How The Nausicaa Manga Expands On The Movie

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Hayao Miyazaki is one of the most legendary anime filmmakers in Japan, and Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind is one of his most iconic films. The movie features a young princess named Nausicaa as she struggles for peace in a post-apocalyptic world being destroyed by poisons. It was one of Miyazaki's first films, made before Studio Ghibli was even founded, though many of the company's defining aesthetics and animation style are already visible here.

While many anime fans are aware of this film, few know that this movie was actually based on a manga, written and drawn by Hayao Miyazaki himself. While the film's story was quite encompassing and epic in scope, it only covered the first two volumes of the manga, which goes much deeper into the themes and values that Miyazaki wanted to explore. The original manga is a great work of art that expands strongly on Miyazaki's philosophies, and fans of the movie should absolutely check out this manga.

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Nausicaa is the young princess of the Valley of the Wind, a small region far from the troubles of the outside world. Nausicaa is a benevolent and empathetic girl who loves all living beings, even the insects of the Toxic Jungle that terrify others. Her peaceful life is disturbed when a Pejite airship carrying the embryo of a Giant Warrior crashes on their land. This event prompts the Torumekian forces to come to the Valley to retrieve the embryo, sparking off a chain of events that threaten to destroy the world's fragile ecosystem.

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind is a story of many complex themes, including environmentalism, the folly of humanity, and the renewing power of nature. Many of the problems in the movie are caused by