy. Or more specifically, my princess. The rest is history. Nausicaä, as it turns out, is probably the reason that at the age of 44 I'm still single. It's become quite apparent to me that she formed the archetype of my goddess. Every aspect of her character is to me something divine. Why shouldn't it be so? She stilled the raging ohmu with a few flashbangs and charmed it home with a little hand-held wind-powered noisemaker. She sacrificed her very life to stop the devastation that up to that point seemed inevitable and sure to destroy everything she loved, which was, well, everything. I'm no animator, though I dabble in storytelling, and Hayao Miyazaki is among my top three greatest heroes of all time.He taught nme love before I knew how to read the title on a VHS cassette cover. A man like that with a spirit like that can never die, and thanks the gods for that.

[@mikebasil4832]

Paradoxical beauty is a good way, especially when it comes to Anime, to describe the beauty for a dystopian or post-apocalyptic future. It’s certainly a good reason why I still enjoy Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind after many years. Thank you for your video essay.

[@Geekritique]

You’re very welcome! Glad you agree with the topic and appreciated it.

[@Minnan1]

Finally, someone who gets it! What a wonderful piece of work. I'm so happy you gave Nausicaa the analysis no one else had in this platform.

[@Geekritique]

Very glad you enjoyed it!

[@davidlane1248]

Thank you. There's not a lot of video essays on Nausicaa, but this is easily the best one. Exploring the themes not just as they relate to the movie, but how they intertwine with the authors metavision of the world and their own past is exactly what I watch these kinds of videos for You just got yourself a subscriber

[@Geekritique]

I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the follow!

[@amptrontwenty-five2352]

Makes me want to watch all of em in order again

[@Geekritique]

You def need to. It’s such a ride.

[@kutkuknight]

This was beautiful, I very VERY sincerely not only liked but LOVED this video, it made me cry, I dont know what it was about your choice of words and images but it touched me deeply. Maybe because I have such a deep love and fascination for Nausicaä, maybe something else, but all in all this was a most beautiful video essay that I cant believe is just 16 minutes long with the vast amount of information and emotion crammed inside. Thank you for making this.

[@Geekritique]

You’re very welcome. And thank you for the wonderful comment. So happy you and others are appreciating it.

[@bookritique5423]

Really hope someone answers the earrings question lol

[@Geekritique]

For real. That’s a seriously game changing discovery you noticed. Thanks for telling me. Couldn’t find anything on it online.

[@chrisbanbury]

Great catch. It almost seems to be an Easter egg since it breaks the fifth wall by appearing in several of his works. It could be a subtle mark that Miyazaki uses to identify characters possessing a particular archetypal Japanese virtue or trait. It wouldn't be the only time that red was used in manga earrings, for example, to symbolize pre-war Japanese iconography or pride. Red, especially red circles and red rays (teardrops), are closely associated with Japan going back to the Edo period.

[@chrisbanbury]

@@Geekritique The Ponyo example you used is rather striking. I just watched the video by StoryDive where he goes into the possible mythology behind Granmamare. If she is based on the Bodhisattva Kannon, goddess of mercy, then the red earrings may mark her as a Japanese expression of this goddess and not a Chinese or Indian one, say. She wears a red pendant on her forehead and a circle of red pendants around her neck which again brings to my mind the pre-war Japanese iconography of the red sun and red sun rays. Again, great catch by you guys.

[@Rixec2]

Very fascinating essay that really dives into the history of Miyazaki, this film, and how those histories go backwards and forwards to show how it all connects, how it all continues.

[@Geekritique]

Thank you so much!! Very kind. I’m very pleased you enjoyed it.

[@scallystockdale-linke7172]

Thankyou for making this video- nausicaä has shaped my whole being

[@xShlingAttackx]

I really enjoyed this video. I wanted to pick out a particular point you made that resonated, but I think it will all sit with me for a while. So thank you.

[@Geekritique]

Aw man, thanks! That’s the best comment I’ve got in a while. Very happy you enjoyed it!

[@BanjeeRL]

Incredible video essay, thanks so much for your insight :)

[@Geekritique]

Thank you! You’re very welcome.

