Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780788824005
Format: Anamorphic
ISBN: 0788824007
Label: Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2005-02-22
Running Time: 117
Studio: Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 1985-06

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Summary: Child hood memories
Comment: I very much enjoyed this story, i have been looking for it for a long time, and to find it and watch it was very pleasurable.

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Summary: Great job
Comment: This is a wonderful movie. The price was right, the item was
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Summary: Wonderful...
Comment: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1985) - Hayao Miyazaki

There really needs to be something said about the work of Hayao Miyazaki. His completely unique vision and overall creativity has manifested in possibly the most amazing streak of great animated films ever produced. In fact, it even gives early Disney, renaissance era Disney, and modern day Pixar a fight. His body of work is truly astounding. He just about never fails to deliver an extremely engaging story filled with wonderful characters and amazing visuals, and with Nausicaa, he succeeds once again.

This is without a doubt one of his best films, although it has an overall different feel and tone when compared to some of his later masterworks. I have read a few critics calling it less refined than some of his later works, such as Mononoke and Spirited Away, but I don't think they really know what they're talking about. I'm almost certain that the more subdued overall feel is a choice, and never does the film feel "clunky", which is what one reviewer called it. Now, what does this overall slower pace and muted tone lead to? For one, it leads to a more meditative feel, which fits this film perfectly because, thematically, Nausicaa is probably Miyazaki's strongest. It deals with the situation of man vs. nature and pacifism vs. war. It's clear that Miyazaki strongly believes in pacifism over violence and he displays it beautifully through the main character of Nausicaa, who has to be one of the greatest heroines in all of film. The choices and sacrifices she makes throughout the narrative create a genuine inspiration within the viewer that is hard to contain.

Oh, and there's the visuals. Miyazaki is a master of visual art, bottom line. His creativity is absolutely amazing; he is able to create worlds filled with so much detail that they almost appear real, even if they occur only in dreams. The cavern of petrified trees below the Sea of Decay, in particular, is absolutely stunning. Thus, in summary, please buy this movie. You will not be disappointed.

On an interesting note, all of my friends that have read both the manga and watched the movie unanimously agree that the manga is infinitely superior, which is a little frightening, considering how good the movie is.

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Summary: DVD-Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Comment: This is an excellent movie for any young woman. A heroine who saves the day.

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Summary: This animation changed my life.
Comment: I saw this movie when I was still young in Japan. This movie encouraged me and I was relieved to be a woman. I felt I was OK to be strong, independent, and right. Nausicaa is a great leader as a woman and the true leader for people.

I want all the girls in the world to watch this. This movie is the origin of Miyazaki world.

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Editorial Reviews:

Hayao Miyazaki gained widespread attention in Japan for his complex ecological manga series, Nausica 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 Nausica, 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 Nausica, 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. Nausica 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, Nausica 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