Om! (I mean, "Ohmu!")
Nausicaa.net reports: "The English dub of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind will receive a small-scale, theatrical release this summer, according to sources close to Disney. This will be the first opportunity for US viewers to see the film on the big screen outside of the occasional film festival."
This was first full-length release by Hayao Miyazaki, who has since produced Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away and the upcoming Howl's Moving Castle (to be released this July). I first saw Nausicaä on cable in '84 or '85, when I was in junior high school. It's remained one of my favorite films ever since. I have a friend of similar age who named her daughter after the character.
The Nausicaä graphic novel, recently published in a new format, is an even more outstanding work:
"Nausicaä has been the lifework of Miyazaki. For 13 years (with some breaks) he wrote monthly installments of this complicated and thought-provoking manga (or 'graphic novel') about a princess who struggles to live in a world filled with ecological disasters, war, hatred and anger. By the time he finished, Miyazaki had tackled some of the most difficult themes in literature: the conflicts between nature and humans, war and peace, hope and despair, and the meaning of life and death. It's truly a great work of art and thought.
"Depicting a world so different from ours, Miyazaki drew intricate and detailed artwork of a strangely beautiful forest and that creatures that inhabit it; strange-looking machines such as flying gunships; and people and their lives that seem to be set in the Medieval era, rather than in the distant future. Yet, the issues that Nausicaä faces during her journey are the very issues we face today. The ending of this manga is likely to surprise you and make you think.
"Nausicaä has been highly acclaimed and is very popular in Japan. In 1994, Miyazaki received the Japan Manga Artists' Association Award. 'Nausicaä' sold more than 10 million copies in Japan alone."
As evidence of that popularity, allow me to direct you to a Slashdot piece about a Japanese artist-engineer who has worked to create a functional version of Nausicaä's glider.
This was first full-length release by Hayao Miyazaki, who has since produced Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away and the upcoming Howl's Moving Castle (to be released this July). I first saw Nausicaä on cable in '84 or '85, when I was in junior high school. It's remained one of my favorite films ever since. I have a friend of similar age who named her daughter after the character.
The Nausicaä graphic novel, recently published in a new format, is an even more outstanding work:
"Nausicaä has been the lifework of Miyazaki. For 13 years (with some breaks) he wrote monthly installments of this complicated and thought-provoking manga (or 'graphic novel') about a princess who struggles to live in a world filled with ecological disasters, war, hatred and anger. By the time he finished, Miyazaki had tackled some of the most difficult themes in literature: the conflicts between nature and humans, war and peace, hope and despair, and the meaning of life and death. It's truly a great work of art and thought.
"Depicting a world so different from ours, Miyazaki drew intricate and detailed artwork of a strangely beautiful forest and that creatures that inhabit it; strange-looking machines such as flying gunships; and people and their lives that seem to be set in the Medieval era, rather than in the distant future. Yet, the issues that Nausicaä faces during her journey are the very issues we face today. The ending of this manga is likely to surprise you and make you think.
"Nausicaä has been highly acclaimed and is very popular in Japan. In 1994, Miyazaki received the Japan Manga Artists' Association Award. 'Nausicaä' sold more than 10 million copies in Japan alone."
As evidence of that popularity, allow me to direct you to a Slashdot piece about a Japanese artist-engineer who has worked to create a functional version of Nausicaä's glider.
Om! (I mean, "Ohmu!")
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