We Definitely Wear Real Pants in Episode 278!

9/23/2024

A real Rorschach test of what anime you've watched

The leaves are falling from the trees and their poisonous spores are being released, so that means we're at the end of Sci-Fi September. For this episode, Doug chose the 1984 animated classic Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. Of course his favorite part of this environmental/pacifist fable is the part where the God Weapon blows stuff up, but there's no accounting for taste!

Would YOU like to watch the bastardized 1985 version of Nausicaä? Fortunately the Internet Archive has you covered. And here's a list of all the cuts, along with the bad-ass poster (emphasis on "bad").

Doug talks about a prequel film, which appears to be a reference to this – which you can watch here.

Michael B. Jordan, the ultimate multi-hyphenate: actor/director/Bleach completionist.