Episódios
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Lupin III - Castle of Cagliostro analysis & discussion podcast.
Welcome to our 30th podcast on the films by Studio Ghibli! Today we will talk about a franchise film that also marks Hayao Miyazaki's directorial debut. Your hosts on this episode are PlatonSkull, Hipster_Cthulhu, and Nyard.Discord: https://discord.gg/n8puKa4
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nausicaast
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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/34MmVkEL5041HH4iaXZ2Ts
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgzn-j9r7oTa0qirJ2t3vdg
Sources:
Beck, Jerry. John Lasseter to Introduce “Castle Of Cagliostro” at Fathom Events Screenings September 14th & 19th – Animation Scoop. https://www.animationscoop.com/john-lasseter-to-introduce-castle-of-cagliostro-at-fathom-events-screenings-september-14th-19th/.
Berton, Gael. The Works of Hayao Miyazaki: The Japanese Animation Master. Third Editions, 2020.
Brzeski, Patrick. “John Lasseter Pays Emotional Tribute to Hayao Miyazaki at Tokyo Film Festival.” The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2014, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/john-lasseter-pays-emotional-tribute-743635/.
Cavallaro, Dani. The Anime Art of Hayao Miyazaki. McFarland, 2015.
Greenberg, Raz. Hayao Miyazaki: Exploring the Early Work of Japan’s Greatest Animator. Bloomsbury Academic, 2018. library.oapen.org, https://doi.org/10.5040/9781501335976.
Jordan, Delaney. “If You’re Skipping ‘Castle of Cagliostro’ On Your Miyazaki Marathon, Don’t Talk To Me.” Medium, 13 Jan. 2021, https://delaneyjordan.medium.com/if-youre-skipping-castle-of-cagliostro-on-your-miyazaki-marathon-don-t-talk-to-me-7ba3ef513048.
Napier, Susan. Miyazakiworld: A Life in Art. Yale University Press, 2018.
Ornelas, Joseph. “Steven Spielberg Called This Early Miyazaki Film One of the Greatest Action Films of All-Time.” Collider, 18 Aug. 2023, https://collider.com/the-castle-of-cagliostro-miyazaki-steven-spielberg/.
“The Castle of Cagliostro.” Ghibli Wiki, https://ghibli.fandom.com/wiki/The_Castle_of_Cagliostro.
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Nausicaäst #29 - Panda! Go, Panda!
"Panda! Go, Panda!" also known as Panda Kopanda analysis & discussion podcast.
Welcome to our 29th podcast on the films by Studio Ghibli - Back to the history lessons! Today we will talk about an unlikely proto-totoro who looks a lot like a big huge panda dad. Your hosts on this episode are PlatonSkull, Hipster_Cthulhu, and Nyard.Discord: https://discord.gg/n8puKa4
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nausicaast
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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/34MmVkEL5041HH4iaXZ2Ts
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgzn-j9r7oTa0qirJ2t3vdg
Sources:
https://ghibli.fandom.com/wiki/Panda!_Go,_Panda
https://web.archive.org/web/20040404093538/http://www.animerica-mag.com/features/pandagopanda.html
https://www.giantpandaglobal.com/category/zoo/ueno-zoo/
https://english.news.cn/asiapacific/20221029/ef3df86809e14dc0b9c37d5602cdccf6/c.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20040404093538/http://www.animerica-mag.com/features/pandagopanda.html
https://ghibli.jpn.org/news/pippi/
https://www.astridlindgren.com/gb/faq
Giri and Ninjo: The Roots of Hayao Miyazaki's "My Neighbor Totoro" in Animated Adaptations of Classic Children's Literature Author(s): Raz Greenberg
Hayao Miyazaki - Starting Point
https://twitter.com/ghibli_world/status/856236259047612424
https://twitter.com/maamaa_hyaku/status/522299376727633922
https://twitter.com/junkuik_comic/status/519737688216182784
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Nausicaäst #28 - The Boy and the Heron (First Impressions)
"The Boy and the Heron" analysis & discussion podcast.
