Nausicaa is classed as Ghiblis first feature film, its not, but its the one that starts their long list of movies. Nausicaa is the princess of a small village set in a post apocalyptic world where an infected and diseased fungus has created a poisonous world thats slowly dying. Nausicaa loves all living creatures in the world even the infected and mutated insects and its because of this love for life she will fight to save all creatures through peace and diplomacy, in comparison a woman by the name of Kusharna has the same motive of saving the people but by using what was an ancient weapon that led to the original destruction of the world, she believes that to save the land she must destroy the insects and the forest however Nausicaa has other ideas.Nausicaa Shows how the same motive can be approached from two very different angles, both women want their people to be safe, but while one wishes to do this through peace and coexistence with the forest and the large Ohm insects, the other wishes to eliminate the forest through any method possible even using the ohms young baby.
Nausicaa is an example of great story telling that appeals to all ages, with exciting characters, fast paced action and blossoming romance, but it looks at a bigger picture we don't notice, and thats things such as climate change, our effect on the atmosphere and the world and how our world could be like that in 1000 years.
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