[@grafffuller3265]

This is a wonderful exploration of this great director. Thank you for this. Drawing out his core beliefs and replaying them in his art. Wow. Wish I could watch Studio Ghibli films. Ugh. What a beautiful story. Thank you.

[@Geekritique]

If you have (or if you have any plans to get) HBO Max, all Studio Ghibli films are located there.

[@Geekritique]

But thank you! I’m very happy you enjoyed the video!

[@grafffuller3265]

@@Geekritique - Yeah, I can't afford another streaming service. I already did my one week freebie to watch Watchmen and a few other films before they were showing Studio Ghibli films. Ugh. Oh, well...maybe some day.

[@grafffuller3265]

@@Geekritique - Oh, thank you. Amazing job. I've watched six of the video essays already. I'll do some more later. Yours was my first, though.

[@Geekritique]

Glad to hear it, Graff. Thanks for watching.

[@cherrycola542]

The opening to this video. Me just sitting there and INSTANTLY noticing one of my FAVORITE pieces of fiction EVER, was like one of the best feelings I've ever felt.

[@Geekritique]

I’m very pleased. Thanks for watching!

[@14glagla]

I did enjoy the video and it reminded me this : "Was my papa brave ? The bravest of us all, because he was never afraid to embrace the things he didn't understand." - Anya - Metro Last Light

[@karleclaire]

Love your analogy of the movie. Nausicaa is one of my all time faves in the Ghibli movies. I also recommmend everyone to read the manga itself, there's a lot of details there that you'll find interesting.

[@ccangela2004]

great work!! love your style. I can see a lot of research was done behind this, and I love the detailed analysis

[@Geekritique]

Thanks so much! Yes, lots of research went into this video. Glad you noticed.

[@earthianmike]

I just had to disable "Remove KZbin Suggestions" FFox addon to pay my respect to this creation. Thank you, it has shown me some things I have not yet named but admired in Miyazaki's work. The theme of strong and wise men standing behind strong and wise headed women with even wiser hearts (Nausicaa) ismy theme. And I strive to be like Lord Yupa. Thank you for makeing this with such insight and depth good sir! I'd love for you to make an analysis of the symbolics of Howl's moving castle.

[@Geekritique]

Very pleased you liked it, thanks so much! I’d love to tackle Howl’s some day!

[@CenterRow]

Great video man, never thought about it until you laid it out like that but his career kinda begins and ends with The Wind

[@Geekritique]

Thanks! Yeah, it’s like hes always trying to catch the wind in action. I didn’t get to it in the video, but in nearly every movie there’s a scene with the wind lifting up the character’s hair. Idk. Maybe I’m overthinking it 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@bbrbbr-on2gd]

Great video, definitely going to binge more when I can.

[@Geekritique]

Thanks for watching 🙏

[@icyboi13]

Such a great video! Thank you! Nausicaä is such a wonderful film.

[@Geekritique]

Thanks so much!

[@scegbert]

Really awesome video - choked me up in several moments

[@Geekritique]

I’m glad to hear it touched you in that way. Thanks for watching!

[@Juno-gi6fj]

I find it so absolutely amazing that people are still fascinated and curious about Miyazaki's works! Having grown up on almost all of his movies in an American State that is perpetually burning, one can imagine the impact of these movies and the environment on a younger me. I knew that there was some sort of fascinating connection between his works - hell, I have a pretty convincing theory that Castle in the Sky and Nausicaä happen in the same universe! - but I never fully understood what. This video, though, finally capped it all off, neatly tying a bow on the matter. My seven-year-old self would be screaming right now!! Thanks for the brilliant video :3

[@Geekritique]

I love comments like this. Thanks for sharing! And I’m glad you enjoyed the video.

[@thebigtipowski]

Well done Dakota. This is what you were meant to do. Amazing presentation and history lesson on one of the greatest animators ever

[@Geekritique]

This is a very nice comment. Thank you for watching! 🙏

[@SuzumeMizuno]

What a lovely essay, so powerful and beautiful. Thank you for sharing it with us

[@Geekritique]

Very glad to share it! Glad you enjoyed.

[@krakowian]

I really enjoyed your essay, thank you!

[@Geekritique]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching.