Welcome to our 28th podcast on the films by Studio Ghibli -This time its the brand new one! As such this will be a "first impressions" episode, and our usual research depth is on hold until we do a proper episode on this movie in the future! Your hosts on this episode are PlatonSkull, Hipster_Cthulhu, Voice_Flower and Nyard.Discord: https://discord.gg/n8puKa4
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nausicaast
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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/34MmVkEL5041HH4iaXZ2Ts
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgzn-j9r7oTa0qirJ2t3vdg
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Myth, Collectivism and Ghibli Origins - Nausicaäst #27 Horus: Prince of the Sun
"Taiyō no Ōji Horusu no Daibōken" analysis & discussion podcast.
Welcome to our 27th podcast on the films by Studio Ghibli - oh wait - we finished all the Ghibli films until "How Do You Live" drops! Well guess we use our time machine to return to Takahatas directiorial debut all the way back in 1968! Your hosts on this episode are PlatonSkull, Hipster_Cthulhu and Nyard.Discord: https://discord.gg/n8puKa4
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nausicaast
MP3 Download: https://nausicaast.libsyn.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/34MmVkEL5041HH4iaXZ2Ts
Sources:
- Dani Cavallaro - The animé art of Hayao Miyazaki
- Susan Napier - Miyazakiworld
- https://catsandchocolate.com/2016/07/18/project-ghibli-the-little-norse-prince/
- https://nitrateglow.wordpress.com/2015/08/14/anti-damsel-blogathon-hilda-of-horus-prince-of-the-sun-dir-isao-takahata-1968/ -
"Āya to Majo" analysis & discussion podcast.
Welcome to our 26th podcast on the films by Studio Ghibli. This time, we are slowly creeping towards the end of our journey, as we talk about the latest film released by Studio Ghibli and as we anticipate the upcoming new Miyazaki movie later this summer. Earwig and the Witch is a controversial one, as it is Goro Miyazakis full on foray into 3DCG for an entire movie. Hear us squabble about our different opinions on this movie. Your hosts on this episode are Xiff, PlatonSkull, Hipster_Cthulhu and Nyard.Big announcement: Next episode is going to go back in time to start with the first movie directed by Isao Takahata! Stay tuned.
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Sources, not a lot this time! It's a really recent movie that hasn't sparked much academic debate, but here's some of our links:
https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/sensitive-souls-goro-miyazaki-on-earwig-and-the-witch https://www.siliconera.com/goro-miyazaki-earwig-and-the-witch/ https://www.indiewire.com/2021/02/earwig-and-the-witch-studio-ghibli-first-cg-movie-with-the-aid-of-stop-motion-1234615276/ https://www.theverge.com/22229557/goro-miyazaki-interview-studio-ghibli-earwig-and-the-witch-hbo-max https://soranews24.com/2021/08/18/hayao-miyazaki-gives-interview-on-earwig-and-the-witch-praises-use-of-cg-and-sons-skills%E3%80%90video%E3%80%91/ https://www.slashfilm.com/917927/why-studio-ghibli-went-cgi-for-earwig-and-the-witch/ https://ghibli.fandom.com/wiki/Earwig_and_the_Witch -
"La Tortue Rouge" analysis & discussion podcast.
Welcome to our 25th podcast on the films by Studio Ghibli. This time, the first and only film not created by Studio Ghibli but still produced by them. Your hosts today are Nyard, Hipster_Cthulhu and PlatonSkull.
