I’m sure that I would have loved the animated film as much as anyone else had I not read Miyazaki’s collection of the story in comics form. One was a masterwork, an epic adventure fraught with complex characters, intrigue, and a sense of grandeur the other was just a movie. Two works, both named Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind. The source of my complaint was that I had read Miyazaki’s manga by the same title. It’s an issue that I’ve mostly sewn up in a burlap sack for disposal into the nearby lake, but at the time my disappointment in the cinema realization of Nausicaä was tremendous. The problem was that I was still too much a purist, too much a fan. Or at least it did in my mind at the time.
When I finally arrived at Nausicaä, I was very excited, having saved the best for last. Weeks earlier, I was able to get ahold of a Hong Kong set of all of Miyazaki’s works up to that point and was slowly working my way through the collection.
I had heard a lot of good things about it both from friends who adored the bastardized American release fifteen years earlier, Warriors of the Wind, and from friends who regularly sought out Japanese fare. On her journey, she struggles to bring about a peaceful coexistence among the people of her world, as well as between humanity and nature.Īmazing Illustration submitted by Smileyfrowns on August 21, 2018, 10:15am Studio Ghibli consistently has the most beautiful illustrations! I love the strong female character in this book, and the message of environmental protection.Several years back (this was maybe 2002, right before Spirited Away hit American shores) I was finally able to see Hayao Miyazaki’s film Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind.
A compilation of Studio Ghibli Library edition volumes 1-4 (I) and volumes 5-7 (II).įirst published in Japan by Tokuma Shoten Co., Ltd.Īn epic fantasy about the princess of a small kingdom who becomes involved in a war, while environmental disaster threatens the survival of humankind.
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