Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind Box Set

One of my favorite pieces of fiction in any medium. I really can't gush about how underlooked it is because of its age (1982 - 1994). It's such a shame we'll probably never see a proper adaptation since Hayao Miyazaki is protective of his work (and rightfully so, his work is incredible).

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind is an epic fantasy post-apocalyptic steampunk-ish story where the earth has been engulfed by fire and what remains are tiny pieces of inhabitable land and giant forests of corruption, filled with miasma and massive insects. The world is incredibly well made and always very interesting. The story always kept me interested and was surprisingly varied. The action is S-tier, with a ton of great battles and set pieces... I could go on, you get the point.

Really, if there's a single issue with this manga, it's that the action scenes can sometimes be a little difficult to follow because of how much is happening at one time. You get used to it fairly quickly though, and it's still good that fights aren't drawn out like other manga.

If you're going to read ONE manga in your entire life, absolutely read this!

A great read! (Though I think merely saying "read" undersells the images as mere illustrations)

I knew the film and manga and movie share a lot of themes: The kind and messianic protagonist, living with vs. living from nature, empires and war... however, the manga is far more sprawling with its political intrigues, worldbuilding, and ambigous choices. For the most viewers of the movie, the God Worrior might have been the most frightening character. In the Manga, the level of gore and other-worldliness is similar to Princess Mononoke (in case you are fan of Miyazaki’s movies) and there are more creatures of the old world, more dark than the god worrior that also appeared in the Nausikaä Anime. The movie contains a lot of flying already but the manga is a different level. Most seems to happen up in the sky.

It was not easy to follow the story. The many-paneled pages, different settings, the characters and places drawn with many details but with few iconic and orienting features, people dressing in different clothes, putting on masks etc. made it unintuitive to follow sometimes. It might help to read a summary before, after or while reading, I found Isaac Yuen’s blog posts very useful: ekostories.com/2013/06/05/nausicaa-valley-wind/

The ideas touched upon are fascinating and reminds of Ursula Le Guin’s work.

One of my favorite pieces of fiction in any medium. I really can't gush about how underlooked it is because of its age (1982 - 1994). It's such a shame we'll probably never see a proper adaptation since Hayao Miyazaki is protective of his work (and rightfully so, his work is incredible).

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind is an epic fantasy post-apocalyptic steampunk-ish story where the earth has been engulfed by fire and what remains are tiny pieces of inhabitable land and giant forests of corruption, filled with miasma and massive insects. The world is incredibly well made and always very interesting. The story always kept me interested and was surprisingly varied. The action is S-tier, with a ton of great battles and set pieces... I could go on, you get the point.

Really, if there's a single issue with this manga, it's that the action scenes can sometimes be a little difficult to follow because of how much is happening at one time. You get used to it fairly quickly though, and it's still good that fights aren't drawn out like other manga.

If you're going to read ONE manga in your entire life, absolutely read this!