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) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Adventure, science fiction, fantasy[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Hayao Miyazaki |
| Published by | Tokuma Shoten |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Animage |
| Original run | February 1982 – March 1994 |
| Volumes | 7 |
| Movie | |
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (風の谷のナウシカ, Kaze no tani no Naushika) is a manga work of Hayao Miyazaki's, and then later made into an anime.
Summary
[change | change source]A young princess makes various questions between right or wrong in the world.
Setting
[change | change source]The world of is filled with large, carnivorous insects in the poisonous jungle while it grows slowly.
Manga
[change | change source]The manga lasted from 1982 and to 1994.
Anime
[change | change source]| Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Hayao Miyazaki |
| Written by | Hayao Miyazaki |
| Produced by | Isao Takahata |
| Cinematography | Hideshi Kyonen |
| Edited by | Naoki Kaneko Tomoko Kida Shiyoji Sakai |
| Music by | Joe Hisaishi |
Release dates | JPN March 4, 1984 NA February 22, 2005 |
Running time | 116 min. |
| Country |  Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
The movie premiered in 1984 and 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, and there was next to no character development. 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, and won a set of 3 film awards in 1985.[2]
Cast
[change | change source]| Character | Japanese | English 1985 dub | English 2005 dub |
|---|---|---|---|
| Narrator | (none) | Hal Smith | Tony Jay |
| Nausicaä/Princess Zandra | Sumi Shimamoto | Susan Davis | Alison Lohman |
| Lord Yupa | Goro Naya | Hal Smith | 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 | Cam Clarke | 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 |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "The Official Website for Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind". Viz Media. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
- ↑ "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind" – via www.imdb.com.