Discord: https://discord.gg/n8puKa4Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nausicaast
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Sources:
Web-Articles:
- Screendaily article: https://www.screendaily.com/features/the-red-turtle-the-story-behind-studio-ghiblis-first-european-co-production/5104860.article
- Review of the film: http://www.signebaumane.com/blog/2016/10/18/my-point-of-view-on-the-red-turtle
- The Verge article: https://www.theverge.com/2016/9/14/12912556/director-studio-ghiblis-the-red-turtle
- Telegraph article: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/red-turtle-japanese-animated-classic-made-north-london/Videos:
- Dudok de Wit sketching a scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atA1mECSJ-o
- Tuning the Birds (Making Of): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODdh4A2L1OIPapers:
- Patrick Gill - Dystopian and Utopian Omission of Discourse in Three Modern Robinsonades: Lord of the Flies, Concrete Island, The Red Turtle (DOI: 10.14746/por.2019.2.9)Other:
- Bonus features of the Bluray release -
"Omoide no Marnie" analysis & discussion podcast.
Welcome to our 24th podcast on the films by Studio Ghibli. After a long break we return to a movie that Nyard has written his master's thesis about! However don't be afraid, we didn't let it turn into a one-sided lecture thanks to the other hosts, which today are: PlatonSkull, Hipster_Cthulhu and Xiff.
Discord: https://discord.gg/n8puKa4Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nausicaast
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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/34MmVkEL5041HH4iaXZ2Ts
Youtube: https://youtu.be/gKswGMGqiLQ
Nyard's thesis on the movie & novel: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17bF4EOsys5iLiq_z8T0ZyZuRv6um4vvu22yFrJwApwk/
Other sources besides those used and referenced in the thesis:
Online:
- Article on JapanToday: https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/poster-for-ghiblis-new-movie-under-fire-from-the-big-guru-himself
- Article on IndieWire: https://www.indiewire.com/2015/06/hiromasa-yonebayashi-on-making-studio-ghibli-gothic-when-marnie-was-there-187300/Video:
- The Features on the German Blu-ray release of When Marnie Was There -
"The Tale of the Princess Kaguya" analysis & discussion podcast.
Welcome to our 23rd podcast on the films by Studio Ghibli. This time we're looking at Isao Takahatas magnum opus and swan song, his final movie which is an adaptation of the Tale of the Bamboo Cutter. Join us as we explore this feminist and existentialist take on the classic story. Your hosts today are: Nyard, PlatonSkull, Hipster_Cthulhu and Voice-Flower
Discord: https://discord.gg/n8puKa4Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nausicaast
MP3 Download: https://nausicaast.libsyn.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/34MmVkEL5041HH4iaXZ2Ts
Youtube: https://youtu.be/H-2zgCdaSIc
Sources:
Online:
- Interview by Den of Geek: https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/isao-takahata-interview-the-tale-of-the-princess-kaguya/
- Polygon article: https://www.polygon.com/animation-cartoons/2020/5/30/21275363/isao-takahata-studio-ghibli-animation-innovation-japanese-art-princess-kaguya
- 25yearslatersite article: https://25yearslatersite.com/2021/04/15/the-false-promise-of-beauty-in-the-tale-of-the-princess-kaguya/
- My Huang Opinion article: https://myhuangopinion.wordpress.com/2018/04/27/princess-kaguya-isao-takahata/
- Interview by Indiewire: https://www.indiewire.com/2014/12/immersed-in-movies-isao-takahata-talks-the-tale-of-the-princess-kaguya-swan-song-123737/Video:
- Documentary "Isao Takahata and his Tale of the Princess Kaguya": https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/isao-takahata-and-his-tale-of-the-princess-kaguya/id953064686
- David J Bradley - Princess Kaguya, Ukiyo-e and Class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ELgusSyfhw
Paper:
- Susan Napier "'I've seen this Place Before:' Memory, Exile and Resistance in The Tale of Princess Kaguya" in The Japanese Journal of Animation Studies Vol 21 no 1
- Mio Bryce and Jason Davis "The Tale of the Princess Kaguya" in Resilience Journal
- Paul Jackson "Changing of the Seasons: Isao Takahata's The Tale of Princess Kaguya" in Metro Magazine 185 -
