I watched Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
shortly before watching Ocean Waves. I’ve been going on a Ghibli kick lately, ever since I woke up and realized I’d only ever watched two Ghibili movies: Spirited Away and Ponyo on a Cliff. Both were pretty good, so I’ve always meant to watch more stuff from the same studio, so I’m watching them all in order.
I started with Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro
, but I’m not going to write about it because it didn’t make much of an impression on me. Nausicaa though, Nausicaa was good. It started out a bit slow, but once it took off it just never stopped. Air battles, land battles, plane crashes, random acts of violence, all sorts of crazy monsters, etc. I’m also watching Chrome-Shelled Regios right now, and I can tell it was inspired by Nausicaa. Just look at those crawling bugs and tell me they aren’t Ohmus.
Great soundtrack, fluid action, tons of twists and turns in the story, a lead character who is a borderline Mary Sue yet somehow manages not to be annoying, memorable side characters, a happy ending…what more do you want? This is a real classic.