[@hayesterzia5575]

this deserves so many more views

[@Geekritique]

Agreed!

[@torenatkinson5708]

Great video about my favourite film of all time. Nausicaa is one of the perfect protagonists... kind, strong, but flawed, and with indomitable empathy. Even better in Japanese - NOWSHKA!

[@Geekritique]

So glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for watching. It’s one of my favorites as well.

[@lightningmcdweeb]

beautiful video

[@brendanroe8604]

Fantastic work

[@zhugeliang4617]

Good stuff. I enjoyed this video tremendously. Keep up the good work. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@Geekritique]

Nice! Glad you enjoyed it! I’ll keep it up. Thanks for watching!

[@everydayishelll]

This is a really nice observation of all Miyazaki's work. Superb analysis!

[@Geekritique]

Thank you so much! Very kind.

[@ka-boom2083]

3:11 wonderful

[@Protocol36]

Finally got the chance to watch it (sorry about that) and awesome video as always man!

[@Geekritique]

Glad you got to check it out.

[@kaltenstein7718]

What I always found an interesting idea was the theme of some great power before or during the war having designed the toxic jungle in order to reset the human mindset and only allow it to prosper again if they learn their lesson. In the manga not only is there a vault of sorts containing the knowledge and technology of the times before the war, which the people now are unabled to build on their own and literally have to mine out of ancient ruins which Nausicaä in the end has to destroy for it not to fall in the hands of a warlord, but also is nausicaä shown a part of the earth already cleaned from the human pollution and destruction in which life again can prosper in the old ways. In that sense the manga can be seen to strongly advocate those who embrace change and loss, as Nausicaä in that sense is one of the first humans to come to terms with the rebirth of society also in the sense that she and all the others have to die together with the insects and thereby metaphoricaly with the old ways in order for humans as a whole to return. (In the manga this is explained by the humans of the time being dependent on the toxins of the forest to survive). Only if the tendency to cling onto the old ways of living can be given up everyone can prosper again. The humans shown in this work quite metaphoricaly do not deserve to have this technoligy and therefor are literally unable to build it. While an enviornmentalist, Mihazaki still clearly loves modern technology (be it with stilistic alterrations), yet here already he wants to show that todays humans for the most part do not respect the power of technology in their hands. And while Nausicaä sees all of that, she is very much a tragic hero in that she knows that she will never see the results of her struggle, yet she still fights on faced with subsequent doom. This really is my only problem with the film: Nausicaä should have died. I think the message would have been more impactful that way. Yet on the other hand I absolutely love the end of the manga, as I said: while it will take a long time for humans to learn to respect nature and their own technology, they still must live to that day and not give up, just because they know problems won't be solved in their lifetime. I hope you could follow, my english isn't that good.

[@SweaterSwagg]

Amazing video! Great job, man.

[@Geekritique]

Thank you very much.

[@Gallifrey103]

Now that I've seen the film, I have to say that, even though it's his second feature as a director, it feels like his first that's legitimately cinematic in its own right rather than a glorified TV series. I find it interesting that it's based on his own manga series, since the film doesn't really do much for me, actually. While I appreciate the themes and the visuals, the plot seems to be missing something and I'm wondering whether that has anything to do with it being an adaptation of a series that was, at the time, ongoing. Maybe if I were to read the now-complete manga series, I'd get more out of it?

[@Geekritique]

Most people do consider the film to be a highly truncated version of just a small portion of his manga. I’d recommend it!

[@patricknorris9334]

Turner classic movies had nausicaa and lauputa playing at 1 am on a school night when I was in elementary school. I stayed up and wqs so blown away I watched both back to back then watched both again right after since they played them in japanese first then english...needless to say I did not sleep that night😅.

[@Dhrazor]

Great video, hope more people discover your channel!

[@Geekritique]

Thank you very much!

[@fireboy1301]

hopeful 2021 will be a better year

[@Geekritique]

Me too.

[@chowrites6179]

Nausicaa, to this day, is my favorite character to point to as a strong female protagonist. I absolutely everything about her and her story! Probably why its also my #1 favorite Ghibli film

[@Geekritique]

She’s amazing! And this film is incredible!

