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Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Alternative Names:

風の谷のナウシカ (Japanese)

Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä (Japanese)

La Princesse des Étoiles (French)

Nausicaä de la vallée du vent (French)

Nausicaa aus dem Tal der Winde (German)

Warriors of the Wind


Country of Origin: Japan
Year Produced: 1984
Air Date: Started Mar 11, 1984
Episodes: 1
Type: Series
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Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind

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Overview
Kaze no Tani no Nausicaa
風の谷のナウシカ

Humanity, in its hubris, has precipitated an ecological disaster. Flourishing industrial civilizations have been swallowed up and Earth is covered by the Sea of Corruption, an enormous forest of fungi that releases a miasma of poisonous spores into the air.

Nausicaä, a gentle young princess, has an empathetic bond with the giant mutated insects that evolved in the wake of the destruction of the ecosystem. Traveling by cumbersome flying ship, on the backs of giant birds, and perched atop her beloved glider, Nausicaä and her allies must negotiate peace between kingdoms battling over the last of the world`s precious natural resources...

Note: technically speaking this is not done by studio Ghibli as that was founded 1985. However, the beginning of the studio can be dated back to 1983, when Tokuma Shoten (Tokuma Publishing, Co., Ltd) decided to produce "Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind". After the success of "Nausicaa", Tokuma and Miyazaki decided to make their second movie, "Laputa", and they established Studio Ghibl
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Extended Information

Rating:
PG

Running time:

~116 min.

Opening Theme:

"Kaze no Tani no Naushika (風の谷のナウシカ; Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind)" by Joe Hisaishi

Ending Theme:
"Tori no Hito (鳥の人; Bird Person)" by Joe Hisaishi

Production

Studio Ghibli
Studio Hibari

Production staff
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Screenplay:
Hayao Miyazaki, Kazunori Ito (first draft)
Music: Joe Hisaishi
Art director:
Mitsuki Nakamura
Animation director: Kazuo Komatsubara
Sound director:
Shigeharu Shiba
Executive producer: Michio Kondou, Toru Hara, Yasuyoshi Tokuma
Producer:
Isao Takahata
Animation Check: Hideo Hiratsuka, Tadashi Ozawa
Assistant director:
Kazuyoshi Katayama, Takashi Tanazawa
Assistant Key Animator: Junko Ikeda, Masahiro Yoshida, Takashi Watabe, Tomihiko Ohkubo, Tomohiko Ohkubo
Background Art:
Kazuhiro Kinoshita, Kazuo Okada, Masaki Yoshizaki, Satoshi Miura
Backgrounds: Hiroko Murai, Kaoru Chiba, Kazuhiro Kishita, Kazuo Ebisawa,Kazuo Ogata, Kimiko Shimono,Kuniko Nishimura, Masaki Yoshizama, Noriko Takaya, Satoshi Miuchi, Tatsuo Aoki, Tatsuo Imamura, Tetsuto Shimono,Tokue Okazaki,Toshiro Nozaki, Yoshiko Togashi, Yoshimi Takanami, Yuuko Sugiyama
Color design: Fukuo Suzuki, Michiyo Yasuda
Editing: Naoki Kaneko, Shouji Sakai, Tomoko Kida
Finish Animation:
Chiharu Mizuma, Emiko Ishii, Hiromi Nagamine, Makiko Yamauchi, Masayo Yoshida, Richiko Shimizu, Taeko Oumi, Tomohiro Komuro, Wakako Kanno, Yumi Furuya
Finish Check:
Homi Okiwara
Harmony Effect: Noriko Takaya
In-Between Animation: Daijirou Sakamoto, Hiroshi/Kouji Iwai, Junko Yano, Kazuhiro Ikeda, Kazuhisa Nagai, Kiyo Mizutani, Kiyoko Saitou, Mahiro Maeda, Masako Kondou, Sachiko Tada, Taidou Hanafusa, Taira Sameki, Takayo Mizutani, Umanosuke Iida, Yasushi Tanizawa, Yasutaka Hanafusa, Yoshiko Nakamura, Yoshiko Sasaki, Yukari Watanabe, Yukie Takahashi, Yumiko Taguchi
Ink & Paint Check: Homi Ogiwara
Key Animation: Ai Kagawa, Akinobu Hane, Hideaki Anno, Junko Ikeda, Kazuyuki Kobayashi, Kitaro Kousaka, Noboru Takano, Osamu Nabejima, Osamu Tabeshima, Shouji Tomiyama, Shuichi Ohara, Shunji Saida, Shuuichi Kohara, Tadakatsu Yoshida, Tadashi Fukuda, Takanori Hayashi, Takashi Nakamura, Takashi Watabe, Tsukasa Tannai, Yoshinori Kaneda, Youichi Otabe
Original story: Hayao Miyazaki
Photography:
Kouji Shiragami, Mamoru Sugiura, Yasuhiro Shimizu, Yukiasa Shutou
Planning: Atsuji Okumoto, Hideo Ogata, Hiroshi Morie, Tatsumi Yamashita
Production: Toru Hara
Production Assistant: Kazuyoshi Katayama, Mamoru Kanbe, Nanako Shimazaki, Naoyuki Oshikiri, Takashi Tanasawa
Production Chief: Sumi Sakai
Production Committee: Kenji Kohara, Kentarou Nakatani, Osamu Kameyama, Shirou Miyazaki, Takashi Satou, Toshio Suzuki, Tsutomu Ootsuka, Yutaka Wada
Production Desk: Shigehiro Suzuki
Production manager:
Mamoru Kanbe, Nanako Shimazaki, Naoyuki Oshigiri, Shigehiro Suzuki, Sumi Sakai
Publicity Producer: Masaya Tokuyama
Sound Arrangement: Kunio Kuwahara
Special Effects: Kazutoshi Sato, Nobuko Mizuta, Noriyoshi Oohira
Supporting Photography: Akio Hirayama, Masao Miyauchi, Takao Kobayashi
Theme Song Performance:
Narumi Yasuda
Titles: Takagu Atelier
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Cast
CharacterActor
Asbel (lead)Yoji Matsuda
Kushana (lead)Yoshiko Sakakibara
Lord Yupa (lead)Goro Naya
Nausicaa (lead)Sumi Shimamoto
Gikkuri
Gol (person)
King Jihl
KurotowaIemasa Kayumi
LastelleMiina Tominaga
Lastelle's Mother
Mito
ObabaHisako Kyouda
Pejite MayorMugihito Amachi
TetoRihoko Yoshida