In the first episode of Socially Away, we do a deep dive into the world of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. Featuring Kotaro Horiuchi (discussion leader), Eli Azizollahoff, Larissa Guerrini-Maraldi, Kenjiro Lee, Ken Leng, and Victoria Provost.

Theme song is "Ghibli's Waltz" by Ross Bugden (soundcloud.com/rossbugden). Logo design by Victoria Provost. Credits read by Char Nakashima-Conway. Follow us on Facebook @SociallyAway or on YouTube at Soft Shell Productions. Video version can be viewed here.

0:00 Kenjiro's Intro

0:50 Opening Theme

1:24 Panelist Intros and Check-ins

3:56 What We're About

5:46 An Introduction to Nausicaä and Kota's Thoughts

8:24 Panelist Thoughts and Reactions

14:33 Discussion begins

14:42 Who is the Enemy/Empathy/Revenge

21:41 Thematic Antagonists

25:43 Complacency

28:53 Imperialism in the Film and in History

30:39 Optimism in a Post-Apocalyptic World

35:56 Fear

39:20 Kushana as a Literary Foil

45:15 The Giant Warrior and the Atomic Bomb

51:05 The present moment as a post-apocalyptic event

57:43 Final Thoughts

1:05:05 The Trivia Game!

1:12:58 Outro/Check-outs

1:16:55 Credits