Interviewing the Creators of "The Wandering Tavern"
The Nausicaäst
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...
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Stealing Hearts and Growing Up - Nausicaäst #30 - Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro
The Nausicaäst
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...
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Panda! Go, Panda!
The Nausicaäst
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: Youtube: Sources: https://ghibli.fandom.com/wiki/Panda!_Go,_Panda ...
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The Boy and the Heron (First Impressions)
The Nausicaäst
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 MP3 Download: https://nausicaast.libsyn.com/ Spotify: Youtube:
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Horus: Prince of the Sun
The Nausicaäst
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:...
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Earwig and the Witch
The Nausicaäst
"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...
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The Red Turtle
The Nausicaäst
"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/n8puKa4 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nausicaast MP3 Download: https://nausicaast.libsyn.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/34MmVkEL5041HH4iaXZ2Ts Sources: Web-Articles: - Screendaily article:...
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When Marnie Was There
The Nausicaäst
"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/n8puKa4 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...
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The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
The Nausicaäst
"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/n8puKa4 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nausicaast MP3 Download: https://nausicaast.libsyn.com/ Spotify:...
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The Wind Rises
The Nausicaäst
"The Wind Rises" analysis & discussion podcast.
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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)