We Are All Just Afraid - Lessons from Nausicaa
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Miyazaki interestingly enough, gave an answer in an interview directly about Nausicaa's breasts—in fact he went out of his way to bring it up.
Miyazaki: Nausicaä’s breasts are quite large, don’t you think?
Interviewer: Yes. (laughs)
Miyazaki: That’s not only so she’ll be able to breast feed her children, or for sleeping with the guy she likes. They’re when she embraces the old man and old ladies in the castle when they are dying. I think her bosom is something like that. That’s why it had to become big.
Interviewer: Ah...I see... (Shock!)
Miyazaki: When she held them to her chest, they could die peacefully. I thought her bosom needed to be as such.
I think this sums Nausicaa up quite well... motherly warmth and affection. In the movie, this affection extends not only to her fellow humans, but to each and every living thing she comes across, whether they be furry and warm or hard and spiny. Despite being made ages ago, there's a lot we can still learn from Nausicaa, and I imagine for years to come as well.
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