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I didn't know Nausicaa wasn't animated by Ghibli! I just assumed cuz it's been promoted with Miyazaki's name on it.

by 310260 4y ago

skohan 4y ago
I discovered Nausicaa on Netflix last year, and was so impressed! Incredible world building, and you can see so much of its DNA in other media which has come after. Rey from the new Star Wars for example seems almost directly lifted from the film.
- layer8 4y ago
  I recommend reading the manga (written and drawn by Miyazaki) on which the movie is based, which is on another level, and has a nice English edition from Viz: https://www.viz.com/read/manga/nausicaa-of-the-valley-of-the-wind-box-set/product/4728 https://www.viz.com/read/manga/nausicaa-of-the-valley-of-the...
  - toyg 4y ago
    Iirc, the manga was started shortly before or even during actual production of the movie, but completed and published much later. So it's not a straightforward "based on", in many ways - it's a bit like the latter part of Game of Thrones. But I agree that the manga is better, simply because it has time to fleshen out every aspect of the story.
toyg 4y ago
It was designed by Miyazaki though, who also wrote and drew the manga (which is better than the movie, having space for more material, of course). You can see Miyazaki aesthetic throughout all his works, pre and with Ghibli.
wodenokoto 4y ago
It is generally considered a Ghibli movie because the producers and director formed studio Ghibli on the back of the success of this movie. According the other comments, they even hired animators from the animation studio. So in a sense, Studio Ghibli is the product of Nausicaa, and Nausicaa is the product of the not-yet formed Studio Ghibli.
- vanderZwan 4y ago
  So kind of like how Daicon III/IV lead to Studio Gainax then https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daicon_III_and_IV_Opening_Animations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daicon_III_and_IV_Opening_Anim... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDN68LxWW-8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDN68LxWW-8

I didn't know Nausicaa wasn't animated by Ghibli! I just assumed cuz it's been promoted with Miyazaki's name on it.

by 310260 4y ago

I didn't know Nausicaa wasn't animated by Ghibli! I just assumed cuz it's been promoted with Miyazaki's name on it.

I discovered Nausicaa on Netflix last year, and was so impressed! Incredible world building, and you can see so much of its DNA in other media which has come after. Rey from the new Star Wars for example seems almost directly lifted from the film.

layer8 4y ago
I recommend reading the manga (written and drawn by Miyazaki) on which the movie is based, which is on another level, and has a nice English edition from Viz: https://www.viz.com/read/manga/nausicaa-of-the-valley-of-the-wind-box-set/product/4728 https://www.viz.com/read/manga/nausicaa-of-the-valley-of-the...
- toyg 4y ago
  Iirc, the manga was started shortly before or even during actual production of the movie, but completed and published much later. So it's not a straightforward "based on", in many ways - it's a bit like the latter part of Game of Thrones. But I agree that the manga is better, simply because it has time to fleshen out every aspect of the story.

toyg 4y ago

It was designed by Miyazaki though, who also wrote and drew the manga (which is better than the movie, having space for more material, of course). You can see Miyazaki aesthetic throughout all his works, pre and with Ghibli.

wodenokoto 4y ago

It is generally considered a Ghibli movie because the producers and director formed studio Ghibli on the back of the success of this movie. According the other comments, they even hired animators from the animation studio. So in a sense, Studio Ghibli is the product of Nausicaa, and Nausicaa is the product of the not-yet formed Studio Ghibli.

vanderZwan 4y ago
So kind of like how Daicon III/IV lead to Studio Gainax then https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daicon_III_and_IV_Opening_Animations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daicon_III_and_IV_Opening_Anim... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDN68LxWW-8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDN68LxWW-8