Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. 1 / Hayao Miyazaki ; translation David Lewis and Toren Smith (Studio Proteus).

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Author:

Miyazaki, Hayao, 1941- author, artist.

Smith, Toren, translator.

Lewis, Dana (Translator), translator.

Wong, Walden, artist.

Kawasaki, Elizabeth, editor.

ISBN:

9781591164081

Uniform Title:

Kaze no tani no Naushika. English

Edition:

Studio Ghibli Library edition.

Physical Description:

130 pages : chiefly illustrations, fold-out color map ; 26 cm

Series:

Nausicaä of the valley of the wind

Nausicaä of the valley of the wind.

General Note:

Manga format; Reads from right to left.

Story & art by Hayao Miyazaki; translation: David [Dana] Lewis and Toren Smith; touch-up art & lettering: Walden Wong; editor, Studio Ghibli Library edition: Elizabeth Kawasaki.

Abstract:

"In a long-ago war, humankind set off a devastating ecological disaster. Thriving industrial societies disappeared. The earth is slowly submerging beneath the expanding Sea of Corruption, an enormous toxic forest that creates mutant insects and releases a miasma of poisonous spores into the air... Nausicaä, a gentle but strong-willed young princess, has an empathic bond with the giant Ohmu insects, who open their hearts to her. She fights to create peace among empires that are fighting over the world's remaining precious natural resources."--Back cover.

Reading Level:

Rated T: For teen.

Subject Term:

Graphic novels.

Comic books, strips, etc.

Nausicaa (Greek mythology) -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Princesses -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Environmentalism -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Eco-fiction -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Wind -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Romans graphiques.

Nausicaa (Mythologie grecque) -- Bandes dessinées.

Princesses -- Bandes dessinées.

Environnementalisme -- Bandes dessinées.

Princesses. (OCoLC)fst01076505

Nausicaa (Greek mythology) (OCoLC)fst01034753

Environmentalism. (OCoLC)fst00913543

Comic books, strips, etc. (OCoLC)fst00869145

Graphic novels. (OCoLC)fst00946656

Genre:

Fantasy comic books, strips, etc.

Fictional Work

Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787

Comics (Graphic works) (OCoLC)fst01921613

Fantasy comics. (OCoLC)fst01921655

Graphic novels. (OCoLC)fst01726630

Comics (Graphic works)

Added Author:

Lewis, Dana (Translator),

Wong, Walden,

Kawasaki, Elizabeth,

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Summary

An epic fantasy tale written and illustrated by the legendary director Hayao Miyazaki!

In a long-ago war, humankind set off a devastating ecological disaster. Thriving indistrial societies disappeared. The earth is slowly submerging beneath the expanding Sea of Corruption, an enormous toxic forest that creates mutant insects and releases a miasma of poisonous spores into the air.At the periphery of the sea, tiny kingdoms are scattered on tiny parcels of land. Here lies the Valley of the Wind, a kingdom of barely 500 citizens; a nation given fragile protection from the decaying sea's poisons by the ocean breezes; and home to Nausicaä.

Nausicaä, a young princess, has an empathic bond with the giant Ohmu insects and animals of every creed. She fights to create tolerance, understanding and patience among empires that are fighting over the world's remaining precious natural resources.

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Library Journal Review

Nausicaa is the gifted teenaged princess of a small valley on a devastated far-future Earth, where a growing poisonous forest is threatening the last human settlements. As an excellent gunship pilot, she is drawn by an old alliance into a war between neighboring kingdoms. But the pacifistic Nausicaa is much more interested in exploring the secrets of the forest. This complex ecological adventure epic-a true comics classic-is the only extended manga work by renowned anime director Miyazaki (Spirited Away). His lush, detailed art, reproduced here in sepia ink, is more reminiscent of European artists such as Moebius than of most manga, but manga fans will be drawn into the story nonetheless. Viz's first edition of Nausicaa was seven volumes; later these were recompiled into a four-volume set. This new edition reverts to the artwork's original right-to-left orientation, the seven-volume breakdown, and the Japanese original's larger (7" x 10") size-an improvement, as Miyazaki's pages are dense with information. Highly recommended for teens and adults alike, this tremendous series belongs in every library. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.