Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (aka Warriors of the Wind)

~~JakeSully~~ · 03-16-2011, 08:15 PM

Awesome animated Sci-fi fantasy adventure from Hayao Miyazaki and the debut of Ghibli productions from 1984 that became a major blockbuster in it's country and earning critcial acclaim including more sales of the manga that it was spawned from.

It came here to the states in 1985 from New World Pictures under a different title called "Warriors of the Wind" which was heavily cut to 86 minutes and had a nice decent dub cast like Hal Smith from Ducktales and other cartoons despite some character's names changed, Ginny Taylor from Space Ghost, Cam Clarke and He-Man's Linda Gary. This upsetted Miyazaki after he saw a screening and when it was over he walked out in tears thus he made a policy for distributors for "No cuts" on his films. But it did introduced many children of the 80's to anime and miyazaki including myself.

I remembered 26 years ago i saw a theatrical screening of the film in my city of San Diego when i was 4 years old and loved it. Hell, when it came out on video for Christmas that year from New World home video we had two VCRs which one was for the living room and one for my room as they taped it for me. I even watched it anytime it came out on HBO, it was one of the coolest animated movies i've ever seen as a kid and had a crush on Nausicaa when she was called Zandra.

I didn't realize that the movie i grew up watching and loving was a bad butchery of a great movie until saw the uncut fansub tape in my high school's anime club when i was 16 and made a copy for myself. I even bought a CD soundtrack from an Asian speciality store and it's one of my fave soundtracks.

Thank god for Disney to make a brand spanking new uncut dub with a better cast of well known actors especially the underrated Chris Sarandon. It's one of my favorite animated movies of all time and even love the manga as well.

This movie is one of the many inspirations to James Cameron's Avatar as cameron is a fan of Miyazaki/animation/anime/Ghibli and did some homages to his movies in the new film by cameron.

Abnormal Freak · 03-17-2011, 06:11 AM

It's a cool movie for sure, one of my favorite by Miyazaki (of what I've seen). Bought the Japanese Blu-ray a while back 'cos I was too impatient to wait for the US one, and just did the same for Laputa: Castle in the Sky.

~~JakeSully~~ · 03-17-2011, 10:50 PM

Did you know Cam Clarke was in the original dub of this movie? and did this movie reminded you of Avatar at times? The James Cameron movie, this is one of the movies he borrowed from for his new movie and even has similar enviromentalist message.

Abnormal Freak · 03-18-2011, 03:51 AM

Never seen Avatar or the original dub of Nausicaa, but I was aware of Cam Clarke's involvement. That guy is everywhere, and I couldn't be happier by it. More than anything I like his involvement with some of my favorite games: killer7, Metal Gear Solid, and Eternal Darkness. That and his Leonardo is usually the voice I think of when I think Leonardo, ha.

~~JakeSully~~ · 04-17-2011, 12:12 AM

Linda Gary and Hal Smith were voices as well but Patrick Stewart does well as Yupa.

You should rent Avatar and see why it has some Ghibli elements

03-16-2011, 08:15 PM	#1
~~JakeSully~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 782	Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (aka Warriors of the Wind) Awesome animated Sci-fi fantasy adventure from Hayao Miyazaki and the debut of Ghibli productions from 1984 that became a major blockbuster in it's country and earning critcial acclaim including more sales of the manga that it was spawned from. It came here to the states in 1985 from New World Pictures under a different title called "Warriors of the Wind" which was heavily cut to 86 minutes and had a nice decent dub cast like Hal Smith from Ducktales and other cartoons despite some character's names changed, Ginny Taylor from Space Ghost, Cam Clarke and He-Man's Linda Gary. This upsetted Miyazaki after he saw a screening and when it was over he walked out in tears thus he made a policy for distributors for "No cuts" on his films. But it did introduced many children of the 80's to anime and miyazaki including myself. I remembered 26 years ago i saw a theatrical screening of the film in my city of San Diego when i was 4 years old and loved it. Hell, when it came out on video for Christmas that year from New World home video we had two VCRs which one was for the living room and one for my room as they taped it for me. I even watched it anytime it came out on HBO, it was one of the coolest animated movies i've ever seen as a kid and had a crush on Nausicaa when she was called Zandra. I didn't realize that the movie i grew up watching and loving was a bad butchery of a great movie until saw the uncut fansub tape in my high school's anime club when i was 16 and made a copy for myself. I even bought a CD soundtrack from an Asian speciality store and it's one of my fave soundtracks. Thank god for Disney to make a brand spanking new uncut dub with a better cast of well known actors especially the underrated Chris Sarandon. It's one of my favorite animated movies of all time and even love the manga as well. This movie is one of the many inspirations to James Cameron's Avatar as cameron is a fan of Miyazaki/animation/anime/Ghibli and did some homages to his movies in the new film by cameron.

03-17-2011, 06:11 AM	#2
Abnormal Freak Stone Warrior Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: MN Posts: 779	It's a cool movie for sure, one of my favorite by Miyazaki (of what I've seen). Bought the Japanese Blu-ray a while back 'cos I was too impatient to wait for the US one, and just did the same for Laputa: Castle in the Sky. __________________

03-18-2011, 03:51 AM	#4
Abnormal Freak Stone Warrior Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: MN Posts: 779	Never seen Avatar or the original dub of Nausicaa, but I was aware of Cam Clarke's involvement. That guy is everywhere, and I couldn't be happier by it. More than anything I like his involvement with some of my favorite games: killer7, Metal Gear Solid, and Eternal Darkness. That and his Leonardo is usually the voice I think of when I think Leonardo, ha. __________________

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03-17-2011, 10:50 PM	#3
~~JakeSully~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 782	Did you know Cam Clarke was in the original dub of this movie? and did this movie reminded you of Avatar at times? The James Cameron movie, this is one of the movies he borrowed from for his new movie and even has similar enviromentalist message.

04-17-2011, 12:12 AM	#5
~~JakeSully~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 782	Linda Gary and Hal Smith were voices as well but Patrick Stewart does well as Yupa. You should rent Avatar and see why it has some Ghibli elements