Tales from Earthsea

Legacy, Patricide and Dramatization

"Tales from Earthsea" analysis & discussion podcast. Also known as "Gedo Senki" Welcome to our 17th podcast on the films by Studio Ghibli. Today we are talking about the first film directed by Hayao Miyazaki's very own son Goro. It is a story of the burden of legacy and the shortcomings of inexperience that manifests itself vividly in this honest film. On the cast today are: Nyard, PlatonSkull, Hipster_Cthulhu and Voice-Flower. Discord: https://discord.gg/n8puKa4 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nausicaast MP3 Download: https://nausicaast.libsyn.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/34MmVkEL5041HH4iaXZ2Ts YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgzn-j9r7oTa0qirJ2t3vdg Our sources: The brilliant Rob Malsen article we reference often: https://thecityoflostbooks.glasgow.ac.uk/stepping-out-of-the-shadow-goro-miyazakis-tales-from-earthsea/ Birght Lights article on "Anxiety of Influence": https://brightlightsfilm.com/daddy-issues-anxiety-goro-miyazakis-tales-earthsea-hayao/ LeGuin commenting on the film herself: https://web.archive.org/web/20060820151134/www.ursulakleguin.com/GedoSenkiResponse.html A letter sent to LeGuin by a japanese correspondent: https://web.archive.org/web/20100613183629/https://www.ursulakleguin.com/GedoSenkiCorrespondents.html A review of the film with an interview with Goro: https://web.archive.org/web/20070312001921/http://www.ghibliworld.com/gedosenkiatviff2006.html/ A translation of Goro's blog: http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/earthsea/blog/prologue.html Beyond Ghibli - Tales from Earthsea - The Power of a Name: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FcxccVUN94 STEVEM - Son of Miyazaki (A Goro Miyazaki Retrospective): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srx3aBcodok Zizek article about a Rammstein song that Nyard refers to: https://www.rt.com/op-ed/515419-zizek-rammstein-covid-lockdown/