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The film, Nausicaa, was one of Miyazaki’s first films and at that time it came out, it did not disappoint. It was a well rounded movie covering a few important themes that are seen today in everyday life. Humans and nature coexisting is the main topic around this movie and also his more recent film, Princess Mononoke. The movie portrays the young girl as a heroine and princess (nausicaa). Judging from scenes of her past, she is the only human around who seems to communicate and understand the insects and limits of our relationship between nature. The toxic forest portrays a wide array of terrible things that the majority of humans want to destroy. They think living harmoniously with nature is impossible. The only reason the forest has become so deadly is because of the chemicals and pollutants we put into it as we harvest and destroy it. Having said that, it means that there would be an eternal battle between human and nature seeing as it becomes more deadly and we only try to fight it back which causes more toxicity for us and greater pollution for nature. Even though the main character has a deep seated love for the insects and nature, in the end she attempts to protect the humans because all in all, humans are her people, her species. It is seen that the main enemy “ohm” cannot possess the same humanistic features and are easily blinded by hatred and bloodlust. This is also seen in princess mononoke when the boars were filled with hatred from the destruction of the forest that Lady Eboshi had caused.  At that point in time, the hatred is so intense, not even the peaceful attempts are enough to sway their bewildered hearts.

Luckily there were parts of Nausicaa in which it showed a garden of non-toxic plants that were exactly the same as the ones in the forest. She showed that it was possible to co-exist and also she found out when she fell through the forest floor losing her mask. Deep down where humans haven’t polluted yet, the trees filter out the poison and leave a tranquil environment.

Anwyays, this movie was pretty good, I’m not sure if I would recommend it over other Miyazaki films but considering it was one of his first films, it is definitely worth seeing. 

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