Nausicaa is Miyazaki’s Answer to Existential Angst

In this video, I discuss Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, the film and manga by Hayao Miyazaki, tackling its themes of nature, war, and life and death.

Sources:
Starting Point (1979-1996)
Turning Point (1997-2008)

Miyazakiworld (2018) - Susan Napier

‘This is Not Your World’: Extinction and Utopia - Gregory Marks
https://opal.latrobe.edu.au/articles/journal_contribution/_This_is_Not_Your_World_Extinction_and_Utopia_in_Nausica_of_the_Valley_of_the_Wind/25051571?file=44206499

Nature and Asian Pluralism in the Work of Miyazaki Hayao - Sugita Shunsuke
https://www.nippon.com/en/in-depth/a03903/#top