Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Reviews

Director Hayao Miyazaki won a place in my heart after I saw his 2001 film Spirited Away. I'm in no position to claim to be an expert on Miyazaki (I've only seen three of his films), nor am I really a big fan of Japanese animation; but I can safely say that Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is one of the very best animated films I have ever seen. The beauty of the animation is stunning, with its close attention to detail--every frame is constructed as a work of art--and the story is enthralling. As with other Miyazaki films, the majority of characters are much more three-dimensional that you typically get in Western animated features, and nearly all of them aren't exactly what they seem to be.

Nausicaä, which is based on Miyazaki's gargantuan Manga series, is set in the distant future, after fires destroyed much of the earth. The world is being consumed by the Sea of Decay, a toxic forest that spreads through airborne spores and is protected by giant insects called ohmu. The Valley of the Wind is one of the last pure places on earth, and its Princess, Nausicaä, is a strong-willed yet free-spirited young woman seeking to solve the mystery of the Sea of Decay. A nearby nation, which claims to have harnessed the power that allowed humans to rule the earth a thousand years before, takes over after a plane carrying a mysterious living cargo crashes in the valley. What follows in the film is a struggle, not of good versus evil, but of man versus nature. The story is complex, as is its message, and Miyazaki has ingeniously spun deep complexities into the animated characters: what look like foes may not be, and what look like friends may be a bit more dangerous.

The animation is colorful, sweeping, expansive, and beautiful, as are the plot and characters. There is an immediacy to the story that makes a big emotional impact and makes us question how we handle our position in nature. As one of the characters in the film asks, have humans become but a tribe destined to be swallowed by the Sea of Decay? It is ultimately a film about compassion in the face of violence and war, which is what makes it so different from Western features.

Disney's recent DVD release is excellent. The film can be watched either in the original Japanese audio or Pixar's dub with Patrick Stewart and Uma Thurman, and there are separate subtitles for each language track--a literal one (hallelujah!) for the Japanese track, and a more closed-captions style set for the English track. The film is so stunning in the Japanese that I have never considered watching the dub, though a fellow film buff has said that it is "not so bad." After this film was released in the US in the 1980s in a completely mangled version called Warriors of the Wind, Miyazaki suspended all US rights of all his other films until the distributor would honor the stipulation that they be released without any editing. The fact that Disney, which is known for watering down nearly everything it touches, has done this with such a non-Western-style movie is amazing.

Nausicaa es un mito clásico en esencia, sobre resurrecciones hacia la divinidad y actos trascendentes a la materia o al colectivo egóico. A nivel metafórico es muy importante y está muy al nivel de aquellos mitos, ahora con una narrativa más épica a lo Señor de los Anillos.
No es la obra maestra de Miyazaki, porque aun necesita pulir la complejidad de su simbolismo.

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Nausicaa del valle del viento es una película con unos muy buenos personajes con personalidades muy bien definidas, siendo claramente, Nausicaa la mejor personaje de toda la cinta, con un conflicto y cierto desarrollo a través de la película.
A parte de esto, la película da un mensaje antiguerra y está a favor del pacifismo, pero a diferencia de basura como Steven Universe, la cinta no ignora las consecuencias que esto podría tener. Esta película no muestra a aquellos a favor de la violencia y la guerra como villanos que son malos porque sí, si no que se muestra que sus causas son justas hasta cierto punto y se dan premisas que bien podrían ser las de un héroe.
Nausicaa es una película llena de complejidad, con una excelente animación y un mundo fascinante.
El final es una conveniencia argumental, pero ¿saben qué? lo puedo perdonar hasta cierto punto, ya que va de la mano con un mensaje de la película que dice que las buenas acciones son recompensadas y a parte, Nausicaa es tan buen personaje y el final es mostrado de una manera tan bella que no puedo evitar conmoverme al verlo.
Una muy buena película y sin lugar a dudas la mejor película de Hayao Miyazaki.

Hayao Miyazaki's environmentalist streak is apparent again in this post-apocaplyptic action adventure. The young Princess Nausicaä searches for the cause of her land's suffering and teaches us a thing or two about saving our planet along the way.

A captivating post appocalyptic story from around the Mad Max era. It does seem a little long, and younger kids might get restless watching, but with the utterly stunning, bedazzling visuals and sensitive character interaction it makes for a beautiful and moving animated experience like you would only expect with master Miyazaki. If that is a bit gushy fanboy sounding well ok, I can live with that. If you're just getting into anime film and you've watched Akira or something, Hayao Miyazaki should be your next port of call.