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- According to his essay “On Nausicaä” published in the first volume of Nausicaä’ of the Valley of the Wind (1983), Hayao Miyazaki drew inspiration from both the musically-gifted Phaecian princess Nausicaä in Bernard Evslin’s Japanese translation of a Greek mythology dictionary, and an aristocratic daughter who loves insects in the Japanese stories The Tales of the Past and Present.
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Miyazaki's work on Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind was inspired by a range of works including Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea, Brian Aldiss's Hothouse, Isaac Asimov's Nightfall, and J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. [12]
May 25, 2020 · Hayao Miyazaki’s celebrated pre-Studio Ghibli movie and manga comic book Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind — though the two have major differences.
- Susana Polo
Sep 17, 2021 · Hailed as one the great cornerstones of sci-fi literature, the book has inspired a legion of failed film attempts, from Alejandro Jodorowsky to Ridley Scott to David Lynch. Lesser known, however, is its influence on Hayao Miyazaki’s 1984 classic Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind.
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The Princess Who Loved Insects
One thousand years have passed since the Seven Days of Fire, an apocalyptic war which destroyed human civilization and most of the Earth's original ecosystem. Scattered human settlements survive, isolated from one another by the Sea of Decay. The Sea of Decay is a jungle of giant plants and fungi swarming with giant insects, which seem to come together only to wage war. Everything in the Sea of Decay, including the air, is lethally toxic. Lord Yupa sword master and explorer has spent a year t...
Annihilation of Pejite
One evening, an airship (a kind of large cargo airplane) from the kingdom of Tolmekia travels through the Valley, noticing it's off course Nausicaä tries to guide the ship, unfortunately the ship is attacked by insects. Despite her warnings the ship crashes into the cliffs near the sea. Nausicaä tries to rescue a hand-cuffed girl of her age from the burning wreck, but she dies after telling that she is Princess Lastelle from the kingdom Pejite and that the cargo of the airship must be destroy...
Invasion of Kushana
Kushana attempts to return to Tolmekia, with Nausicaä and several others as hostages. Before their departure, Nausicaä reveals to Yupa a hidden garden of jungle plants, that are not toxic because they are growing in sand and water from a deep well. Nausicaä explains that the jungle is only toxic due to the toxic soil that is everywhere on the surface of the earth. She had hoped that by studying the plants she would be able to cure her father's illness but because he has died she has to stop h...
Greek Mythology
In an Animage interview on the origins of Nausicaä, Hayao Miyazaki explains that her name is the name of a Phaeacian princess who appears in the Odyssey. He first learned of her from Bernard Evslin's book Gods, Demigods & Demons: Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology (published as part of Shakai Shisosha's Modern Educational Pocketbooks series translated by Minoru Kobayashi), and was instantly attracted to her. After he read a novelization of Homer's Odyssey, he found it lacking because, in that ve...
Rowlf
The film and its manga counterpart were originally inspired by the 1971 underground comic Rowlf by American cartoonist Richard Corben, which is about "a princess carrying the fate of a small country." The story is set in the Medieval kingdom of Canisland, where Rowlf is devoted to his large-breasted mistress Maryara, and hostile towards her suitor, Raymon. Miyazaki proposed to Tokyo Movie Shinsha to acquire the copyright for Rowlf. In his proposal to acquire the writes to Rowlf, Miyazaki writ...
Japanese Folktales
Miyazaki modeled Nausicaä after the The Lady Who Loved Insects (虫めづる姫君 , Mushi-mezuru Himegimi), a twelfth-century Japanese tale of one who defies social convention and breaches the decorum expected of a Heian court lady. At a time when most girls would have shaved their eyebrows and stained their teeth black, this was most unusual. It is one of ten short stories in the collection Tsutsumi Chūnagon Monogatari (Tales of the Tsutsumi Middle Counseler). Miyazaki muses, "In an age of classics lik...
The Birth of Nausicaä
Hayao Miyazaki made his credited directorial debut in 1979 with The Castle of Cagliostro, a film which was a distinct departure from the antics of the Lupin III franchise, but still went on to receive the Ofuji Noburo Award at the 1979 Mainichi Film Concours. Although Cagliostro was a failure in the box office, Toshio Suzuki, editor of the magazine Animage, was impressed by the film and encouraged Miyazaki to produce works for Animage's publisher, Tokuma Shoten. The box office disappointment...
Planning
By 1983, Toshio Suzuki asked who Miyazaki wanted as producer for his new film. Without hesitation, Miyazaki said, "I want Mr. Takahata to be a producer," Suzuki thought, "I see, that's good!" Takahata had collaborated with Miyazaki on numerous works prior, from Horus, Prince of the Sun (1968) to Heidi, Girl of the Alps (1974) to Future Boy Conan(1978). Takahata was initially reluctant, saying "I am not suitable for a producer". Following that, Suzuki persistently tried to persuade him every d...
