Willem (Age 9) and Miranda (Age 7) close out their month-long Studio Ghibli marathon with Hayao Miyazaki's first feature film, 1985's Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, which launched the Animation Studio as a major artistic voice in Japan and around the world. Discussion of giant insects, toxic jungles of death, resurrection, and cute squirrel-foxes is intermingled with the politics of a post-apocalyptic world and just how hard it is to get Ohm bloodstains out of your clothing.
The Kids also do a brief wrap-up of the series at the end and let you know which Studio Ghibli movie is their favourite.
Willem (Age 9) and Miranda (Age 7) close out their month-long Studio Ghibli marathon with Hayao Miyazaki's first feature film, 1985's Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, which launched the Animation Studio as a major artistic voice in Japan and around the world. Discussion of giant insects, toxic jungles of death, resurrection, and cute squirrel-foxes is intermingled with the politics of a post-apocalyptic world and just how hard it is to get Ohm bloodstains out of your clothing.
The Kids also do a brief wrap-up of the series at the end and let you know which Studio Ghibli movie is their favourite.
Willem (Age 9) and Miranda (Age 7) talk about the coming of curiosity, age and empowerment in Hayao Miyazaki's Oscar winning SPIRITED AWAY. Environmentalism, empathy and oversized offspring are all ripe for discussion when 10 year old Chihiro explores the spiritual bath-house from top to bottom.
BONUS EXTENDED EPISODE! Willem and Miranda find lots to chew on (including M&Ms) and think about in Hayao Miyazaki's quite dense but equally stirring HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE. Find out Miranda's theory behind the Witch of the Waste, and Willem's explanation of portals and gates.
Willem (Age 8) and Miranda (Age 7) talk about shape-shifting raccoons and other forest spirits in their war with Tokyo Developers to stop suburban sprawl and find a balance between man and nature in Isao Takahata's strange and wonderful POM POKO.
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