Anyone seen Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (a.k.a. Warriors of the Wind)?

[HarryCanyon]

Awesome 1984 animated Science Fiction Fantasy Action Adventure that marks as the debut of Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki after his flop Castle of Cogliostro, it became a box-office smash in Japan earning great reviews and even a Manga (comic book) came before it was released. It came here in the US in June 1985 from New World Pictures in a butchered re-edited dub that changed and re-edited some of the storyline and had a decent dub from voice actors like Hal Smith (Glumgold on Ducktales, Mr. Slate on The flintstones and many more) to He-Man actress Linda Gary and even Cam Clarke (The guy who voiced Leonardo on the classic Ninja Turtles show and Keneda in the original 1989 dub of Akira) as some of the characters's names were changed except for Lord Yupa. In fact Miyazaki left a U.S. theaters in tears after it was over because they butchered his masterpiece but kids of the 80's such as myself were introduced to Hayao Miyazaki and i saw this in theaters when i was 4 years old when i lived in St. Louis and loved it.

However in time when i was a teenager i saw an uncut fansub tape in my city's high school anime club and realized what a butchery Warriors of the Wind was but i did enjoyed the Warriors cut and owned it and i even taped the fansub tape in it's uncut version. But thank god for a brand new uncut dub in 2005 from Walt Disney Pictures with a great dub by Patrick Stewart, Chris Sarandon, Uma Thurman, Alison Lohmanm Edward James Olmos and Mark Hamil and remastering as well including recently re-released on Blu-Ray.

This film has became a cult fave among many years even by US filmmakers like Lucas, Spielberg to even James Cameron in which this movie was one of the inspirations to his new masterpiece. The story is set after a major war between special creatures and us causing a thousand years of darkness for some parts of the earth is beautiful yet has unbreathable toxic air when some parts are breathable for a warrior princess named Nausicaa must find some solutions on bringing the Earth back to the way it is until a rival kingdom wants to take over their kingdom as she finds love with a warrior from that kingdom and they both must save the world again from another doomsday. A very unique, well animated and complex feast for the eyes with enviromental themes and a good moral, most recommended.

[Michael Do]

might pick the bluray up tomorrow. Will see which store got it cheaper so i can use my Disney coupon on it

[Duracell Bunny]

Awesome 1984 animated Science Fiction Fantasy Action Adventure that marks as the debut of Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki after his flop Castle of Cogliostro

I actually really enjoyed Castle of Cagliostro. Lupin

[HarryCanyon]

Well in Japan Miyazaki's debut Castle of Cogliostro was a flop but Nausicaa was a major blockbuster.

Have you seen Nausicaa Duracell? it's one of Avatar's inspirations and one of Cameron's favorite movies. That's what Nausicaa is a cross between Mad Max, Avatar, Star Wars and Princess Mononoke and has a great dub cast. If you like animated movies and Sci-fi check it out.