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The Nausicaäst

Nausicaäst

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Frequency: 1 episode/55d. Total Eps: 31

We are a collective of pathological overanalyzers and wannabe film-fans creating long form analysis and discussion podcasts to honor the masterpiece making machine that is Studio Ghibli. Our plan is to work through all of the Studio Ghibli films at a rate of roughly one podcast per month.

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Stealing Hearts and Growing Up - Nausicaäst #30 - Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro

Season 1 · Episode 30

Thursday, April 25, 2024 • Duration 02:05:05

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

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.

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Panda! Go, Panda!

Season 1 · Episode 29

Thursday, February 29, 2024 • Duration 01:26:58

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

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

Arrietty the Borrower

Season 1 · Episode 20

Tuesday, June 29, 2021 • Duration 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.

Sources:

Online:
Ghibli Fandom Wiki for providing some rare translations:
https://ghibli.fandom.com/wiki/The_Secret_World_of_Arrietty

Video:
- Interviews with Yonebayashi and Miyazaki on the German Bluray release of the movie

Paper:
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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Ponyo

Season 1 · Episode 19

Tuesday, May 11, 2021 • Duration 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
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/c/Nyard
Check out Tassu's art: https://twitter.com/tassuiro

Our 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 Cavallaro

Web:
Story Dive - Ponyo Revealed: The Real Mythology & Folklore explained!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3daCR2J230

Ghibli Fandom Wiki - Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea
https://ghibli.fandom.com/wiki/Ponyo_on_the_Cliff_by_the_Sea

Papers:
YOSHIDA Junko, "Are Miyazaki Hayao's Animations on the Waves of Media Globalization?". Kobe College Studies Vol. 60 No. 2

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:
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/

Iblard Jikan

Season 1 · Episode 18

Saturday, March 27, 2021 • Duration 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:
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_Jikan

Then there's also Inoue's website on which you can find some things in English:
http://www.iblard.com/english/

Tales from Earthsea

Season 1 · Episode 17

Sunday, February 28, 2021 • Duration 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. Discord: https://discord.gg/n8puKa4https://discord.gg/n8puKa4 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nausicaasthttps://www.patreon.com/nausicaast MP3 Download: https://nausicaast.libsyn.com/howls-moving-castle https://nausicaast.libsyn.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/34MmVkEL5041HH4iaXZ2Tshttps://open.spotify.com/show/34MmVkEL5041HH4iaXZ2Ts YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgzn-j9r7oTa0qirJ2t3vdghttps://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/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:

Howl's Moving Castle

Season 1 · Episode 16

Saturday, January 23, 2021 • Duration 03:47:19

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_3w

Our 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=4BbhWrjIImg

Newsweek Interview with Miyazaki
http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/interviews/newsweek.html

The Cat Returns

Season 1 · Episode 15

Monday, November 30, 2020 • Duration 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:
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"

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Spirited Away

Season 1 · Episode 14

Saturday, October 31, 2020 • Duration 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"

My Neighbors the Yamadas

Season 1 · Episode 13

Thursday, October 1, 2020 • Duration 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:
Isao Takahata: Un point de vue extérieur sur le monde* Codelli, Lorenzo Positif; Apr 2001; 482; Performing Arts Periodicals Database pg. 33

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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