"The Wind Rises" analysis & discussion podcast. Welcome to our 22nd podcast on the films by Studio Ghibli. This time we're back to old man Zaki himself as he directs his to date latest film: The Wind Rises. Join us as we explore the tightrope walk between obsessing over war airplanes while being a pacifist that Miyazaki takes us on for this episode. Your hosts today are: Nyard, PlatonSkull, Hipster_Cthulhu and TheThunderer Discord: https://discord.gg/n8puKa4 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nausicaast MP3 Download: https://nausicaast.libsyn.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/34MmVkEL5041HH4iaXZ2Ts Youtube: https://youtu.be/8lTsZrgl-gQ Sources: Online: - Ghibli Fandom Wiki Entry: https://ghibli.fandom.com/wiki/The_Wind_Rises - David Ehrlich Review of "The Wind Rises": https://www.mtv.com/news/2771199/the-wind-rises-review/ - Sam Byford "'The Wind Rises': the beauty and controversy of Miyazaki's final film": https://www.theverge.com/2014/1/23/5337826/the-wind-rises-the-beauty-and-controversy-of-miyazakis-final-film - Inkoo Kang "The Trouble with The Wind Rises": https://www.villagevoice.com/2013/12/11/the-trouble-with-the-wind-rises/ Video: - Behind the Scenes Materials featured on the German Bluray version of the film - NHK Documentary, Part4: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/video/3004594/ - "The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness" Documentary Paper: - Susan Napier - "Miyazakiworld" - Alistair Swale - "Memory and forgetting: examining the treatment of traumatic historical memory in Grave of the Fireflies and The Wind Rises" - Matthew Penny - "Miyazaki Hayao’s Kaze Tachinu (The Wind Rises)" - Daisuke Akimoto - "Miyazaki’s new animated film and its antiwar pacifism: The Wind Rises (Kaze Tachinu)" - Deborah Breen - "Designs and Dreams: Questions of Technology in Hayao Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises"
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"From Up On Poppy Hill" analysis & discussion podcast.
Welcome to our 21st podcast on the films by Studio Ghibli. An interesting and messy ride into the politics and cultural transformation of 60s Japan: From Up On Poppy Hill, directed by Goro Miyazaki. Join us as we explore the ongoing career of Hayao Miyazaki's son. Your hosts today are: Nyard, PlatonSkull and TheThunderer
Discord: https://discord.gg/n8puKa4
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nausicaast
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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/34MmVkEL5041HH4iaXZ2Ts
Youtube: https://youtu.be/cCieUbEUmW0
Sources:Articles:
- Ghibli Fandom Wiki Entry: https://ghibli.fandom.com/wiki/From_Up_on_Poppy_Hill
- JP language interview with the original manga author: https://flying-fantasy-garden.blogspot.com/2016/08/blog-post_12.html
- Reuters - Miyazaki father and son team up for "From Up on Poppy Hill" film: https://cn.reuters.com/article/entertainment-us-poppyhill-miyazaki-idINBRE92D11V20130315
- Film4 - Goro Miyazaki on From Up On Poppy Hill: https://medium.com/@Film4/goro-miyazaki-on-from-up-on-poppy-hill-e94acd1f88f1
- NYTimes - Grounding a Romance in Memories: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/movies/studio-ghiblis-from-up-on-poppy-hill.html
- GIZMODO - Pessimistic Optimism: Goro Miyazaki on His Post-Nuclear Romance, From Up On Poppy Hill: https://gizmodo.com/pessimistic-optimism-goro-miyazaki-on-his-post-nuclear-453752467Video:
- Materials featured on the German Bluray version of the film, including a press conference and an interview with Goro Miyazaki
- NHK Documentary, Part3: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/video/3004593/
- STEVEM - Son of Miyazaki (A Gorō Miyazaki Retrospective): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srx3aBcodokPaper:
- Abel, Jessamyn R. - "Japan's Sporting Diplomacy: The 1964 Tokyo Olympiad" - https://www.jstor.org/stable/23240822
- Gluck, Carol - "The Past in the Present" appears in: Gordon, Andrew (Ed.) - "Postwar Japan as History"
- Yang, Danqing - "Living Soldiers, Re-lived Memories? Japanese Veterans and Postwar Testimony of War Atrocities" appears in: Jaeger, S.M. and Mitter, Rana (Eds.) - "Reputured Histories - War, Memory, and the post-cold war in Asia"
- Seraphim, Franziska - "War Memory and Social Politics in Japan, 1945-2005"
- Igarashi, Yoshikuni - "Bodies of Memory: Narratives of War in Postwar Japanese Culture, 1945-1970" -
Making a Home out of Borrowed Junk - Nausicaäst #20 Arrietty the Borrower (Kari-gurashi no Arietti)
"Arrietty the Borrower" analysis & discussion podcast.
