#Kurotowa

[retroanimechris]

Art for a fanfic I have been writing for Kurotowa x Kushana, all AU. You can read them here (R18:): Part 1: https://archiveofourown.org/works/60351367/chapters/154028521 Part 2 (ongoing:) https://archiveofourown.org/works/60479626/chapters/154392469

[glorifiedspacefiller]

*unimpressed in Tolmekian*

[wert5680]

The Real Blue Clad One

And green and red…

Anyway, this piece marks my return to pixel art after a very long hiatus, from which only the illustrious Kurotowa could pull me out. When I first saw the Nausicaä movie I was infatuated with the aircraft, and after reading the manga I just had to draw the bestest lad standing in front of one.

[aarontrustthevillagewarrior]

Now everyone...for my new era. I will be posting the comics and OCs for just for you and art trades are now open! And I'll do Q&A. See you there!

[o7k5a8m9i]

So I drew Kushana 🧡

I was just Rewatching Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and thought I should draw my Girl Kushana ✨🧡 she's Pretty hard to draw so please forgive me for my bad art(ᗒᗩᗕ)

Let me know what you think (◍•ᴗ•◍)❤

[cynical-gamer-media]

Manga-Verse, Post-Ending.

Kushana-centric.

After the Crypt is destroyed Kushana ponders what the future has in store for Torumekia: her surviving men of the Third Army, the nobles, Kurotowa's place, everyday Torumekians, and establishing peace between the other lands.

[averagehareenjoyer]

Cannot stop thinking about these two bastards😩💕

[genderenvyelimination]

First Round! Gender Envy Elimination

[aceredthesecond]

Work In Progress - Kurotowa’s Emotional Reunion

[averagehareenjoyer]

My favorites 😩❤️

I love the Ghibli villains who are just dudes with a square head and a 😏 face

[sorenjacklyoniii]

This is the song that I liked

NOTE:

for most people you don't know, I have a lot of HCs because of The Hero's Tale theory because of this. So, this is Kurotowa's Theme Song but with Acoustic one

[glorifiedspacefiller]

There are 2 genders: girlboss and square

[aarontrustthevillagewarrior]

I need something about AI covers for Kurotowa from Nausicaa.

Now, most of the guys know, that....I wanted to know about Kurotowa from Nausicaa AI covers, and I know about Chris Sarandon did the voice so as Jack Skellington (He did Jack's singing voice in Oogie's Revenge)

[ancientbeast]

for the ask: kurotowa and you like evangelion right?? so um. misato

kurotowa

misato

[kushanna]

what are all the kushana and nausicaä parallels you think about?

so glad you asked. (also i'm going to assume you're talking about the manga)

what i usually begin by thinking about is something i saw on a random comment online one time, that the two of them gradually become more like one another as the story progresses. it's as if they develop in opposite directions, so that by the end they have approached what it feels like to be the other. which is good for kushana cause at the end she's in a much better place within herself than she was at the start, or at least she makes an effort to be, there's much more hope and love in the way she views and interacts with the world after meeting nausicaä, or maybe it's better to say that that love is now being channeled into a more positive direction, that it shows itself more and in a less destructive way. but it's not as good for nausicaä cause now she's seen and experienced and learned a whole lot of unpleasant things about the world, some of them the very unpleasant things that have always been a part of kushana's life, she's learned about other people too and became more compassionate, but all of that takes a toll on you. we see kushana act more affectionate and find sorrow in herself as the story progresses and, on the the other hand, we see nausicaä be more conscious of the anger and violence in her. while also feeling a lot of sorrow.

i think a lot about the environment they were raised in, cause i think that makes a huge difference in determining the differences and similarities between them. they were both sheltered, in a sense, since they were born and raised princesses, which is not a comparable background to someone like kurotowa's, for example, but there's a difference in their backgrounds as well. nausicaä was surrounded by kindness from other people all her life (i'll get to her mother in a minute), as much as she was being raised to succeed her father, learning how to sword fight, etc, the valley is very directly presented as a peaceful place, something that feels more like a large community at times than an actual full-blown monarchy. which is very different from the environment kushana was raised in, there was a lot of violence and hostility from an early age, she was very hurt from an early age and by people close to her, and the training she received was military, which in itself puts you in a very aggressive... worldview, if that makes sense. when kushana says that nausicaä is walking the path "she has chosen as she sees fit", nausicaä has chosen a path because she can choose it, because she gets to choose it, because it's "easy" for her too choose it. kushana can choose as well and she does so, but it takes a lot more effort and will and a lot more opening yourself up to it, which puts you in a very vulnerable position. which is something nausicaä naturally is, vulnerable.

i think what i want to say here is that, yes, they are very similar people and, given the right conditions, kushana has the same potential and is just as capable of goodness and kindness as nausicaä, and nausicaä is just as capable of being led by anger as kushana. there's that scene in early volume 5 where kushana says to master yupa that, during the insect attack in volume 4, she "found herself" doing exactly what nausicaä had taught, she "became aware" that she was singing, and then immediately afterwards says she would never try to "emulate" nausicaä like that again. this is so funny and sad to me cause i've always seen kushana as someone who acts very consciously, in the sense that she's always in full awareness of what she's doing, very self-aware and also just aware of things and the world in general. so on the one time she was not in full awareness of it, the one time she was not thinking about her actions, when she was acting mostly based on intuition, she behaved in a way that perfectly approached nausicaä. sweetheart... you are not "emulating" anything, this is who are you are. these are very telling scenes for me. i think the opposite example can be made for nausicaä early in the story, when she killed one of the torumekian soldiers and was immediately shocked at her own behavior, like she hadn't been in full awareness of herself in that moment of violence. (note that i am not saying that how they act unconsciously reveals the only truth about their character, since choosing to act a certain way is also very telling of who you are as a person, after all. what i'm saying is the unconscious acts do show different facets of them, facets that parallel one another).

there's also the stuff with their mothers, i made a post about it some time ago, i'm gonna just link it there cause otherwise i would have to copy and paste the whole thing here. basically, it feels like it's the same issue to me, but in opposite ways, in reverse. ironically, kushana being so loved by her mother and nausicaä not feeling loved, and then all the tragedy and grief and sorrow that came with it, which is so similar while being so different. there's other stuff as well, something about how they both end up being seen and looked up to as these "leaders", these people who will be necessary and valuable for the "new era" that's expected to come. i saw a comment once (i don't remember where) about how even if they're both seen as "leaders", nausicaä is actually more a guider. kushana would be the one with the actual leadership role, while nausicaä guides people, she gently steers them in the right direction, which i think is something nice to think about. and that leads me to another sort of parallel, which is how they both renounce their expected positions as new kings of their respective kingdoms. it lines up with the leader/guider thing, since kushana, while able to renounce the position of king, still takes on a leadership role. nausicaä doesn't, though, she's just there to gently guide people. they're both also very self-destructive. if i want to frame it in a nicer way i can say they're willing to sacrifice themselves for higher ideals and purposes, but it's borderline suicidal at times. which is something i feel like, with kushana, is sometimes very associated with a lack of self-worth, though i don't notice this with nausicaä.

i think i went on huge tangents and i miiiiiight have forgotten something important but i hope that's somewhat what you were expecting ^_^

[emeraldoodles]

Drawing Shigeo in the Ghibli style gave me so much joy. Reigen was modeled off Kurotowa and Howl.