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Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 4 (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind) Paperback – May 5, 2004

by Hayao Miyazaki (Author, Illustrator)
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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.

A monk warns Nausicaä that omens of an apocalypse, Daikaisho, will appear soon and the forest will boil over to cover the land. His predictions appear to be coming true when she arrives in the Forest in the South and discovers Lord Miralupa has developed mutant spores for biological warfare, but the mold begins growing uncontrollably and there's no antidote.
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    Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Box Set
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    138 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    VIZ Media LLC
  5. Publication date
    May 5, 2004
  6. Grade level
    7 - 9
  7. Reading age
    13 - 17 years
  8. Dimensions
    7.13 x 0.4 x 10.13 inches
  9. ISBN-10
    1591163528
  10. ISBN-13
    978-1591163527
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Hayao Miyazaki is one of Japan’s most beloved animation directors. In 2005 he was awarded the Venice International Film Festival’s Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement, and his Studio Ghibli received the festival’s Osella Award for overall achievement in 2004. Miyazaki’s films include Spirited Away, winner of the 2002 Academy Award® for Best Animated Feature Film, as well as Castle in the Sky, My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service, Princess Mononoke, Howl's Moving Castle, and Ponyo, all of which have received great acclaim in the U.S. Miyazaki’s other achievements include the highly regarded manga series Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and Starting Point: 1979-1996, a collection of essays, interviews, and memoirs that chronicle his early career and the development of his theories of animation. Both are published in English by VIZ Media.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ VIZ Media LLC; 2nd edition (May 5, 2004)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 138 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1591163528
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1591163527
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 13 - 17 years
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 7 - 9
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.9 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.13 x 0.4 x 10.13 inches
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Hayao Miyazaki is the prominent director of many popular animated feature films. He is also the co-founder of Studio Ghibli, the award-winning Japanese animation studio and production company behind worldwide hits such as PRINCESS MONONOKE, HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE and SPIRITED AWAY.

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Archie Potter II
5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT READ
Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2012
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this continues the great story started in the previous 3 volumes. i can get enough of nausicaa of the valley of the wind.
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Lorena Merino
5.0 out of 5 stars Great volume!
Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2011
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I bought this for my brother's birthday. he loved it it says it's as good as the previous ones, and you read it like japanese style, meaning from back to front.
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Jonathan Cano
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
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Grat quality
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C. MERRITT
5.0 out of 5 stars Much better than animated film.
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2007
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Miyazaki's graphic novels are MUCH better than the animation. More depth and better story resolution. Visually stunning with tremendous thought and meaning.
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Sarugumo
5.0 out of 5 stars Nausicaa
Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2011
The collection of 7 books that make up the Nausicaa collection are fantastic. I read them all in about two days as once you start them you cannot stop. The paper quality is a bit low, but what can you expect for the price. You get the full story, plus it has additional stuff to the film and more depth. This shows off Miyazaki's amazing drawing skills and his ability to weave a story with a message is renowned. This has strong environmental themes and manages to make a point without ramming it home. You have to read these in the traditional Japanese way (I.e. back to front from a western perspective) but this only adds to the charm and overall experience. A brilliant intro to Miyazaki's anime.

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jkl song
5.0 out of 5 stars miyazaki doesn't just excel at movies
Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2007
I have just finished reading this series, and I must say that I am AMAZED. The books are much more philosophical than the movie (which corresponds to only the first two books), and contains many more characters that are more developed. Unlike the movie, where Nausicaa was practically perfect, and Kushana was purely evil, the book's characters are much more complex. Kushana reminds me of Lady Hiboshi from Princess Mononoke.

The tone of the series changes from beginning to end. This makes sense, as the series was written over about 10 years, with a number of hiatuses. The first two books are confusing and not terribly interesting, but the story blossoms from there.

On top of that, I don't even like manga or anime as genres. Miyazaki is truly exceptional.
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Mii baachan
5.0 out of 5 stars It's the best.
Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2008
We love these books. I have read these so many times in Japanese and I wanted our kids to read them, too. So I got them in English.
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4.0 out of 5 stars NAUSICAA OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND by Hayao Miyazaki
Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2010
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is a manga written and illustrated by legendary anime filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki. It originally ran from 1982 to 1994; the total work is over 1100 pages (the edition currently in print is seven volumes). The initial chapters were the basis for the eponymous 1984 film. Here, a postapocalyptic Earth is polluted and overgrown with toxic forests and giant insects. As neighboring states go to war, Nausicaä, princess of the Valley of the Wind, works to restore peace and to purify the earth.