Welcome to our 20th podcast on the films by Studio Ghibli. A nice little film about nice little people. Releases under different titles everywhere: The Secret World of Arrietty - or so the British would say. With me (Nyard) today are PlatonSkull and Voice-Flower.
Discord: https://discord.gg/n8puKa4
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nausicaast
MP3 Download: https://nausicaast.libsyn.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/34MmVkEL5041HH4iaXZ2Ts
Youtube: https://youtu.be/JTsHG8bGGu4Sources:
Online:
Ghibli Fandom Wiki for providing some rare translations:
https://ghibli.fandom.com/wiki/The_Secret_World_of_ArriettyVideo:
- Interviews with Yonebayashi and Miyazaki on the German Bluray release of the moviePaper:
Lightburn, Jane A. - "Adapting Arrietty: Hayao Miyazaki's Re-telling of Mary Norton's 'The Borrowers'"Hyland, Robert - "A culture of borrowing: Iconography, ideology and idiom in Kari-gurashi no Arietti/The Secret World of Arrietty"
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Joy, Gender and the Unconscious of Narrative - Nausicaäst #19 Ponyo
"Gake no Ue no Ponyo" analysis & discussion podcast.
Welcome to our 19th podcast on the works by Studio Ghibli. Today we are talking about the most colorful and joyful vision yet: Gake no Ue no Ponyo, directed by Hayao Miyazuaki. Join us as we dive into the ocean of the creative unconcious and find some interesting Gender takes from Miya-chan. Your hosts today are: Voice-Flower, Hipster_Cthulhu, PlatonSkull, Tassu and Nyard.
Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/n8puKa4
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nausicaast
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Nyard
Check out Tassu's art: https://twitter.com/tassuiroOur sources:
Books:
"Miyazakiworld" by Susan Napier
"Turning Point" by Hayao Miyazaki
"The Pleasures of Metamorphosis: Japanese and English Fairy Tale Transformations of 'The Little Mermaid'" by Lucy Fraser"Hayao Miyazaki's World Picture" by Dani CavallaroWeb:
Story Dive - Ponyo Revealed: The Real Mythology & Folklore explained!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3daCR2J230Ghibli Fandom Wiki - Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea
https://ghibli.fandom.com/wiki/Ponyo_on_the_Cliff_by_the_SeaPapers:
YOSHIDA Junko, "Are Miyazaki Hayao's Animations on the Waves of Media Globalization?". Kobe College Studies Vol. 60 No. 2Ross, Deborah. "Miyazaki's Little Mermaid: A Goldfish Out of Water." Journal of Film and Video 66, no. 3 (2014): 18-30. Accessed May 10, 2021. doi:10.5406/jfilmvideo.66.3.0018.
Interviews:
https://www.awn.com/animationworld/character-designer-katsuya-kondo-talks-ponyo
https://www.tip-berlin.de/kino-stream/hayao-miyazaki-im-gesprach/
https://screenanarchy.com/2009/07/hayao-miyazaki-talks-ponyo.html
https://collider.com/hayao-miyazaki-interview-ponyo/
https://www.fanbolt.com/12319/interview-hayao-miyazaki-from-ponyo/Additional material:
Bluray bonus features of the German Bluray release of Ponyo including a Making Of produced by News Zero and various translated interviews -
Seeing Through Iblard Eyes
"Iblard Jikan" analysis & discussion podcast.
