Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 1984
	Director: Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away, Porco Rosso)
	Actors (voices): Sumi Shimamoto, Mahito Tsujimura, Hisako Kyôda
	Country: J
	Genre: Animation, Fantasy
	Conditions of visioning: 15.10.2014, Blu-ray, Home cinema
Synopsis: A thousand years after a cataclysmic event, humanity survives in small states avoid the toxic jungle populated with giant insects. Nausicaä is the princess of one of those tribes and she seems gifted to communicate with the insects.
Review: In the past months I have watched quite a few movies directed by Miyazaki and/or produced by the Ghibli studio, so it is logical that I now watch the first one coming out from this studio. It definitely bears the mark of its director as the main topic is the conflict between Man and Nature, and the movie contains a large amount of flying scenes (he loves that since his father worked in a plane factory during WWII). I could notice the age of the movie and fewer experience of its animators because of some less good-looking drawings here and there, and some less-than-perfect animations, but in general it is very impressive (the flying scenes in particular). However, I may start to get less attracted by the style and universe of the Miyazaki movie which is, let's face it, constantly the same (young heroin, steam punk technology...). This is why my rating is not higher. The next Ghibli movie on my list? Princess Mononoke which has a similar topic, and is also the first one I ever saw by Miyazaki back in 1997 and in a theater.
Rating: 6 /10