Watched during my Spring of Animation.
While Castle in the Sky may have been the beginning for Studio Ghibli officially, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is an honorary inclusion to the studio's catalogue, and a hell of an inclusion at that. Castle was charming, and I enjoyed it, but it didn't set me up with the expectation that this film would hit me so hard, even with its acclaimed reputation. There was a lot about that film that…