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