Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. I

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Title:

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. I

Author:

Miyazaki, Hayao, 1941- author, artist.

Smith, Toren, translator.

Lewis, David (Translator), translator.

Wong, Walden, artist.

Evers, Izumi, designer.

Series:

Nausicaä of the valley of the wind ;

Series Number:

Summary:

In a long-ago war, humankind set off a devastating ecological disaster. Thriving industrial societies disappeared. The earth is slowly submerging beneath the expanding Sea of Corruption, an enormous toxic forest that creates mutant insects and releases a miasma of poisonous spores into the air. At the periphery of the sea, tiny kingdoms are scattered on tiny parcels of land. Here lies the Valley of the Wind, a kingdom of barely 500 citizens; a nation given fragile protection from the decaying sea's poisons by the ocean breezes; and home to Nausicaä. Nausicaä, a young princess, has an empathic bond with the giant Ohmu insects and animals of every creed. She fights to create tolerance, understanding and patience among empires that are fighting over the world's remaining precious natural resources. -- Amazon.

Audience:

Rated T: For teen.

General Note:

Manga format; Reads from right to left.

Translation of Kaze no tani no Naushika.

Edition:

Studio Ghibli Library edition.

Physical Description:

130 pages : chiefly illustrations, fold-out color map ; 26 cm.

Genre:

Dystopian comics.

Fantasy comics.

Science fiction comics.

Comics (Graphic works)

Graphic novels.

Subject Term:

Nausicaa (Greek mythology) -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Princesses -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Environmentalism -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Author(s):

Smith, Toren,

Lewis, David (Translator),

Wong, Walden,

Evers, Izumi,

Publisher:

VIZ Media, LLC.,

Publication Date:

2004

1983

ISBN:

9781591164081

Publication Information:

San Francisco, California : VIZ Media, LLC., 2004.

Call Number:

YA MIYAZAKI

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Summary

An epic fantasy tale written and illustrated by the legendary director Hayao Miyazaki!

In a long-ago war, humankind set off a devastating ecological disaster. Thriving indistrial societies disappeared. The earth is slowly submerging beneath the expanding Sea of Corruption, an enormous toxic forest that creates mutant insects and releases a miasma of poisonous spores into the air.At the periphery of the sea, tiny kingdoms are scattered on tiny parcels of land. Here lies the Valley of the Wind, a kingdom of barely 500 citizens; a nation given fragile protection from the decaying sea's poisons by the ocean breezes; and home to Nausicaä.

Nausicaä, a young princess, has an empathic bond with the giant Ohmu insects and animals of every creed. She fights to create tolerance, understanding and patience among empires that are fighting over the world's remaining precious natural resources.

Author Notes

Hayao Miyazaki is one of Japan's most beloved animation directors. In 2005 he was awarded the Venice International Film Festival's Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement, and his Studio Ghibli received the festival's Osella Award for overall achievement in 2004. Miyazaki's films include Spirited Away , winner of the 2002 Academy Award® for Best Animated Feature Film, as well as Castle in the Sky , My Neighbor Totoro , Kiki's Delivery Service , Princess Mononoke , Howl's Moving Castle , and Ponyo , all of which have received great acclaim in the U.S. Miyazaki's other achievements include the highly regarded manga series Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and Starting Point: 1979-1996, a collection of essays, interviews, and memoirs that chronicle his early career and the development of his theories of animation. Both are published in English by VIZ Media.

Reviews (1)

Library Journal Review

Nausicaa is the gifted teenaged princess of a small valley on a devastated far-future Earth, where a growing poisonous forest is threatening the last human settlements. As an excellent gunship pilot, she is drawn by an old alliance into a war between neighboring kingdoms. But the pacifistic Nausicaa is much more interested in exploring the secrets of the forest. This complex ecological adventure epic-a true comics classic-is the only extended manga work by renowned anime director Miyazaki (Spirited Away). His lush, detailed art, reproduced here in sepia ink, is more reminiscent of European artists such as Moebius than of most manga, but manga fans will be drawn into the story nonetheless. Viz's first edition of Nausicaa was seven volumes; later these were recompiled into a four-volume set. This new edition reverts to the artwork's original right-to-left orientation, the seven-volume breakdown, and the Japanese original's larger (7" x 10") size-an improvement, as Miyazaki's pages are dense with information. Highly recommended for teens and adults alike, this tremendous series belongs in every library. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.