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Stuff To Blow Your Mind

The Monstrefact: The Ohmu of “Nausicaä”

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

iHeartPodcasts

Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Life Sciences, Science

4.45.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses the giant Ohmu of Hayao Miyazaki’s 1984 masterpiece “Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.”

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0:00.0

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0:04.1

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0:06.4

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0:37.2

Welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind, a production of IHeart Radio.

0:44.4

Hi, my name is Robert Lamb, and this is The Monster Fact, a short form series from Stuff

0:49.2

to Blow Your Mind focusing on mythical creatures, ideas, and monsters in time.

0:58.0

Okay. focusing on mythical creatures, ideas, and monsters in time. This week, I finally began assembling the plastic Omu model kit that I purchased last year at Japan's Ghibli Park.

1:07.0

I'll admit that the sheer number of legs in the kit scared me away from the task for almost exactly a year,

1:12.6

but they are now glued in place.

1:14.6

And with this fantastic creature on my mind, I thought,

1:17.6

what better time than now to discuss its biology on the monster fact?

1:22.6

If you've ever watched Hayao Miyazaki's 1984 masterpiece, Nassica of the Valley of the Wind,

1:28.8

and perhaps even listen to our Weird House Cinema episode about the film,

1:32.8

then you already know a great deal about these fantastic creatures.

1:36.9

The Almun, whose name suggests the Japanese for King of Insects,

1:41.2

are indeed gigantic, multi-legged arthropods, protected by a thick exoskeleton

1:47.0

and prone to destructive stampedes. Yet they also have a gentle side and are able to extend

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