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31 Oct 2020 | Spirited Away | 04:34:05 | |
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 | |||
01 Dec 2021 | The Wind Rises | 02:59:43 | |
"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/ 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" | |||
21 Jan 2024 | The Boy and the Heron (First Impressions) | 01:56:34 | |
Nausicaäst #28 - The Boy and the Heron (First Impressions) "The Boy and the Heron" analysis & discussion podcast. 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 | |||
15 Aug 2020 | Grave of the Fireflies | 01:40:18 | |
Victims History, Symbolic Uniforms and Falling Fire Welcome to our fourth podcast. This time we analyze "Grave of the Fireflies", directed by Isao Takahata. Your hosts this podcast are: TheThunderer, PlatonSkull, Hipster_Cthulhu, Miki and Nyard. Discord: https://discord.gg/n8puKa4 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nausicaast
Online Sources: Roger Ebert on Grave of the fireflies: https://youtu.be/_9WEyuMq0Yk Roger Eberts Grave of the Fireflies review: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-grave-of-the-fireflies-1988 Big Joels Grave of the Fireflies video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qK2Nzsvik0 "Grave of the Fireflies: The haunting relevance of Studio Ghibli's darkest film" by Heather Chen https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43695803 "Isao Takahata's stark world of reality" by Masami Ito https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2015/09/12/films/isao-takahatas-stark-world-reality/#.XXy6kGbgqi5 "The War on Self: Selective Memory and Historical Revisionism in Grave of the Fireflies" by Kelly J. Clark http://japanhistorylab.ca/content/war-self-selective-memory-and-historical-revisionism-grave-fireflies "The Studio Ghibli Retrospective: ‘Grave of the Fireflies’" by Christopher Runyon http://moviemezzanine.com/studio-ghibli-retrospective-grave-of-the-fireflies/ Animerica Interviews Isao Takahata and Akiyuki Nosaka http://ghiblicon.blogspot.com/2011/04/animerica-interviews-isao-takahata-and.html "Bedknobs, Fireflies, and the Historical Context of the Post-War" by berkeleywarreps https://berkeleywarreps.wordpress.com/2013/05/03/bedknobs-fireflies-and-the-historical-context-of-the-post-war-2/ "An Unfinished Project that was Also a Missed Opportunity: Utopia and Alternate History in Hayao Miyazaki's My Neighbor Totoro" by Phillip E. Wegner http://imagetext.english.ufl.edu/archives/v5_2/wegner/
Other sources: Alistair Swale (2017): "Memory and forgetting: examining the treatment of traumatic historical memory in Grave of the Fireflies and The Wind Rises", Japan Forum, DOI: 10.1080/09555803.2017.1321570 Thomas Lamarre (2009): "Preface: WAR/TIME", Mechademia: Second Arc, Vol. 4, War/Time (2009), pp. ix-xiv Published by: University of Minnesota Press. Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/41510925 Wendy Goldberg (2009): Transcending the Victim’s History: Takahata Isao’s Grave of the Fireflies, Mechademia, Volume 4, 2009, pp. 39-52 (Article), Published by University of Minnesota Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mec.0.0030 Owain Jones (2012): "Black rain and fireflies: the otherness of childhood as a non-colonising adult ideology". Geography, Vol. 97, No. 3, Special issue on children's and young people's geographies (Autumn 2012), pp. 141-146. Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/24412191 Susan Napier - "From Akira to Howl's Moving Castle" (Book) | |||
01 Sep 2020 | Porco Rosso | 02:15:47 | |
Welcome to our 7th podcast on the films by Studio Ghibli. This time we're talking about my personal Favorite Miyazaki movie which is Porco Rosso. With me today are PlatonSkull, TheThunderer, Xiff and Hipster_Cthulhu. Discord: https://discord.gg/n8puKa4 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nausicaast
Our Sources: PATRICK DRAZEN „Sex and the Single Pig: Desire and Flight in Porco Rosso“ Mechademia: Second Arc, Vol. 2, Networks of Desire (2007), pp. 189-199 Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/41503737 CHRIS WOOD „The European Fantasy Space and Identity Construction in Porco Rosso“ Post Script;WinterSpring2009, Vol. 28 Issue 2, p112 DAISUKE AKIMOTO „A Pig, the State, and War: Porco Rosso (Kurenai no Buta)“ URL: https://journal.animationstudies.org/daisuke-akimoto-a-pig-the-state-and-war-porco-rosso/ SUSAN NAPIER „Miyazakiworld“ HAYAO MIYAZAKI „Starting Point“ ANTHONY FANTANO‘s Take on Porco: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMKUlsJpov8
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01 Sep 2020 | Only Yesterday | 02:23:28 | |
Welcome to our sixth podcast. This time we analyze "Only Yesterday" or Omoide Poroporo, directed by Isao Takahata. Your hosts this podcast are: Hipster_Cthulhu, Nyard, Juubes and PlatonSkull. Discord: https://discord.gg/n8puKa4 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nausicaast Online Sources: Collection of Impressions: http://www.nausicaa.net/wiki/Only_Yesterday_(impressions)/ Justin Sevakis on Only Yesterday: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/only-yesterday/.98868 Two Great Videos by Replay Value: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2RXEDsZAeY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8m2t7zFVqs Concious Movie Reviews Only Yesterday: https://www.beyond50radio.com/Conscious_Movie_Reviews-Only_Yesterday.html Video about Isao Takahata by Any-Mation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ef78Lwd_Ok AV Club article: Article "Mono No Aware as Mise-En Scene": Feminist Articels on Only Yesterday:
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15 Aug 2020 | My Neighbor Totoro | 02:01:41 | |
Subjectivized Nature, Non-Narrative Cinema and Fresh Vegetables Welcome to our third installment. This time we analyze "My Neighbour Totoro", directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Your hosts this podcast are: Darkonius, PlatonSkull, Xiff, Hipster_Cthulhu and Nyard.
