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Intriguing As an avid hater of Anime cartoons and having a bias against the majority of films which fall into that category, I must say...Nausicca of the Valley of the Wind is definately an interesting flick. Prior to viewing it, I had watched two other Miyazaki films: Spirited Away, and Princess Mononoke, both of which had blown me away. When I saw his name on the cover of the dvd, I knew it couldn't be too terrible. Luckily, it wasn't. In Nausicaa, Miyazaki displays the same attention to detail that has always placed him a notch above other animators. Even now, with all the leaps and bounds in animation that computers have made, they still struggle to equal the quality that is present in Miyazaki's work. One can genuinely see the emotions on the characters' faces. The many environments which are shown in the film also never fail to convince. One thing I noticed was the similarity between the basic storylines and elements which made up Nausicaa and Princess Mononoke. Were you to replace the toxic jungle of Nausicaa with the forest of Princess Mononoke, replace the giant insects which live in the jungle with the giant animals which live in the forest, replace the warring villages with the warring samurai, and move the time period back about 1400-1600 years, then you would have the overall shell of Princess Mononoke. However, similarities are to be expected when the same author created both stories. Yet that's not to say that the story is bad or that the movie is not worth watching. Far from it. Although the same level of depth isn't present in Nausicaa as it is in Princess Mononoke, Nausicaa remains an excellent film, never-the-less. In fact, you'll probably be left wanting more after you finish the film. If that is the case, then there is a series of Manga which go beyond the film, as the film covers less than half of the full story. The full manga are available here. http://www.animecornerstore.com/nausbrvalofw.html And, while I despise anime, I must confess, I have been convinced to order all of them.