Sail with us into the storm as we search for lost civilizations on the latest episode of Anime Was (Not) A Mistake! Today we take a look at the first official Studio Ghibli film, Castle in the Sky. Follow the intrepid Sheeta and Pazu as they flee a corrupt army, team up with the Dola Gang (a bumbling group of sky pirates) and search for the technological marvels of the legendary Laptua. Laputa may be a floating city in the sky that as inspired countless tropes in anime, video games, and modern pop culture, but did you know that this film was intentionally going to take place below the ocean waves? Also could this film possibly be the root of a sprawling Ghibli universe? Only time may tell. Learn this and so much more by listening to the latest episode of Anime Was (Not) A Mistake, but mind your footing its a long way down, clutch your crystals...and leap.

Hop on your glider, it is time to soar with us in the latest episode of Anime Was (Not) A Mistake! Today, we take a look at the film that lauched both Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki into the stratosphere, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.  How did the Ghibli trio of Myazaki, Takahata, and Suzuki meet? Well, it might have had something to do with the amazing success and ingenunity this film sparked. Join the multi-facteted Princess Nausicaä (totally not Princess Zandra) as she defends her homeland from the encroaching toxic jungle, fights for world peace  between Tolmekia, Pejite, and the rest, and pursues a connection between the world of incests and the human race. Follow the fox squirrels, and mind the Ohm, there's still hope...not even a Giant Warrior can stop us in our attempts to prove that Anime Was (Not) A Mistake.

There is a mystery afoot in the duchy of Cagliostro and it is up to us to solve it! Join Anime Was (Not) A Mistake in our inaggural episode during the pre-Ghibli times. It's Hayao Miyazaki's directorial debut with Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro and technically the one film that started it all. Just how were the seeds of Studio Ghibli planted? Hoe does Miyazaki's interpretation of Lupin and his chorts' characters trasition to the Big Screen? And will Lupin the Third a.k.a. "Wolf" the greatest theif of all time make it out of Count Cagliostro's clutches alive, while pulling off his biggest heist yet? You'll have to listen to find out. Quick to the Gyro!

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Music  "Ghibli's Waltz" By: Ross Bugden Youtube: Ross Bugden - Music

Hello there, and welcome to Anime Was (Not) A Mistake, a new podcast were resident cohosts/anime nerds, Jonathan Kwiatkowski and Dan Ryan take a mostly comedic look at the Studio Ghibli films in cronological order. Join us as we discuss the nuanced history of Hayao Myiazaki, Isao Takahata, and more, in relation to one of the world's most prolific anime studios. If you are curious to find out the intention behind each penstroke, listen to recaps/reviews of some of your favorite Ghibli films, or if you just think that Totoro is like, "totally your spirit animal", this is the podcast for you! So, soar with us through the open skies on gliders, dance with forest spriirts, and try to see the world through eyes unclouded by hate, in the pursuit of proving that Anime Was (Not) A Mistake. #WhatdidGoroDo?

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Art By: Dan Ryan Instagram:@king_dannis   Twitter:@xDKR

Music  "Ghibli's Waltz" By: Ross Bugden Youtube: Ross Bugden - Musi