Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind: Volume 1

In a long-ago war, humankind set off a devastating ecological disaster. Thriving indistrial societies disappeared. The earth is slowly submerging beneath the expanding Sea of Corruption, an enormous toxic forest that creates mutant insects and releases a miasma of poisonous spores into the air.At the periphery of the sea, tiny kingdoms are scattered on tiny parcels of land. Here lies the Valley of the Wind, a kingdom of barely 500 citizens; a nation given fragile protection from the decaying sea's poisons by the ocean breezes; and home to Nausicaä.

Nausicaä, a young princess, has an empathic bond with the giant Ohmu insects and animals of every creed. She fights to create tolerance, understanding and patience among empires that are fighting over the world's remaining precious natural resources.

Author: Hayao Miyazaki
Publisher: Viz Media
Published: 02/11/2004
Pages: 130
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 10.18h x 7.16w x 0.38d
ISBN: 9781591164081

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 07/01/2004 pg. 62