Miyazaki's MAGNUM OPUS

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Miyazaki's longest production at 12 years, this is a documentary on its story and how it came to be. Featuring @PauseandSelect and @schemingfox as Takahata

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00:00 INTRO
01:00 ANIMAGE DAYS
03:15 Birth of NAUSICAA
05:34 The Sherlock Hound Problem
07:00 The Nausciaa Pitch
11:08 The Studio is TOPCRAFT
14:00 The Nausicaa Composer
17:12 ANIMATING Nausicaa
24:24 Nausciaa's Aftermath
28:11 PAUSE AND SELECT
35:22 THE END (and future) OF NAUSICAA
38:36 Outro (feat cat)

[Stevem]

Sources
EDIT: Misspelt Otomos name somewhere in there it's spelt wrong in Art of Nausicaa book I was citing, my bad
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Castle of Cagliostro
Fantastic Planet
Sherlock Hound
Horus, Prince of the Sun
The Last Unicorn
Kingdom of Madness and Dreams
Making Nausicaa short
Yanagawa Canals doc
Anno's God Warrior Short
Kabuki adaptation of Miyazaki's ‘Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind’
- Kanada Montage -
Galaxy Express 999
Genma Taisen
Invincible Steel Man Daitarn 3
Plawres Sanshiro
Galaxy cyclone braiger

[nobby]

Nausicaa has always been my favourite Ghibli film. So I recently decided to buy the manga and it's Breathtaking. It completely elevates the characters and story compared to the film. It truly inspired me to start volunteering and be more selfless to others. Just amazing. I wish more people knew about Nausicaa.

[LowellLucasJr.]

Nausicaa: easily a beloved classic all should enjoy and never forgotten! It's narrative, themes and vision should be reflected upon with optimism and a chance to grow.

[mechajay]

This is remarkable mini documentary. Nausicaa of the Valley is a Classic Film that deserved to be told thoroughly.

[OtakuVs]

40 minutes of meticulously edited and illustrated content. Good shit ✨

[SeaSerpentLevi]

Me every 5 words: "Damn thats crazy!!!"
Those dudes really worked to the bone and beyond
Its a miracle miyazaki still alive ô_ô

[mugiikari]

I swear Nausicaa is floating around in the collective consciousness right now because I have been drawn to the bluray on my shelf for the past month and I finally took it out, rewatched it, and cried for about an hour afterward. This is honestly his best film in some ways. They’re all amazing and everyone has a Ghibli film that speaks to them more than others, KDS and The Tale of Princess Kaguya are actually my personal favorites, but I think this is Miyazaki’s masterpiece.

[hilarymajor]

This has always been my favorite Anime movie. Even when the only thing available was the Warriors of the Wind VHS I watched that over and over for the music and what little it had about the toxic jungle. Now I’m getting a masters degree in soil fertility and ecosystem restoration, so thanks Nausicaa! Also, I can tell you that what the Toxic Jungle does to purify the land and groundwater isn’t that far from reality. Fungi really are able to detoxify almost anything given the right conditions.

[retroanimemike]

"If you like sausages, don't look at how they are made" - I love the film and adore the manga and they both look perfect to me, learning that the making of the film was such a warzone is a bit of a shock so thank you for this illuminating video essay!

[kingaling]

I've owned all the manga since I was 8. Such a deep and fascinating work that I appreciate more and more as I get older.

[yama]

This video has everything: an inspired audio - visual presentation, insights on a tumultuous creative process delivered through the authors own accounts and sharp reflection on alienation and apocalypticism in post-war Japan. Bravo, this truly a magnus opus of your own!

P.S. Thank you for making me discover @Pause and Select, he made an excellent contribution and I can't wait to discover his content too.

[Cruznick]

Man I wish this video had existed back when I did a massive report on Nasicaa for my Environmental Literature class as my final project in college. There's so much more background I had no idea of that you covered. Thank you for including a detailed document of your sources. I will definitely be taking a look at some in my free time

[proudjedi]

Such an interesting story behind the conception of one of the best animated films in decades. It has everything from the struggle of the animation process to Miyazaki's classic pessimistic attitude.
Seriously, this is a visually capturing video with a structure that feel informative and interesting.

[jennytai]

This has been my favourite Film ever since I was young, I was always moved to tears even by the non-dubbed Japanese version with Chinese subtitles, (in the 90’s we didn’t have the English version available in Australia ). Not speaking any Japanese, I feel so spoilt by this YouTube video going into such depth behind the production of this amazing film. Pure nostalgia putting the DVD on tonight with English dubbing, after the film finished I was longing for more, I was hoping for some production notes, sure enough YouTube let me find this video to dive deep, now I can sleep.

[startingfromlevelone]

Moebius’s Arzach and Nausica were both huge influences on my favorite game series of all time, Panzer Dragoon. The game series focus on flight and a strange post apocalyptic world with bioengineered weapons and mutant monsters and you can see the influences of Arzach and Nausica in it pretty clearly.

[Nkanyiso_K]

As always, a pleasure. It's really nice to learn about the history of all the art we've consumed & Ghibli's origin stories are pretty interesting. Thanks again

[hb.]

nausicaa is easily one of my favorite films. it left such an impact on me, and i just recently got the manga. it's really interesting knowing this history!

[CaptGarth]

Man, what an enlightening video. This cross section of Miyazaki's early work is really revealing, and it's something I haven't heard discussed much on YouTube and certainly not in this much detail.

Bravo.

[tasogarerubica]

Thank you.

Thank you for giving this manga another breathe of air through the sea of corruption.

This manga has a very special place in my upbringing, where one initially starts looking at the pretty yet bleak imagery, as my comprehension of the Japanese language matures as my mind, you start to notice, discover and rediscover aspects of the narrative that starts to unfold as the old vantage points wane and new one arise. As my own persuit in sequencial story telling both in writing and visuals bursts open the depth of this narrative Pandora's Box.

[ostrichlord]

Dude the production of this video is amazing. I'm tired and looking for a video to listen to whilst I doze off yet your voice and drawings keep me glued to the screen. Seriously, this is a great video and will keep me awake for the full length. I'm loving you're content