ANI-ZONE 23 EPISODE 23: Nausicaa Of the Valley of the Wind

Hayao Miyazaki made his reputation adapting the works of others, and became a legend when he started his own Studio.  In between, he made “Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind”.  We look at this famous outlier, where the familiar tropes (plucky heroines, giant Flying machines) meet stranger elements (A very dusty style, if this isn’t a Ghibli, It’s a Sirocco).  In between, Miyazaki creates a half-dozen shots so good someone will steal them down the line, and this noted Europhile brushes closest to embracing a European “style”.  Lastly, this noted old-school creator brings in a hot up-and-comer and gives him a special project all his own.  But it’s just a nigh-mystic, world-destroying, Giant Machine/Creature, nothing we’ll ever see again..