Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Box Set

My first review on manga box set, the (self proclaim epic) manga from Hayao Miyazaki "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind". There are a numbers of franchising products available from this manga and one of them that I owned is Formania Gunship.

For starter, the author Hayao Miyazaki is a film director, animator, manga artist, illustrator, producer, and screenwriter. He is also the co-founder of Studio Ghibli. Well, i guess this shall give you a ring on the series he have release namely Spirited Away, Castle in the Sky, My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service, Princess Mononoke, Howl's Moving Castle, Ponyo & etc. (more details please pay a visit to wikipedia)

Nausicaa manga is release on 1982 & adapted to animation on 1984 in Japan. The animation is re-released again in Engilsh recently by Walt Disney on 2011. (again, if you interested please pay a visit to wikipedia)

The edition I have in hand is the hard cover box set release by Viz. It come in 2 volumes & with a poster. The book measure 17cm by 26cm which is slightly larger than normal manga however this can clearly bring out each of the details drawn by Hayao Miyazaki.

Just a small idea on the story line. The human world has been completely destroy due to human fault & the current world is vastly cover by a toxic forest with only huge insects can live in. Of course human will never learn the lesson & seeking for war in the remaining land. The story is deeper then what I have written & is highly recommended as I wouldn't go far in spoiling the reader on the rest of the details.

This edition come with a numbers of colour pages. Each of the colour pages easily give me a flash back to the storyline.


From volume 1

From Volume 2

There is something extra come in the end of each volume.

Introduction to Hayao Miyazaki:

How Nausicaa come to idea:

Brief details to the character Nausicaa design:-

 

 Sketches of Nausicaa:-

Lastly, the edition come with a both side printed poster shown below.

My verdict, grab this while it still available. If you have seen the animation, reading the manga is a must as the animation only cover around 20% of the storyline & make some (a lot actually) adjustment to suit the animation air time.