sometimes you have to rewatch nausicaa of the valley of the wind and be reminded that after disaster there is beauty. after violence there is love. there is magic in decay, there is hope in a toxic jungle there is -
Shuna from Shuna’s Journey by Hayao Miyazaki. I wanted to make something that really emphasized the story’s classic cosmic horror elements—because, while they aren’t the focus of the story, they’re clearly there, implications lurking just around the corner.
All right, Shizuku, go ahead and do what your heart tells you. But it’s never easy when you do things differently from everyone else. If things don’t go well, you’ll only have yourself to blame.