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Heidi80
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I've been looking for this early Miyazaki manga, which is said to be the inspiration to both Nausica and Mononoke hime, for ages and yesterday I found out that our local library has finally gotten a copy. I'm third in line waiting for it. The problem is that it's in japanese and I don't know japanese. Has anyone read it? Do you think you can just enjoy the illustrations (which I have heard are extreamly beautiful) even if you can't understand the text?
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fenkashi
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It's gorgeous! And not even that text heavy. It's very possible to just stare at the art and ignore the text. If you're not paying for it, definitely have a look!
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Rossdude
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What is the manga called?
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Rossdude
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Psssh maybe I should read the title to posts... Shuna no tabi, I'll be looking for it!!!
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Heidi80
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It's Journey of Shuna in english. And thanks for the advice fenkashi
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fenkashi
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Heidi, check your pm box. ^^
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It's actually been scanlated, so an english version exists somewhere online.
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Shuna no Tabi is difficult to read in Japanese--even if you're Japanese. The type font in many places is too similar to the color background--especially white on yellow.
I don't see any connection between Shuna and either Nausicaa or Mononoke. However, it is definitely the source of a lot of material from Earthsea.
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Heidi80
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Originally posted by dballred
Shuna no Tabi is difficult to read in Japanese--even if you're Japanese. The type font in many places is too similar to the color background--especially white on yellow.
I don't see any connection between Shuna and either Nausicaa or Mononoke. However, it is definitely the source of a lot of material from Earthsea.
Hmm interesting...I've gotten my hands on an online translation of Shuna no tabi and found loads of similarities. With Nausica :Thea looked loads like Nausica and Shuna and Nausica had the same kind of gender ambilevance (Shuna as pretty girly, Nausica as pretty tomboyish). With Mononoke hime the similarities are more in the story. A young prince must leave his tribe to travel far to the west to save himself and his people. On his journey he meets an old priest, who tells him more about his fate. His fate seems to somehow lead him to a proud, wild girl, who's love he finally wins with love and understanding. And he has a mountain goat called Yakkuru.
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dballred
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Originally posted by Heidi80
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Originally posted by dballred
Shuna no Tabi is difficult to read in Japanese--even if you're Japanese. The type font in many places is too similar to the color background--especially white on yellow.
I don't see any connection between Shuna and either Nausicaa or Mononoke. However, it is definitely the source of a lot of material from Earthsea.
Hmm interesting...I've gotten my hands on an online translation of Shuna no tabi and found loads of similarities. With Nausica :Thea looked loads like Nausica and Shuna and Nausica had the same kind of gender ambilevance (Shuna as pretty girly, Nausica as pretty tomboyish). With Mononoke hime the similarities are more in the story. A young prince must leave his tribe to travel far to the west to save himself and his people. On his journey he meets an old priest, who tells him more about his fate. His fate seems to somehow lead him to a proud, wild girl, who's love he finally wins with love and understanding. And he has a mountain goat called Yakkuru.
I went back and checked my copy of Shuna and admit you have a point with Mononoke with regard to the story line. As for images, however, Miyazaki tends to copy and refine them over the years. The Yakkuru, as you mentioned is one--so is the Kitsune-Risu (Fox-squirrel) and the Susuwatari. However, the Shuna story couldn't have been a model for Nausicaa because the first appearance of Nausicaa in the manga (1982) predates Shuna (1983). The hair styles worn by Nausicaa and Te-a (the girl in Shuna) were trendy in Japan in the mid-to-late '70s. Because of his simple drawing style, most of Miyazaki's characters resemble several other characters in other stories and films.
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Shuna no Tabi is difficult to read in Japanese--even if you're Japanese. The type font in many places is too similar to the color background--especially white on yellow.
I don't see any connection between Shuna and either Nausicaa or Mononoke. However, it is definitely the source of a lot of material from Earthsea.
Hmm interesting...I've gotten my hands on an online translation of Shuna no tabi and found loads of similarities. With Nausica :Thea looked loads like Nausica and Shuna and Nausica had the same kind of gender ambilevance (Shuna as pretty girly, Nausica as pretty tomboyish). With Mononoke hime the similarities are more in the story. A young prince must leave his tribe to travel far to the west to save himself and his people. On his journey he meets an old priest, who tells him more about his fate. His fate seems to somehow lead him to a proud, wild girl, who's love he finally wins with love and understanding. And he has a mountain goat called Yakkuru.
I went back and checked my copy of Shuna and admit you have a point with Mononoke with regard to the story line. As for images, however, Miyazaki tends to copy and refine them over the years. The Yakkuru, as you mentioned is one--so is the Kitsune-Risu (Fox-squirrel) and the Susuwatari. However, the Shuna story couldn't have been a model for Nausicaa because the first appearance of Nausicaa in the manga (1982) predates Shuna (1983). The hair styles worn by Nausicaa and Te-a (the girl in Shuna) were trendy in Japan in the mid-to-late '70s. Because of his simple drawing style, most of Miyazaki's characters resemble several other characters in other stories and films.
oops my misstake. I just assumed that Shuna no tabi was older, but I checked nausicaa.net and it really is from 1983. You're right about Miyazaki reusing images but I stilll think that Shuna no tabi is really much like Nausica and Mononoke hime. So Nausica is a model for Shuna no tabi, which is a model for Mononoke hime. And all these three are models for Miyazaki Goro's Tales from earthsea. Confusing much?
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Heidi80
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So I finally got Shuna no tabi from the library and I'm really enjoying it, even if I'm just looking at the pictures (I can't read katakanas grr). The watercolour illustrations are simply gorgeous.
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