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Title: Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind : Perfect Collection (Vol 1) by Hayao Miyazaki, David Lewis, Toren Smith ISBN: 1-56931-096-3 Publisher: Viz Communications Pub. Date: October, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.86 (108 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: The fantastic Princess Nausicaa
Comment: I love Nausicaa, from the moment I turned around at a Japanese shopping center and saw dozens of monitors flashing the image of the great Ohmu, I knew I had seen something that would touch me. I've always been something of a tomboy. So as a girl I found great comfort in Nausicaa; she followed her heart and therefore I could follow mine. Maybe we were both weird, but we were noble, kind and graceful.
I love the manga, but my love remains with the moving picture version of Nausicaa - I think that so much is said in the animated version that is more subtle than pen and ink. I also disagree that the manga is equivalent to a novel - there really is not that much exposition overall. The drawing is wonderful, the format of the best quality. It is a graphic novel and as such belongs in that category to be compared with other graphic novels.
My minor criticism of the graphic novel is that I had hoped to find out more about Nausicaa's companions. However, the plot remains pretty stubbornly focused in either the apocalyptic past or in the present with the princess. I would have loved to have known how Yupa came by his exceptional swordsmanship or what Rastel's life was like.
What the graphic novels do well is expand wonderfully upon the soul of Nausicaa - her determination, her compassion and her willingness to contradict herself. She is not a super hero - she cannot see what effect her actions will have. She can only act as one who feels for those around her, even those who have lost their essential humanity. She never gives up on anyone, and that is a quality that all of us should strive for.
Rating: 4
Summary: not quite Tolkien but better than LOTR the movie
Comment: This masterpiece by Miyazaki is not quite at the level of Tolkien's mythology but then JRR never had to sit and draw what he so wonderfully visualized. That being said, Nausicaa is definitely better than the movie version of the Lord of the Rings. Another note though: the ending, astounding in itself, seemed a little tacked on. ("How can I surprise my readers who have been reading my work for the last 10-12 years?" Yes he did surprise me but...) He has ended up providing another idea for the Matrix-Wachowskis to copy.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Work of Genius
Comment: Mr. Miyazaki is considered by all the world to be the greatest living animator, and surely among the greatest of all time.
He did this as something to pass the time between film projects.
I'm struck by the 'camera angle' placement, depth-of-field and movement in each scene, to say nothing of the philisophy and story depth. He's working miles above his peers.
This is a Lord-Of-The-Rings, from Japan.
In 100 years it will still be in print and widely read.
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