Review of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

Nausica of the valley of the wind is based on manga by the same name written and illustrated by hayao myazaki ,the success of this movie paved the way for the foundation of studio ghibli. the story takes place in a post apocalyptic world after one thousand years of the destruction of the the industrial civilization the opening credit summarizes all the back story andeven give us a glimpse of what is going to happen in the movie, now a toxic jungle is spreading and threaten to bring the human race into extinction by its lethal spores and to make things worse this jungle is inhabited by giant insects that act Like guardians to the jungle and attack whoever try to harm the jungle or its insects ,the story revolve around a small country called the valley of the wind and it's princess nausica and her struggle to insure the safety of her people in the middle of a war between two other nations and to keep harmony between human and nature . the setting is strange and bizarre from knights claded in armour yet they use guns ,airships and tanks in battle to lakes of acid and vast wastelands ,to the creepy insects ,but it works well because it is detailed enough to make us invested in this world and its people ,we see how the people of the valley live ,how they use the wind of their valley by building windmills and use the shells of the dead insects to make tools and equipment . the character are diverse and likeable ,they give the story the needed amount of conflict that make it interesting and keep the viewer attention , most of them are morally grey ,each have their Own reasons to do what they do,heck even nausica which most of the time is depicted as a saint or a Christ figure is flawed you will know that when In a moment of rage she take a sword and kill multiple soldiers thus making her a flawed heroin and not one dimensional boring main character,other interesting characters are kushana the leader of the tolmekian army ,lord yoba who is a top tier badass warrior and a father (or uncle ) figure to nausica,also there is the old woman who would deliver some of the most memorable lines in the movie,all the character will have their moments to shine even the most secondary of them ,technically there is no main villain just different groups of people fighting each other for the greater good of their nations and each doing what he considered the right thing. as for the art and animation it is typical ghibli art style if you are familiar with other myazaki works you will notice many characters resemble characters found in other myazaki works like future boy Conan and Laputa,what I like about the character design is how it manages to depict beautiful women without over-sexualizing them when you look at nausica and kushana you can immediately tell both are pretty but with no boobs that defy gravity ,myazaki make sure to keep his female characters innocent and pure , and never let them turn into sex toys. the animation is from 80's which some would consider it old but compared to other anime of its time it's pretty good the only movie that beats it in terms of animation and from the same era is akira, my only problem was that during the beginning of the movie the colour of nausica legs made her look like she was running around with bare butt but later on the movie they changed the colour to blue and fix it. the musical score is composed by Joe hisiashi and as expected it's among his best and the opening theme is memorable and amazing I've even downloaded it and listen to it frequently,i almost forgot i watched it in the ENG DUB because it is fantastic the voice acting is suberb just hear lord yoba voice and the old woman voice and you will know what i mean it is one of the best english dub i've ever watched .
Nausica of the valley of the wind is an environmental epic with strong female lead ,awesome flying machines, terrifying creatures and a grim fate facing humanity, it's one of the best myazaki movies and one of my favourite anime of all time.