Nausicaä tries to rescue a hand-cuffed girl of her age from the burning wreck, but she dies after telling that she is Princess Lastelle from the kingdom Pejite and that the cargo of the airship must be destroyed. One day, an airship (a kind of large cargo airplane) crashes onto the cliffs near the Valley of the Wind. Nausicaä saves the reckless Asbel from destruction. Yupa and Mito discuss the discovery of a God Warrior Yupa is searching for the mythological man in blue who, according to the legend, will appear surrounded by a sea of gold and reunite the people and nature. Her explorations are facilitated by her skill at "windriding" flying with an advanced glider-like craft with a jet assist called a möwe. An intelligent girl, and inspired by the mentor figure Yupa, a wandering samurai type possessed of great wisdom, Nausicaä frequently explores the Sea of Decay and conducts scientific experiments in an attempt to define the true nature and origins of the toxic world in which she lives. She is also noted for her empathy toward animals, humans, and other beings. She has an unusual gift for communicating with the giant insects (particularly with the Ohmu, the gigantic, armored, caterpillar-like insects who are the most intelligent creatures in the Sea of Decay). Although a skillful fighter, Miyazaki's Nausicaä is humane and peace-loving. Nausicaä is the agile and cheerful young princess of the peaceful Valley of the Wind. Everything in the Sea of Decay, including the air, is lethally toxic. The Sea of Decay is a jungle of giant plants and fungi swarming with giant insects, which seem to come together only to wage war. Scattered human settlements survive, isolated from one another by the Sea of Decay. One thousand years have passed since the Seven Days of Fire, an apocalyptic war which destroyed human civilization and most of the Earth's original ecosystem. Nausicaä exploring the forest near the Sea of Corruption. The ruined ocean came toīe called the Wasteland, and, giving off poisonous vapor, itsįorest of fungi spreads, until it threatens the existence of
The film was followed by Castle in the Sky.ġ,000 years ago, civilization collapsed, and a ceramic fragment Its theatrical release posters were painted by famed artist Yoshiyuki Takani. The film also inspired the Tokusatsu tribute short, Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo, directed by Hideaki Anno and released on July 10, 2012.Īt the time of its theatrical release, it was screened on 35mm film and the audio was in mono. In December 2019, the story was adapted into a Kabuki stage play by Shinbashi Enbujō.
The movie won the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize in 1984. Its poster's advertising slogan is, "The love of a girl called a miracle." (少女の愛が奇跡を呼んだ). The film stars the voices of Sumi Shimamoto, Goro Naya, Yoji Matsuda, Yoshiko Sakakibara and Iemasa Kayumi. Joe Hisaishi composed the film's musical score. It is often included as part of the Studio's works, including the Studio Ghibli Collection DVDs and Blu-Rays. While created before Studio Ghibli was founded, the film is often considered to be the beginning of the studio because of the involvement of Studio Ghibli's Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, Toshio Suzuki, Hideaki Anno and Joe Hisaishi. Nausicaä is ranked as one of the 50 greatest science fiction films by the Database.
The movie has environmentalist undertones and was presented by the World Wide Fund for Nature when it was released in 1984. Miyazaki was also strongly inspired by French comic artist Jean Giraud Moebius Arzach (1975), as seen in the documentary, Ghibli: The Miyazaki Temple.
The story itself was inspired by the 1971 comic Rowlf by American cartoonist Richard Corben, while the name Nausicaä was derived from the Greek epic Odysseus. It is based on Miyazaki's manga of the same name, first serialized on Animage magazine on February 4, 1982, and completed in March 1994. It was screened alongside two compilation movies for Sherlock Hound, The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle and Treasure Under the Sea. Isao Takahata produced the film for publisher Tokuma Shoten and advertising agency Hakuhodo, with TopCraft animating. ¥742 million (rentals) Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (風の谷のナウシカ, Kaze no Tani no Naushika) is an animated post-apocalyptic fantasy adventure film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, that premiered March 11, 1984.