Welcome to our 18th podcast on the works by Studio Ghibli. Today we are talking about a special little film: Iblard Jikan is a 30 Minute long OVA with and about the art of Naohisa Inoue who directed this piece together with some Ghibli Animatiors in order to set his vision of the world of Iblard into motion. On the cast today are: Nyard, Tsukiya (Max) and Voice_Flower
Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/n8puKa4
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgzn-j9r7oTa0qirJ2t3vdg
Our sources:
This one barely had any sources available in English. However the entry on Ghibli Wiki was tremendously helpful as it contains some information from otherwise untranslated Japanese texts and interviews.
https://ghibli.fandom.com/wiki/Iblard_JikanThen there's also Inoue's website on which you can find some things in English:
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Legacy, Patricide and Dramatization
"Tales from Earthsea" analysis & discussion podcast. Also known as "Gedo Senki" Welcome to our 17th podcast on the films by Studio Ghibli. Today we are talking about the first film directed by Hayao Miyazaki's very own son Goro. It is a story of the burden of legacy and the shortcomings of inexperience that manifests itself vividly in this honest film. On the cast today are: Nyard, PlatonSkull, Hipster_Cthulhu and Voice-Flower. Discord: https://discord.gg/n8puKa4 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nausicaast MP3 Download: https://nausicaast.libsyn.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/34MmVkEL5041HH4iaXZ2Ts YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgzn-j9r7oTa0qirJ2t3vdg Our sources: The brilliant Rob Malsen article we reference often: https://thecityoflostbooks.glasgow.ac.uk/stepping-out-of-the-shadow-goro-miyazakis-tales-from-earthsea/ Birght Lights article on "Anxiety of Influence": https://brightlightsfilm.com/daddy-issues-anxiety-goro-miyazakis-tales-earthsea-hayao/ LeGuin commenting on the film herself: https://web.archive.org/web/20060820151134/www.ursulakleguin.com/GedoSenkiResponse.html A letter sent to LeGuin by a japanese correspondent: https://web.archive.org/web/20100613183629/https://www.ursulakleguin.com/GedoSenkiCorrespondents.html A review of the film with an interview with Goro: https://web.archive.org/web/20070312001921/http://www.ghibliworld.com/gedosenkiatviff2006.html/ A translation of Goro's blog: http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/earthsea/blog/prologue.html Beyond Ghibli - Tales from Earthsea - The Power of a Name: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FcxccVUN94 STEVEM - Son of Miyazaki (A Goro Miyazaki Retrospective): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srx3aBcodok Zizek article about a Rammstein song that Nyard refers to: https://www.rt.com/op-ed/515419-zizek-rammstein-covid-lockdown/ -
Heavy Hearts and Found Family
"Howl's Moving Castle" analysis & discussion podcast.
Also known as "Hauru no Ugoku Shiro"
Welcome to our 16th podcast on the films by Studio Ghibli. Today we're talking about one that is often less well regarded by critics but we're giving the movie an earnest shot! Of all the Miyazaki films this might be the most divisive, but it is also a fond memory of many childhoods. On the cast today are: Nyard, PlatonSkull, Hipster_Cthulhu, Tassu and Voice-Flower.Discord: https://discord.gg/n8puKa4
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nausicaast
MP3 Download: https://nausicaast.libsyn.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/34MmVkEL5041HH4iaXZ2Ts
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgzn-j9r7oTa0qirJ2t3vdg
And here's a link to the Mr Btongue Video Hipster recommends: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHrTTgmB_3wOur sources:
Web:
Ford - "A Body is a Heavy Thing"
https://www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2017/03/13/a-body-is-a-heavy-thing/Interview with Dianne Wynne Jones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BbhWrjIImgNewsweek Interview with Miyazaki
http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/interviews/newsweek.htmlElyse Martin - "Howl-ever It Moves You: Diana Wynne Jones and Hayao Miyazaki Do the Same Work With Different Stories"
https://www.tor.com/2020/05/05/howl-ever-it-moves-you-jones-and-miyazaki-do-the-same-work-with-different-stories/Akimoto - "Howl’s Moving Castle in the War on Terror"
https://www.japanesestudies.org.uk/ejcjs/vol14/iss2/akimoto.htmlDobay - "Howl’s Moving Castle Explained: Character Analysis and Main Themes"
https://www.followthemoonrabbit.com/howls-moving-castle-people-dont-want-to-be-adults/
Paper:
Gossin - "Animated Nature: Aesthetics, Ethics, and Empathy in Miyazaki Hayao's Ecophilosophy"
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/mech.10.2015.0209Levi - "Review: Howl's Moving Castle"
https://www.jstor.org/stable/41510916Miyazaki - "Turning Point"
Print - Viz MediaNapier - "Miyazakiworld"
Print - Yale University PressRudd - "Building Castles in the Air [...]"
