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Week Four: Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli

Nausicaa Of the Valley of the Wind is the first movie I ever remember watching, my dad would find bootleg translated versions of Ghibli movies from Thailand. Studio Ghibli is a very important influence on my overall style and beliefs I have today. 
The manga for Nausicaa is incredible, one of my top 10 favorites of all time. It's so much more intense than the movie diving deep into this incredible world Miyazaki has made. When Teto dies from the radiation of the god warrior I cried, I'm very glad a class like this exists so more people can read Nausicaa's story and learn and relate to her character in a way that influences them. 

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