[@torenatkinson5708]

She embodies empathy from beginning to end of this film - society could learn a lot from Nausicaa.

[@catman4859]

Ghibli studio should be regarded as a treasure of the entire world.

[@Geekritique]

Agreed!

[@joshuanecesario7926]

Good video man! Just what I need

[@Geekritique]

Thanks!

[@ty_sylicus]

Quite a brilliant way to introduce newcomers I feel. Well done.

[@Geekritique]

Thanks for watching!

[@DD8842]

The angel of light has come

[@Geekritique]

Oh nice

[@lynxvex]

5:22 Ah, the spores have returned as cordyceps

[@Ereheru]

Great video, looking forward to next month's video.

[@Geekritique]

Thanks Dan!

[@Geekritique]

Don’t forget to leave a like on the video 👍

[@akselsmith8710]

Wow this was a fantastic video, Imcredibly in depth and thorough. I think this was my favorite infomational video on Miyazaki, and even the best speculative one. You're really great man. Also about the earrings, could they be ones miyazakis mother bore? Miyazaki often alludes to his mother in his work, And the red earrings could symbolize his mother in a character: Nausicaa, Ponyo's mother and the witch of the waste I admit the witch isn't a great character to reference ones mother, but her strength and might comparable to the god, Ponyo's mother, (Granmamare) and the warrior princess Nausicaa. They all show fantastic strength but also warmth and care, especially when the witch is drained of her power she becomes a sweet and caring old lady, loveable and modest. (Notibally sophies mother also has red earrings but they are round) Granmamare is the mother of ponyo and is in all movies possibly the most beautiful and caring motherly figure, her awesome power also makes her mighty yet her humble personality and humanity despite her being a goddess is a fantastic quality, a fantastic visualization of perhaps Miyazakis mother. And Nausicaa depicted a great and strong woman who sought peace between people but was also mighty and able in battle. Again one with great power who choses pacifism and humility to persue researvh and peace.

[@Geekritique]

Really pleased you enjoyed the video. I’m very proud of it. And yeah! I have a feeling the earrings are an homage to his mother. You bring up some great points. I remember trying to search for a picture of his mother online when I was making this video, but I never found anything that helped me with my earring hypothesis. Thanks for your comment.

[@akselsmith8710]

@@Geekritique yeah, I also just realised that Kikis mom has the same earrings, so there must be something there. Thanks for the reply. :))

[@Geekritique]

Ohhh, wow. You’re right!!

[@mrsJJ071]

Happy Belated birthday, Nausicaa! 37! To the best of Cancers.

[@EyebrowCinema]

Great video.

[@Geekritique]

Thanks for watching!

[@izuto727]

Please make star wars timeline video (i don't really need it, i just like your way of describing timelines)

[@Geekritique]

I’ll have to do that then!

[@thrillhouse_vanhouten]

If you enjoyed this video, then you should absolutely watch Future Boy Conan. It's virtually completely unknown in English-speaking territories, but recently received an English release. Watching Conan will change the way you look at Miyazaki's future works. Many of the inspirations talked about in this video are featured prominently, in their first iteration.

[@cyberiadiscordia389]

What is the music used from 13:15?

[@jjstarrprod]

I just rewatched it today in a film festival. It was 1/ my first time watching it in a theater (I had seen it 2 or 3 times before, but years ago, and in less than ideal screens), and 2/ right a few days after seeing the new Dune in Imax. And GODDAMN these 2 movies are shockingly parallel to each other !!! The Messianic tale of a prophetized chosen one person, able to understand its environment, a fatally dangerous overwhelming forceofnature, invaded by a ruthless militaristic nation who's trying to tame and colonize the local indigenous people who learned to live with said dangerous environment... While facing mysterious gigantic creatures who are true forces of nature mercilessly able to engulf anything in their path, but also wise enough to be the wardens of their world... The parallels between these 2 movies, split almost 40 years apart, are pretty shocking ! Even though Dune is easily one of the most spectacular movies of all times, and Nausicaä was done in 1984, it didn't age a single bit, and majestically stands the test of time (I'd even argue that it is even more relevant nowadays than 40 years ago) and certainly doesn't have anything to envy Dune in both scope, spectacle, and emotions (I'd even argue that as spectacular as Dune is, Nausicaä made me feel much more emotions).That's really to attest on the absolute genius of Miyazaki (and yes, his childhood marred by firsthand visions of the destructions of war definitely helped bring his vision to life). One of the absolute cinematic masterpieces of mankind's history ! And this essay did a fantastic job at doing it justice.