Production
Miyazaki et al. were considering commissioning Telecom Animation Film or Nippon Animation for the production. Both companies refused, saying "We are currently working on another work, so the staff cannot afford it." Telecom had previously worked with Miyazaki on The Castle of Cagliostro (1979) but declined as they were currently working on the animated adaptation of Little Nemo. They approached Tokyo Movie and Toei Animationand were also met with a harsh response, "I know that Mr. Miyazaki wi...
The film was originally released by Toei Companyin Japan on March 4, 1984, and sold 915,000 tickets and distribution revenue reached 740 million yen. A heavily edited and English-dubbed version of the film was released theatrically in North America, shown on HBO and released on VHS by New World Pictures & Manson International in the 1980s as Warrio...
During the premiere event of Castle in the Sky in 1986, Yasuyoshi Tokuma was asked regarding a for a sequel to Nausicaä, wherein he revealed that Miyazaki felt it would not live up to his expectations. Tokuma said that he had been persistently asking and writing letters to Miyazaki every time they met. In 1993, as the serialization of Nausicaämanga...
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind: Image Album (風の谷のナウシカ イメージアルバム 鳥の人 , Kaze no tani no Naushika Imēji Arubamu Tori no Hito) was released Nov 25, 1983. The 11-track album contains synthesized interpretations of the existing orchestrated tracks from the official soundtrack. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (OST) (風の谷のナウシカ サウンドトラック 〜はるかな地へ~ , Kaze...
Miyazaki's manga version of Nausicaä was written over a period of 13 years, with breaks taken to work on Studio Ghibli films. Serialized in Tokuma Shoten's Animagemagazine, the first chapter was published in February 1982, and the last chapter in March 1994. As can be expected, the story of the manga is far more complex than that of the film. The t...
Additional Voices
1. Manson International dub: Cam Clarke(Blond Temeculan Captain), Riley Jackson (Temeculan Naval Officer) 2. Disney dub: Newell Alexander, Rosemary Alexander, Tom Amundsen, Mitch Carter, David Cowgill, Wendy Cutler, Ike Eisenmann (Young Soldier), Jean Gilpin, Bridget Hoffman, Sherry Hursey, Rif Hutton, Edie Mirman, Peter Renaday (Valley Soldier), Grace Rolek, Lynnanne Zager
Home Video
1. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind VHS - Tokuma Shoten / Tokuma Japan / Tokuma Communications 148AH-3 1984, March 21, 2008, Release 2. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind Beta --Tokuma Shoten / Tokuma Japan / Tokuma Communications 148AB-5003 Released on March 21, 1984 3. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind LD - Tokuma Shoten / Tokuma Japan / Tokuma Communications 98LX-1 1984 April 21 Release 4. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind VHD --Tokuma Shoten / Tokuma Japan / Japan ABC 98HD-1 Released...
Printed Media
1. Animage Comics Wide Format Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind 1 (August 25, 1983) ISBN 4-19-773581-2 2. Animage Comics Wide Format Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind 2 (August 25, 1983) ISBN 4-19-773582-0 3. Animage Comics Wide Format Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind 3 (January 20, 1985) ISBN 4-19-775514-7 4. Animage Comics Wide Format Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind 4 (May 1, 1987) ISBN 4-19-777551-2 5. Animage Comics Wide Format Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind 5 (June 30, 1991) I...
Movie related
1. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind GUIDE BOOK (Animage Special Edition Romantic Album) (March 1984, Reprint July 2010) ISBN 4-19-720309-8 2. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind-Roman Album (May 1984, Reprinted May 2001) ISBN 4-19-720155-9 3. Kodansha Anime Comics 61 Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind 1 (April 11, 1984) ISBN 4-06-174461-5 4. Kodansha Anime Comics 62 Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind 2 (April 25, 1984) ISBN 4-06-174462-3 5. Kodansha Anime Comics 63 Nausicaa of the Valley of...
Official Sites 1. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind on Studio Ghibli 1. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind on Walt Disney Japan 1. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind on GKIDS 1. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind on HBO Max Information 1. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind on Anime News Network 1. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind at the Internet...
Mar 11, 2024 · Miyazaki has never explicitly stated that Frank Herbert’s novel served as inspiration, though other Western sci-fi classics like Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea, Brian Aldiss’ Hothouse, Isaac...
Jul 6, 2024 · The three first made a movie together in 1984: "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind." Miyazaki directed, Takahata produced, and Suzuki was the one who first connected Miyazaki with Tokuma Shoten.
