Name: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 1
ISBN: 9781591164081

Hayao Miyazaki

Nausicaä, a young princess, has an empathic bond with the giant Ohmu insects and animals of every creed. She fights to create tolerance, understanding and patience among empires that are fighting over the world's remaining precious natural resources.

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 1

Gavin

Great drawing, but the character designs somehow look worse here. The film cuts out a lot of the mystical hokum.

Hayao Miyazaki’s own creation, the legendary Nausicaä manga is now all in one! A deluxe compilation of the classic manga series written and illustrated by Academy Award® winner Hayao Miyazaki. Reads R to L (Japanese style) for teen audiences. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is an epic fantasy tale written and illustrated by legendary Studio Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki, creator of My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away and Howl’s Moving Castle. A modern masterpiece, the entire series is now available in this deluxe box set containing two hardcover volumes with interior color pages and a bonus poster.

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Box Set

Ken Yuen

So this is actually a reread. I read the series once before as a young man, and thought it was amazing.

I still think it's amazing. The art is from the living legend Hayao Miyazaki himself. The story is full of ideals and a great environmental message.

But rereading it as an adult and having knowledge of Miyazaki's politics and themes, it sort of cast a shade over the experience a little bit? I couldn't just get into the story the way I could if I had known less, I think. Nausicaa is just a little too perfect and a little too right all the time.

Also that ending seems out of character?

I still think all manga fans should check this series out, but maybe in my mind I've put this on a pedestal too high.

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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 2

Nausicaä embarks on an inner, spiritual journey to the heart of the Sea of Corruption, where she discovers its surprising secret. She returns to the land of the living, compelled to share her discovery, but Nausicaä accidentally awakens a God Warrior from its stasis.

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

Now, Princess Nausicaä and the God Warrior, a biotechnological abomination of the war known as the Seven Days of Fire, embark on a journey to the Crypt of Shuwa to seal away the terrible weaponry hidden within. But everyone seems to be conspiring to prevent Nausicaä from carrying out her mission, even the guardian of the crypt himself!

Nora 

Nausicaèa, a young princess of a future world, tries to bring peace between kingdoms who are battling to claim the last of the world's natural resources.

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Hayao Miyazaki was a budding filmmaker in 1982 when he agreed to collaborate on a project with the popular Japanese anime magazine Animage. This was Nausicaa, which would make Miyazaki's reputation as much as his 11 films and TV shows.

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 1

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