[@Geekritique]

What an excellent parallel! I’ll have to go back and watch this ahead of Dune! Thanks for taking the time to nail it down for me. I appreciate it. And thanks for watching.

[@jjstarrprod]

@@Geekritique you're welcome. After having watched Nausicaa for the first time in a theater, and being completely aghast by it, even though it's not the first time I'm seeing it (watching it on the big screen with a good sound really has its effect), I was looking for good essays that would talk about it, and put words on what I was feeling. And yours definitely didn't disappoint. And yeah, definitely have a re-run of Nausicaa a few days before going to watch Dune when it comes out at your place, you're gonna be surprised. Who knows, you might even come up with a video about it ^^ (that I, for one, would love to watch)

[@mmmmmmmmmmm10]

Nice comparison, i can see it. Have you read Dune by frank herbet, i highly recommend. Also the Nausicaa manga is amazing if you hadnt read it, this movie is only book 1 of 9 or so in the manga.

[@jjstarrprod]

@@mmmmmmmmmmm10 I haven't read Dune yet, but the movie is definitely making me wanting to. As for the manga Nausicaa, yes, it was one of the readings that changed my visions on life, some 20 years ago. Little correction : The movie is loosely adapting the first 2 books out of 7.

[@emperordalek102]

hayao miyazaki is indeed one of the greatest animated writers come from japan but i think there is a miyazaki greater than even him one who we all know as the elden lord Hidetaka miyazaki he crafted a world with the help of george r r martin with his magnum opus elden ring. a game that has been blessed by the grace of gold.

[@torenatkinson5708]

For any Nausicaa fans, do yourself a favour and find [Joe Hisaishi in Budokan] Studio Ghibli 25 Years Concert [HD 1080p] here on youtube. It opens with Nausicaa and is profoundly moving.

[@Geekritique]

If you liked this video, you're definitely going to love my video contribution to last month's Director Project: How Spielberg Brought Dinosaurs Back To Life. It's HEAVILY researched and painstakingly realized, and I hope you check it out! kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHupaHyDnq93jck

[@MiruuuDraws]

Great essay!

[@Geekritique]

Thank you very much!

[@irew5517]

When is version 7.0.0 o f the mcu chronological timeline coming out i have been waiting

[@Kooczsi]

thank you.

[@Geekritique]

You’re very welcome!

[@canonbehenna612]

I still wish for a Japanese anime movie or series with the creatures from the book after man

[@two-moonz2953]

Brilliant essay. I am an animator and have been heavily influenced by Hayao Miyazaki. I have been interested particularly in the effect of the atomic bomb post WWII in Japanese art. I look forward to viewing your other essays. Do you cover other Japanese directors like Mamoru Oshii who directed Ghost in the Shell 1995? You have a new subscriber.

[@Geekritique]

Thanks for watching the video. Glad you enjoy it. This video is an outlier on the channel, to be honest. I have other essays, but nothing quite like this.

[@Pinky.852]

Finally someone said something abt the repeating earrings

[@Geekritique]

I’m so curious about them!

[@dxenomorph]

Gibli is still my most favorite studio

[@chazzmccloud36]

As a kid, that giant warrior gave me nightmares I tell ya what!

[@ShinGhidorah17]

I suggest you watch Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo. It’s a live action short film prequel to Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. You should talk about it.

[@eli-ff8fe]

Amazing video 👏 loved every minute of it! But If anyone knows the song at 12:04 it would greatly appreciate it

[@Geekritique]

Really pleased you liked the video. And I’m sorry, I just don’t know what track I used. It’s been so long since I put it together. But this was one of the first videos I was using Epidemic Sound for, so your best bet would be to look on there for mood music that matches the track you’re looking for.

[@ghibli1979]

I salute you Hayao MIYAZAKI

[@katt9404]

What movie is those black flying things in the sky from? 0:27

[@Geekritique]

I believe that’s the Wind Rises.