Referenced images Catbus Sakuga: https://www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/18252 Mei no pantsu: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rdkg770xGS_u_4V5Gbu_RY_nIjGJiHvK/view?usp=sharing Sources: Susan Napier - "Miyazakiworld" Terry Gilliams Top 50 Animated Movies https://web.archive.org/web/20091009204022/ http://www.timeout.com/film/features/show-feature/8835/ Roger Ebert Review https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-my-neighbor-totoro-1993 Utopia and Alternate History in Hayao Miyazaki's My Neighbor Totoro By Phillip E. Wegner http://imagetext.english.ufl.edu/archives/v5_2/wegner/ The Scary Theory That Totoro Is The God of Death https://kotaku.com/the-scary-theory-that-totoro-is-the-god-of-death-5926248 Towards a True Children’s Cinema: on ‘My Neighbor Totoro’ by Lauren Wilford https://www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2017/03/13/towards-a-true-childrens-cinema-on-my-neighbor-totoro/
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17 Jan 2023 | The Red Turtle | 01:45:06 | |
"La Tortue Rouge" analysis & discussion podcast.
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nausicaast MP3 Download: https://nausicaast.libsyn.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/34MmVkEL5041HH4iaXZ2Ts Sources: Videos: Papers: Other: | |||
28 Feb 2021 | Tales from Earthsea | 02:12:45 | |
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. 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/ 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/ | |||
01 Sep 2020 | Kiki's Delivery Service | 01:06:00 | |
Welcome to our fifth podcast. This time we analyze "Kiki's Delivery Service", directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Your hosts this podcast are: Hipster_Cthulhu, Miki, Roggol and Nyard. Discord: https://discord.gg/n8puKa4 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nausicaast
Online Sources: Tradition and Modernity in Kiki's Delivery Service: https://actar.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/tradition-and-modernity-in-kikis-delivery-service/ Miyazaki’s Haunted Utopia: The Ghost of Modernity in 'Kiki’s Delivery Service': https://www.popmatters.com/miyazakis-haunted-utopia-ghost-modernity-kikis-delivery-service-2495410503.html Kiki's Delivery Service - Renegade Cut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbsJJQDKyck
Other Sources: Miyazaki - Starting Point Susan Napier - Miyazakiworld Jonathan Ellis (2010) The art of anime: Freeze-frames and moving pictures in Miyazaki Hayao's Kiki's Delivery Service, Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema, 2:1, 21-34, DOI: 10.1386/jjkc.2.1.21_1 | |||
01 Oct 2020 | My Neighbors the Yamadas | 01:42:17 | |
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: Another 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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30 Apr 2022 | The Tale of the Princess Kaguya | 04:41:54 | |
"The Tale of the Princess Kaguya" analysis & discussion podcast.
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nausicaast MP3 Download: https://nausicaast.libsyn.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/34MmVkEL5041HH4iaXZ2Ts Youtube: https://youtu.be/H-2zgCdaSIc Video:
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11 May 2021 | Ponyo | 02:35:39 | |
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 Our sources: Web: Ghibli Fandom Wiki - Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea Papers: Ross, 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: Additional material: | |||
23 Jan 2021 | Howl's Moving Castle | 03:47:19 | |
Heavy Hearts and Found Family "Howl's Moving Castle" analysis & discussion podcast. Discord: https://discord.gg/n8puKa4 Our sources: Interview with Dianne Wynne Jones Newsweek Interview with Miyazaki Elyse Martin - "Howl-ever It Moves You: Diana Wynne Jones and Hayao Miyazaki Do the Same Work With Different Stories" Akimoto - "Howl’s Moving Castle in the War on Terror" Dobay - "Howl’s Moving Castle Explained: Character Analysis and Main Themes"
Levi - "Review: Howl's Moving Castle" Miyazaki - "Turning Point" Napier - "Miyazakiworld" Rudd - "Building Castles in the Air [...]"
