This is my favorite comic book & anime movie. The author is Hayao Miyazaki, famous for "Spirited Away". I believe this movie inspired alot of children in Japan about environmental issues. It is about the future, a world after a great war (indicating a nuclear war) polluted everywhere, mostly deserts and forests with large insects and toxic air. The girl Nausicaa is an active young princess of a small country who can communicate with the insects and the wind. Even in a world with less people, mankind still has to kill eachother, fight for land, and concieve nature. Nausicaa, knowing that war is not the answer to a better world, fights, negotiates, and loves for her people. The story is about Nausicaa and her journey to create harmony between different race and with nature.
I first saw the movie when I was small, a great shock. But the comics were even more inspiring and philosophical. Hayao Miyazaki is known for his tremendous amount of reading and research. He is expressing the forgotten Japanese ways of living with nature through his movies. I really want to share this movie and comic with people outside Japan.
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After reading this entry, I'd become wanted to read "Naucica" in comic, because I've only watched the movie. I'm gonna go to Amazon's site!!
hi, oh yes please try it out! there are 8 volumes in total, and the movie is just covering the first one. i forgot to make a link to the Amazon site, will do that. and you can also see it on the right column!
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