#nausicaa: valley of the wind

[dailyflicks]

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) dir. Hayao Miyazaki

[unidentifiedwhistlingobject]

fucking relatable master yupa

[otomokatsuhiro]

KAZE NO TANI NO NAUSICAA (1984)

[53v3nfrn5]

Studio Ghibli: ‘Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind’ (1984) dir. Hayao Myazaki

[sailorstarr-chan4]

Moment of truth...

Keep in mind: I ONLY included the films in which (according to Wikipedia), Miyazaki was the SOLE director. The only one I couldn't squeeze on here was his latest work post-retirement (How Do You Live?). Also, alas, none of the other Ghibli films count, so don't ask for Arietty, or Grave of the Fireflies, etc.

Godspeed and happy voting! ❤

[opens-up-4-nobody]

:-P

[casinocircus]

Hey, it's probably a long shot, but any of you guys on here know what these flying wormies are maybe based on? Hebikera from Nausicaa and the centipede flies from Magician's quest both resemble a thing I'm trying to find that I'm CERTAIN I've seen elsewhere.

[manga-and-stuff]

Source: The Art of Nausicaä of the valley of the wind

by Hayao Miyazaki

Link to the full Artbook

[swdefcult]

nausicaa by hayao miyazaki

[probablyasocialecologist]

Ursula K. Le Guin once said that “[t]o use the world well, to be able to stop wasting it and our time in it, we need to relearn our being in it.” Crucially, Nausicaä imagines a new way of being in the world by radically reframing our relation to it and our understanding of it. Instead of a desert, the inhospitable environment in Nausicaä is known as the Sea of Decay. But far from a dying and deadened milieu, the Sea of Decay is in fact brimming with life. This is hardly ironic but for a dominant binary and linear ontology around life and death. The living and the dead are not fixed in a binary but bound together in an intimate, dynamic, circling dance. Decay and regeneration are two sides of the same coin. Reflecting on when he moved to the Yanase River, Miyazaki recalls, “The river was more like a polluted ditch, filled with leeches and midge larvae. I was amazed by how noble these midges were and impressed that they would live in such a place.” The Sea of Decay, teeming with life, is arguably the site of some of the most luxuriant and resplendent imagery in all of Miyazaki’s films.

[schweizercomics]

It's the 40th anniversary of the release of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind!

[hashtagloveloses]

sometimes you have to rewatch nausicaa of the valley of the wind and be reminded that after disaster there is beauty. after violence there is love. there is magic in decay, there is hope in a toxic jungle there is -

[himawaari]

nausicaa's glider (insp)

NAUSICAA OF THE VALLEY OF THE WINDS (1984)

[imkazz]

theres just something intimate about studio ghibli.

you sit down to watch about two hours of hand-drawn animation, each frame done with fragile care, with a silly little plot and cute little characters falling in love with something, whether it be friends, family, the world, nature, their work, independence, freedom, and doesn't even have to be romantic. these girls are so innocent yet brave main characters while also keeping their loving and kind personalities, with such great slice-of-life shots and cute little animal companions they can telepathically communicate with. they're the perfect things to watch with young kids, and can be enjoyed by practically any age they're that perfect.

i just love studio ghibli ok

[daeyumi]

“Fields of gold..” 🌾✨

idk but the light dragon scene made me think so much of the “fields of gold” scene in Nausicaa, i just had to do a redraw (couldn’t decide between these 2 shots tho so, both it is lol)

[albabbgg]

Nausicaä 🪲🌊 Which Ghlibli fanart should I draw next? 👀