Hayao Miyazaki, the godfather of anime

Originally Posted by AcerBandit

Um, what? Hayao Miyazaki isn't the godfather of anime. That title belongs to Osamu Tezuka.

Naw, his title is "God of manga".
Still, I wouldn't call Miyazaki a godfather of anime either.

As for films, Porco Rosso is without doubt Miyazaki's finest film. Laputa, however, will always remain a personal favorite of mine.

Nausicaä is easily his worst film, despite its obvious quality. Jumbled, short plot and curiously one dimensional characters compared to his later works.
Nausicaä manga on the other hand, now that's just godly. Massive, sweeping storyline, superbly fleshed out characters with plenty of depth and very thought-provoking and aweinspiring subject matter. Had he made the film after finishing the manga, it would have certainly turned out a far better realised motion picture.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by jpnezeshorty

Nah, the story line for the Nausica manga was already there, just wasn't published yet when the movie came out.

Well, whether he had the story ready or not, Katsuhiro Otomo style, the storyline of the film was still cut short (considering the manga finished in -94). If you look at the manga, he took the plot of books 1 and 2 and then out of nowhere finished with a few elements that appeared in book 7.

I guess I was just disappointed Kushana's character was reduced to just being a vile she-bitch antagonist instead of the multi-layered, ambitious yet admirable woman she was in the manga.

There's nowhere I can't reach.