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15 Aug 2020 | Nausicaä: Of The Valley of The Wind | 02:29:26 | |
01 Oct 2020 | Ocean Waves | 01:35:32 | |
Welcome to our 8th podcast on the films by Studio Ghibli. This time we're talking about an odd one out: Ocean Waves! On the cast this time are: Tassu, TheThunderer, Hipster_Cthulhu and Me, Nyard. Discord: https://discord.gg/n8puKa4 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nausicaast Our Sources: There isn't much but here's a great Beyond Ghibli video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYXBWucnot8 | |||
25 Apr 2024 | Stealing Hearts and Growing Up - Nausicaäst #30 - Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro | 02:05:05 | |
Lupin III - Castle of Cagliostro analysis & discussion podcast. 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
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. | |||
30 Sep 2022 | When Marnie Was There | 02:32:26 | |
"Omoide no Marnie" analysis & discussion podcast.
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nausicaast MP3 Download: https://nausicaast.libsyn.com/ 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/ Video: | |||
10 Mar 2023 | Earwig and the Witch | 02:17:58 | |
"Āya to Majo" analysis & discussion podcast. Big announcement: Next episode is going to go back in time to start with the first movie directed by Isao Takahata! Stay tuned.
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nausicaast MP3 Download: https://nausicaast.libsyn.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/34MmVkEL5041HH4iaXZ2Ts 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:
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29 Feb 2024 | Panda! Go, Panda! | 01:26:58 | |
Nausicaäst #29 - Panda! Go, Panda! "Panda! Go, Panda!" also known as Panda Kopanda analysis & discussion podcast. 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
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 | |||
15 Aug 2020 | Laputa: Castle in the Sky | 01:59:02 | |
Join us in our second podcast, where we analyze and discuss the actual first Ghibli movie "Laputa: Castle in the Sky", directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Your hosts this podcast are: Darkonius, Roggol, Tassu, Miki and me, Nyard. Screenshots from Lupin, featuring the Laputa robots and Nausicaä: https://i.imgur.com/ClgNMfh.png https://i.imgur.com/CawJSG3.png
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nausicaast Sources used: "Miyazakiworld" by Susan Napier, "The Anime Machine" by Thomas Lamarre
Online Sources: http://imagetext.english.ufl.edu/imagetext/archives/v5_2/lioi/?print http://www.rhizomes.net/issue14/johnson/johnson.html http://jeffalexanderhart.blogspot.com/2011/04/miyazakis-laputa-castle-in-sky-and.html https://komurin.wordpress.com/2010/05/31/laputa-castle-in-the-sky/ | |||
27 Mar 2021 | Iblard Jikan | 00:35:28 | |
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 Support us on 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:
Then there's also Inoue's website on which you can find some things in English:
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10 Jul 2023 | Horus: Prince of the Sun | 02:11:33 | |
Myth, Collectivism and Ghibli Origins - Nausicaäst #27 Horus: Prince of the Sun "Taiyō no Ōji Horusu no Daibōken" analysis & discussion podcast. 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 | |||
24 Feb 2025 | Interviewing the Creators of "The Wandering Tavern" | 01:34:05 | |
In this special episode of The Nausicaäst, we team up with Dread Pirate Syzer from Skies of Fortune and Round the Table Podcast for an exclusive interview with Bodhi and Emily from Homie and the Dude, the creative minds behind The Wandering Tavern — a Studio Ghibli-inspired TTRPG module. We dive into their creative process, explore how they infused Ghibli’s signature magic into tabletop storytelling, and discuss their upcoming projects (plus plenty more surprises along the way). For an extra dose of adventure, check out Dread Pirate Syzer’s channel, where we step into The Wandering Tavern for a one-shot actual play! Watch us play in the Wandering Tavern: https://youtu.be/cb1NHDTFHEQ Please check out Homie and the Dude: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HOMIEandTheDUDE Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/homieandthedude/scorched-basin The Wandering Tavern: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/487289/the-wandering-tavern-hardcover-pdf Please check out Dread Pirate Syzers Work: bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/skiesoffortune.bsky.social X: https://x.com/skiesoffortune
Nausicaäst links: 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 | |||
20 Aug 2021 | From Up on Poppy Hill | 02:54:48 | |