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Escape, Agency and Cat Parades
Welcome to our 15th podcast on the films by Studio Ghibli. Today we're talking about an odd one. The first Ghibli spin-off movie as well as the second movie not directed by Miyazaki or Takahata. It is of course: The Cat Returns. On the cast today are: Nyard, PlatonSkull, Hipster_Cthulhu
Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/t6YMWxIEfko
Discord: https://discord.gg/JGMdtZ
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nausicaast
Our sources:
Web:
Slap Happy Larry - Cat Returns Storytelling Notes https://www.slaphappylarry.com/cat-returns-storytelling-notes/STEVEM - Returning To The Cat Returns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtzmhrxWLvc
Weird Stray Cat Outside (The Cat King??) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY9Hbv6ywQE
Paper:
Andrea Germer and Shiro Yoshioka - "Romantic Love and the ‘Housewife Trap’: A Gendered Reading of The Cat Returns" -
Consumption, Compassion and Liminal Spaces
Welcome to our 14th and probably (hopefully) biggest podcast on the films by Studio Ghibli. This time around we've spent over 5 hours in the recording booth (with a few breaks in between) to bring you analysis and interpretations of Spirited Away. With me on this quest: PlatonSkull, Xiff, TheThunderer, Hipster_Cthulhu and Roggol.
Discord: https://discord.gg/JGMdtZ
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nausicaast
Watch it on Youtube: https://youtu.be/OnWwOf7e6K4
Our sources:
Web:
Miyazaki interview with Roger Ebert https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/hayao-miyazaki-interview
Roger Ebert - Spirited Away movie review & summary https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-spirited-away-2002
Books:
Susan Napier - "Miyazakiworld"
Hayao Miyazaki - "Turning Point"
Andrew Osmond - "Spirited Away (BFI Film Classics)"
Papers:
Susan Napier - "Matter out of Place: Carnival Containment and Cultural Recovery in Miyazaki's 'Spirited Away'"
Susan Napier - "The Problem of Existence in Japanese Animation"
Noriko T. Reider - "'Spirited Away': Film of the Fantastic and Evolving Japanese Folk Symbols"
Julian Knox - "Hoffmann, Goethe and Miyazaki's 'Spirited Away'"
Weeraya Donsomsakulkij - "Negotiation between Capitalism and Reminiscent Environmental Ethics"
Youtube:
Big Joel - "Hayao Miyazaki and the Art of Ambivalence" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CtO8QOhVzI
Fandom Musings - "One of the best scenes in all of film: Spirited Away's Train Scene" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LazFbJxk0Y
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Welcome to our 13th podcast on the films by Studio Ghibli. This time we have some disagreements over the 1999 Takahata movie My Neighbors the Yamadas. The hosts of this cast are: Nyard, PlatonSkull, Hipster_Cthulhu and TheThunderer.
