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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Director: Hayao Miyazaki Number of Items: 2 Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen Format: Color, Widescreen, Animated Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Running Time: 118 minutes Studio: Buena Vista Home Vid Region Code: 1 Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2005-02-22 Buy from Amazon |
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From Amazon.com Hayao Miyazaki gained widespread attention in Japan for his complex ecological manga series, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1982), which he adapted for the screen two years later. One thousand years after a war devastated much of the Earth, humanity clings to existence at the fringes of a vast, polluted forest inhabited by monstrous insects. Only Nausicaä, the princess of the tiny realm of the Valley of the Wind, grasps the environmental significance of the forest. She sees beyond petty wars and national rivalries to the only viable future for the planet. In Nausicaä, Miyazaki began to explore elements he would develop more fully in his later films: daring, compassionate heroines; exciting flying sequences; colorful side characters; strong interpersonal relationships; and a call for an ecologically sustainable way of life. Nausicaä prefigures Sheeta in Castle in the Sky and Chihiro in Spirited Away, just as the rough and ready Asbel anticipates Pazu in Castle in the Sky and Ashitaka in Princess Mononoke. For years, Nausicaä was available in the United States only as the badly re-edited Warriors of the Wind. The new English dub from Disney presents the film in its entirety, with strong vocal performances by Uma Thurman, Patrick Stewart, Alison Lohman, and Edward James Olmos. (Rated PG: violence, frightening imagery) --Charles Solomon |
 "Classic."I would recommend this film to any Miyazaki fan. If you've seen Princess Mononoke and liked it, this one is the same sort of story. It's a lot older, so the animation isn't as clean, but it's a good watch none the less. The first time I watched this, it was subtitled in English. The dubbing of this movie is well done, like all the others brought over by Disney. Patrick Stewart is one of the English voice actors, so it's a real treat. Of course, if you're not sure about it, rent it. It shouldn't be that difficult to find.  "A new kind of princess"Nausicaa hime (princess on japanese), represents all the beauty and corage to protect her people and her belives. This is other Miyazaki's great pieces that you won't forget. "What a great feeling!"I first saw this movie as a kid. My sister's boyfriend, who eventually worked for a game magazine reviewing imports and anime, had it at a time when anime and 'Japanimation' *I hate that word, just use anime!* were relitively unknown, obscure, and badly copied from copies of copies. Part of my misses that era of anime, when a new episode of Ranma 1/2 or the Project A-Ko movie was fan-subbed and somewhat blurry to watch. Tenticle porn was everywhere and hard to advoid. Certain people knew certain series, and trading tapes was a form of currance. This movie makes me feel nostalgia for such an era, but also instills in me a deal of awe. This movie has held up, unlike the other anime I used to watch. Ranma became the same story over and over, Bubblegum Crisis a cliche piece, A-Ko a nice little parody that I never watched again and so forth. Only Nausicaä and a little less then a handful of others really stand out. Nausicaä beats out almost any animation on the shelf today, and simply shines. And that's not just the nostalgia talking, either. It's intelligent, action packed, and if God could dub. he would dub this. "Action packed man / nature balance story"I again, purchased this dvd for my daughter, due that she is an fan of all Hayao Miyazaki. Yet the film is a beautiful story of mankinds fight with oneself to live in balance and respect the balance of nature. "the way it was ment to be shown"A thousand years after the "Seven Days of Fire" destroyed human civilization and most of the Earths original ecosystem. Scattered human settlements survive-isolated from one to another by the "Sea of Corruption" (fukai, sea of rot/fungus in Japanese), a lethally toxic jungle of fungus swarming with giant insects-which come together only to wage war. In the 1980's this movie was edited on HBO and it's only rated PG. All because back then disneys movies were for general audiences. |
