Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (風の谷のナウシカ Kaze no tani no Naushika) is a work of Hayao Miyazaki's. It started as a manga, and then later made into an anime.
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Summary [change]
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is about a young princess called Nausicaä.
Setting [change]
The world of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is filled with a poisonous jungle that are filled with large, carnivorous insects, and it's slowly growing across the world.
Manga [change]
The manga came out in 1982 and lasted until 1994.
Anime [change]
| Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind | |
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| Directed by | Hayao Miyazaki |
| Produced by | Isao Takahata |
| Written by | Hayao Miyazaki |
| Music by | Joe Hisaishi |
| Cinematography | Hideshi Kyonen |
| Editing by | Naoki Kaneko Tomoko Kida Shiyoji Sakai |
| Release date(s) | JPN March 4, 1984 NA February 22, 2005 |
| Running time | 116 min. |
| Country |  Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
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The movie came out in 1984, and is based on the manga. It follows the same plot as the manga, but it is less developed. It has several famous English actors, including Patrick Stewart, Uma Thurman, Shia LaBeouf, and Mark Hamill. It sold more than 1 million tickets when it came out, and it first came out in North America in the 1980s, but was called Warriors of the Wind. It was a cut version of the movie, losing 30 minutes of the movie that the editors called "slow-moving", and the voice actors were never told the plot of the movie. The emphasis that the movie had on environmentalism was diluted because of the cuts. Miyazaki dislikes this version of the movie a lot, and made a "no cuts" clause to make sure this doesn't happen again. The uncut version of the movie was re-released in 2005 on DVD.
Cast [change]
| Character | Japanese | English 2005 dub |
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| Narrator | (none) | Tony Jay |
| Nausicaä | Sumi Shimamoto | Alison Lohman |
| Lord Yupa | Goro Naya | Patrick Stewart |
| Kushana | Yoshiko Sakakibara | Uma Thurman |
| Kurotowa | Iemasa Kayumi | Chris Sarandon |
| Mito | Ichirō Nagai | Edward James Olmos |
| Lastelle | Miina Tominaga | Emily Bauer |
| Asbel | Yōji Matsuda | Shia LaBeouf |
| Mayor of Pejite | Makoto Terada | Mark Hamill |
| Obaba | Hisako Kyōda | Tress MacNeille |
| King Jihl | Mahito Tsujimura | Mark Silverman |
| Muzu | James Arnold Taylor | |
| Gikuri | Jōji Yanami | Jeff Bennett |
| Lastelle's Mother | Akiko Tsuboi | Jodi Benson |
| Gol | Kōhei Miyauchi | Frank Welker |