"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 MP3 Download: https://nausicaast.libsyn.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/34MmVkEL5041HH4iaXZ2Ts Youtube: https://youtu.be/cCieUbEUmW0
Articles: - Ghibli Fandom Wiki Entry: https://ghibli.fandom.com/wiki/From_Up_on_Poppy_Hill Video: - Materials featured on the German Bluray version of the film, including a press conference and an interview with Goro Miyazaki Paper: - Abel, Jessamyn R. - "Japan's Sporting Diplomacy: The 1964 Tokyo Olympiad" - https://www.jstor.org/stable/23240822 | |||
01 Oct 2020 | Whisper of the Heart | 02:08:02 | |
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 News report about Kondo's funeral http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/kondo/news-sankei.html Book Sources: Miyazaki - Starting Point | |||
30 Nov 2020 | The Cat Returns | 01:19:14 | |
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: 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: | |||
01 Oct 2020 | Princess Mononoke | 03:07:08 | |
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 | |||
01 Oct 2020 | Pom Poko | 01:35:34 | |
Welcome to our 9th podcast on the films by Studio Ghibli. This time we're talking about a ballsy movie: Pom Poko, directed by Isao Takahata. On the cast this time are: Tassu, Hipster_Cthulhu, PlatonSkull and Me, Nyard. Discord: https://discord.gg/n8puKa4 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nausicaast Our Sources: Borlik, Todd Andrew. "Carnivalesque Ecoterrorism in Pom Poko." Resilience: A Journal of the Environmental Humanities, vol. 2 no. 3, 2015, p. 127-133. Project MUSE muse.jhu.edu/article/614504. “Countryside.” The Book of Yokai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore, by Michael Dylan Foster and Shinonome Kijin, 1st ed., University of California Press, 2015, pp. 172–200. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt14btg72.13. Accessed 28 Apr. 2020. Foster, Michael Dylan. “The Folkloresque Circle: Toward a Theory of Fuzzy Allusion.” The Folkloresque: Reframing Folklore in a Popular Culture World, edited by Michael Dylan Foster and Jeffrey A. Tolbert, University Press of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, 2016, pp. 41–63. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt17mvkfh.6. Accessed 28 Apr. 2020. Foster, Michael Dylan. “HAUNTING MODERNITY: Tanuki, Trains, and Transformation in Japan.” The Monster Theory Reader, edited by Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis; London, 2020, pp. 330–357. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.ctvtv937f.21. Accessed 28 Apr. 2020. Hadl, Gabriele. “Nature, Media and the Future - Unnatural Disaster, Animist Anime and Eco-Media Activism in Japan.” Routledge Handbook of Japanese Media, Routledge, 2018, pp. 336–362. LEVI, ANTONIA. “The Werewolf in the Crested Kimono: The Wolf-Human Dynamic In Anime and Manga.” Mechademia, vol. 1, 2006, pp. 145–160. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/41510884. Accessed 28 Apr. 2020. MARRAN, CHRISTINE L. “Beyond Domesticating Animal Love.” Mechademia, vol. 6, 2011, pp. 39–50. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/41511570. Accessed 28 Apr. 2020. Ortabasi, Melek. "(Re)animating Folklore: Raccoon Dogs, Foxes, and Other Supernatural Japanese Citizens in Takahata Isao’s Heisei tanuki gassen pompoko." Marvels & Tales, vol. 27 no. 2, 2013, p. 254-275. Project MUSE muse.jhu.edu/article/524100. “Miyazaki and Takahata Anime Cinema.” Frames of Anime: Culture and Image-Building, by TZE-YUE G. HU, Hong Kong University Press, Aberdeen, Hong Kong, 2010, pp. 105–136. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1xw9xb.13. Accessed 28 Apr. 2020. Philosophy Tube - Climate Grief https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqCx9xU_-Fw | |||
01 Oct 2020 | On Your Mark | 00:54:22 | |
Welcome to our 10th podcast on the works by Studio Ghibli. This time we're talking about a surprising little thing: A short-film/music video directed by Hayao Miyazaki for the song "On Your Mark" by Chage & Aska. The crew this time is small consisting of PlatonSkull, TheThunderer and Nyard. Discord: https://discord.gg/n8puKa4 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nausicaast Our Sources (Only very little this time): - The "On Your Mark" Wikipedia entry (welp thats what we had to resort to) - The Interview that is also printed in "Starting Point" (in a better translation) http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/oym/interview_oym.txt | |||
29 Jun 2021 | Arrietty the Borrower | 02:33:37 | |
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 Sources: Online: Video: Paper: Hyland, Robert - "A culture of borrowing: Iconography, ideology and idiom in Kari-gurashi no Arietti/The Secret World of Arrietty"
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