[@katt9404]

@@Geekritique oh ok, thx :)

[@DaltonKevinM]

Got one on Shinkai?

[@tammie1078]

a good in depth video, one of my favorite videos, but didn't know we'd live today with masks and how they both almost predicted this would happen in our world today, sometimes I forget how Nausicaa showed me that.

[@Geekritique]

I’m happy to hear you enjoyed it! It’s true, Nausicäa is ahead of it’s time.

[@wither5673]

it baffles me you did not mention mobile suit gundam at the start, as its one of the heavy hitters in the anti war culture that was in a lot of early anime.

[@Geekritique]

Sorry 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@BasementDweller_]

Interesting film.

[@Geekritique]

It is!

[@shaumkraut518]

How does nobody ever bring up the importance of romanticism in Miyazaki's movies. The motives are actually similar to a point where video essayists who talk about his work could as well be making a video on the German romantic Casper David Friedrich or even Joseph von Eichendorff.

[@Geekritique]

🤷🏻‍♂️ Sorry, I don’t have an answer for you, but thanks for watching.

[@ricvaladez2563]

I love Naussicä

[@sa-ck4ob]

ナウシカが1番好き。漫画版はもっと好き。次にもののけ姫、かぐや姫の物語、ラピュタ、耳をすませば、紅の豚、となりのトトロが好きかな。全部好きだから何とも言えないけど。 戦争との絡みと言うのであれば、動画の方がおっしゃるようなAKIRAやゴジラはもちろん、未来少年コナン、攻殻機動隊とか。未来少年コナンは宮崎駿作品だけど、海外の人があげているのをほとんど聞いたことないかも。ふしぎの海のナディアも印象にのこってるかな。私もまだまだいろいろ見れてないから見ていきたい。

[@ShrekWallBee]

i just want to let you all know i personally love Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki’s movies Studio Ghibli to me is the Disney of japan and can very much kick disneys ass animation wise :)

[@Geekritique]

Lol, no disagreements here.

[@1995yuda]

A new wind in the Anime industry... That's a powerful Ethos for a company.

[@Geekritique]

Yes! My thoughts exactly when I learned that.

[@1995yuda]

@@Geekritique Awesome content 👍❤

[@NateAdamsMadeofAdams]

Very wizard

[@Geekritique]

Thanks for watching!!

[@DBX4018]

What anime is 07:02?

[@Geekritique]

Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro, Miyazaki’s first film.

[@sallyjones5391]

It's at 6:34. Blink and you'll miss it.

[@Geekritique]

Thank you. Don’t blink.

[@bookritique5423]

Lol pretty sure those are pants or stocking bc they are a different color than her facial skin. I think they are like pale leggings.

[@indy7448]

when people talk about these older anime they always mention how the US bombed Japan with fire bombs and the nuclear bombings, but they never mention how japan was actively breaking the Geneva convention. "However, in 1942 Japan made a promise to abide by its terms and indicated it would observe the Hague Convention of 1907" maybe if japan wanted to keep their civilians safe they should not have committed War Crimes 🤷‍♂

[@Geekritique]

My video is not meant to exonerate Japan’s actions in WW2. Far from it. They committed atrocities of war. Nobody would argue that. However, retaliatory war crimes are war crimes all the same. That said, this video is about Miyazaki’s viewpoint of the war, and how that shaped his body of work. He, a toddler at the time, can not be held complicit in any war crimes committed by Japan during the war. But he was an eye-witness to the retaliatory strikes of other nations on his home. This video is about empathy for human life, not whether a people got what they deserved. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@indy7448]

@@Geekritique There may be a misconception in my post, when I mention Japan and their civilians I'm referencing the Japanese government/ military, I obviously don't think that civilians "got what they deserved" because they are civilians. my point of view on the matter is mainly meant to give grounds for America's retaliation towards a fascist Japan "sharing" it's Imperialism all over asia. I would call it empathy towards China for wanting to stop the Imperial army as fast as possible. It's estimated that about 600 thousand to 1 million Japanese civilians where killed in fire bombings and the nuclear bombs. while across asia during ww2 its estimated that japan killed 3-10 million civilians.