Join our Discord server: https://discord.gg/n8puKa4
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nausicaast
Sources:
Not much.. French analysis article on the movie: https://www.kanpai.fr/culture-japonaise/mes-voisins-yamada-analyse
French interview with Takahata:
Isao Takahata: Un point de vue extérieur sur le monde* Codelli, Lorenzo Positif; Apr 2001; 482; Performing Arts Periodicals Database pg. 33Another interview: https://search-proquest-com.proxy01.its.virginia.edu/docview/233258434/fulltext/1094B899D7C7403APQ/1?accountid=14678
Article about some of the things on the bluray commentary: http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/bluray/m/my_neighbours_the_yamadas.html
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Welcome to our 12th podcast on the films by Studio Ghibli. This time we're talking about a big one. The second biggest one arguably. It is of course Mononoke-Hime. With me today are PlatonSkull, Xiff, Tsukiya and Hipster_Cthulhu.
Discord: https://discord.gg/n8puKa4
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nausicaast
Plenty of sources this time.
Videos:
Hayao Miyazaki's Cosmologics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JecQgONaMtU
Digging Deeper into "Princess Mononoke" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2IEPGQqYUo
Princess Mononoke - Teaching Environmentalism to Children | Renegade Cut https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC9yw7FHGaE
The Philosophy of Miyazaki – Wisecrack Edition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es8iacHu1PA
Antagonist or Hero? The complexity of Lady Eboshi - Princess Mononoke (1997) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5naJ07xOCc
Princess Mononoke: Style and Substance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSN45qBFUO4
Princess Mononoke: Cyclicity, and the Importance of Character Motive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr4ZfGWbqSM
Princess Mononoke (1997) - Movies with Mikey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLibXEawkTI
Lady Eboshi is Wrong By Innuendo Studios https://vimeo.com/357117766
Books:
"Anime from Akira to Howl's Moving Castle", by Susan J. Napier
"Miyazakiworld", by Susan J. Napier
"Turning Point", by Hayao Miyazaki
"From Utopia to Apocalypse", by Peter Paik
"Princess Mononoke: Understanding Ghibli's monster princess", by Rayna Denison
Papers/Articles/Journals:
"Animated Nature: Aesthetics, Ethics, and Empathy in Miyazaki Hayao's Ecophilosophy", by Pamela Gossin
"MODERNITY'S RESCUE MISSION: Postcolonial Transactions of Disability and Sexuality", by EUNJUNG KIM and MICHELLE JARMAN
"'See with Eyes Unclouded' Mononoke-hime as the Tragedy of Modernity", by Kristen L. Abbey
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Welcome to our 11th podcast on the films by Studio Ghibli. This time we're talking about the first cinematic feature not directed by Takahata or Miyazaki: Whisper of the Heart, also known as Mimi wo Sumaseba. On the cast this time are: PlatonSkull, Hipster_Cthulhu and Me, Nyard.
Discord: https://discord.gg/n8puKa4
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nausicaast
YouTube Sources:
Depression ≠ Creativity - Whisper of the Heart | Renegade Cut https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUepLaeFxzw
Why Whisper of the Heart is a Masterpiece https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKUbnqZKd6E
Whisper of the Heart | The Tragedy of Kondō https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPbk2zf4-zQ
Whisper of the Heart: How Does It Feel to Be an Artist | Video Essay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyNvOVvYb84
Online Sources:
Nausicaa.net Whisper of the Heart FAQ http://nausicaa.net/miyazaki/mimi/faq.html
ANN Review by Michael Toole https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/whisper-of-the-heart/blu-ray-dvd/.81175
Rediscover: Whisper of the Heart by Trevor Link https://spectrumculture.com/2012/09/10/rediscover-whisper-of-the-heart/
The Studio Ghibli Retrospective: ‘Whisper of the Heart’ by Christopher Runyon http://moviemezzanine.com/studio-ghibli-retrospective-whisper-of-the-heart/
Eulogies by Miyazaki and Takahata http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/kondo/eulogy-miyazaki.html
http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/kondo/eulogy-takahata.htmlNews report about Kondo's funeral http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/kondo/news-sankei.html
Book Sources:
Miyazaki - Starting Point
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