It's hard to talk about the manga without mentioning the film, which is one of my all-time favorites. More people are familiar with the film than with the comic, and Miyazaki is far better known as a filmmaker than as a comic artist. Obviously, Miyazaki is more limited in a sensory way here, without the film's color or outstanding musical score. But he is much freer to explore his world: the film features a considerably streamlined story (one nation has been omitted) and a moral conflict that is fairly black and white. The manga is substantially more complex.

Miyazaki has created a rich, deep world, which is worth the investment the reader must make. Particularly early on, there's a lot of exposition in dialogue, like we're accustomed to seeing in American Silver Age comics. And it takes some time for the reader to determine who is on which side and what, exactly, is going on.

Nausicaä is always engaging but rarely gripping. Toward the end of the saga, Miyazaki does manage to generate some genuine suspense, but mostly the story meanders along as Nausicaä herself more or less blows where the winds of war take her. The ending is rife with potential, but it goes out with something of an abrupt whimper.

As an archetype of love and self-sacrifice, Nausicaä herself is an exceptionally admirable protagonist. Through nonviolence, she is a uniter, a peacemaker. The only stumble here comes at the end of the work, when Miyazaki puts her into what he obviously feels is a shades-of-gray, no-win moral situation. But it's actually somewhat underwhelming, as Miyazaki barely even hints at the ramifications.

Miyazaki's ever-present attention to detail is here in the artwork, which is generally impressive, although such a degree of detail often makes for some messy and hard-to-interpret panels, particularly during battles (and there are a lot of battles). And Miyazaki doesn't shy away from depicting the carnage more graphically than he ever did in any of his films.

There are a wide array of supernatural powers at work here that for the most part were not present in the film. A number of them are kind of silly, and some don't always make a lot of sense (hello, sentient mold monster). Telepaths are a dime a dozen.

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is always good but rarely great. It will particularly appeal to fans of the film who want more of Nausicaä's adventures and a deeper look into Miyazaki's postapocalyptic world.
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Susan
5.0 out of 5 stars Great illustrations, excellent condition from seller
Reviewed in Canada on July 15, 2014
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It tells the story of Nausicaä, a princess of a small kingdom on a post-apocalyptic Earth with a new, bioengineered ecological system, who becomes involved in a war between kingdoms while an environmental disaster threatens the survival of humankind. On her journey, she struggles to bring about a peaceful coexistence among the people of her world, as well as between humanity and nature. (Wikipedia)
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3.0 out of 5 stars Foreshadowing
Reviewed in Japan on April 16, 2016
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In contrast to the last volumes, this is a gloomy volume. You would notice in hindsight, however, that this volume contains an important foreshadowing to the later incident in the subsequent volumes.
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Sarugumo
5.0 out of 5 stars Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Volume 4
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 28, 2010
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The collection of 7 books that make up the Nausicaa collection are fantastic. I read them all in about two days as once you start them you cannot stop. The paper quality is a bit low, but what can you expect for the price. You get the full story, plus it has additional stuff to the film and more depth. This shows off Miyazaki's amazing drawing skills and his ability to weave a story with a message is renowned. This has strong environmental themes and manages to make a point without ramming it home. You have to read these in the traditional Japanese way (I.e. back to front from a western perspective) but this only adds to the charm and overall experience. A brilliant intro to Miyazaki's anime.

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4.0 out of 5 stars super dessins et très bon dialogue
Reviewed in Canada on July 8, 2022
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bd toujours aussi passionnantes ,jamais déçu
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Ms. C. B. Mclaglen
5.0 out of 5 stars Nausicaa of the Valley of the wind Hayao Miyasaki
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 10, 2014
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I have replaced and purchased the whole of this series and love it. It is historically and important series as it is a marker of what Hayao Miyasaki had to do to promote his first film motivated by Suzuki his promoter. They were successfull and were together for a long time. I love all the ghibli films. Is there a version of the modern film in paperback? Cynthia Allen McLaglen
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