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ïL¤Î¹È¤Î¥Ê¥¦¥·¥« [Kaze no Tani no Nausica?] #2
Nausica? del Valle del Viento #2
Una civilizaci¨®n tecnol¨®gicamente muy avanzada desapareci¨®, dejando una Zona Contaminada, cubierta por un bosque de microbios que produc¨ªan gases venenosos.
Los seres humanos se agruparon en peque?os reinos situados fuera del alcance de dicha zona.
"El Valle del Viento" est¨¢ habitado por unas 500 personas protegidas de los gases por un fuerte viento que impide que les lleguen directamente.
Los seres humanos se agruparon en peque?os reinos situados fuera del alcance de dicha zona.
"El Valle del Viento" est¨¢ habitado por unas 500 personas protegidas de los gases por un fuerte viento que impide que les lleguen directamente.
198 pages, Paperback
First published August 25, 1983
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About the author
Hayao Miyazaki
350?books3,298?followersHayao Miyazaki was born in Tokyo on January 5, 1941. He started his career in 1963 as an animator at the studio Toei Douga, and was subsequently involved in many early classics of Japanese animation. From the beginning, he commanded attention with his incredible ability to draw, and the seemingly-endless stream of movie ideas he proposed.
In 1971, he moved to A Pro with Isao Takahata, then to Nippon Animation in 1973, where he was heavily involved in the World Masterpiece Theater TV animation series for the next five years. In 1978, he directed his first TV series, Conan, The Boy in Future, then moved to Tokyo Movie Shinsha in 1979 to direct his first movie, the classic Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro.
In 1984, he released Nausica? of the Valley of Wind, based on the manga (comic) of the same title which he had started two years before. The success of the film led to the establishment of a new animation studio, Studio Ghibli, at which Miyazaki has since written, directed, and produced many other films with Takahata. All of these films enjoyed critical and box office successes. In particular, Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke received the Japan Academy Award for Best Film and was the highest-grossing (about US$150 million) domestic film in Japan's history until it was taken over by another Miyazaki work, Spirited Away.
In addition to animation, Miyazaki also draws manga. His major work was the Nausica? of the Valley of Wind manga, an epic tale he worked on intermittently from 1982 to 1994 while he was busy making animated films. Another manga, Hikoutei Jidai, was later evolved into his film Porco Rosso.
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August 30, 2017
It's almost impossible for a two part work to be so magnificent, and yet Nausicaa manages to be just that.
I usually just, to quote a friend, ingest graphic novels, and the reason I was able to finish my 2017 reading goal so quickly was largely because of them. Nausicaa has been a challenge because in order to appreciate this book the reader is forced to slow down and observe the detail that is packed into every frame of this incredible book. Miyazaki manages to fill his world with people, creatures, and botany that never ceases to demonstrate his attention to detail nor his unrelenting ability to amaze. Nausicaa creates an entirely separate world that one could spend a lifetime exploring and trying to understand.
What makes the second volume of this book so amazing is that while the first book made it's focus the biology of the world in this post-apocalyptic planet, the second book manages to focus more of the impact of war and the philosophy of humanity itself. What is life and death and what is makind's relationship to both. Does humanity hurt or help the world. And what exactly are human beings willing and able to do to survive. These questions are put forth in such a way that, as the reader follows Nausicaa and her friends, they are able to muse on these questions while also following a beautiful story.
This book left me in tears, and not just for the characters that I had fallen in love with. Even the embodiment of death manages to evoke emotion and there in itself is proof of Miyazaki's ability. This book stretches out becoming a kind of epic and by the reader should be instilled with a sense of wonder over what they have just read and experienced.
I usually just, to quote a friend, ingest graphic novels, and the reason I was able to finish my 2017 reading goal so quickly was largely because of them. Nausicaa has been a challenge because in order to appreciate this book the reader is forced to slow down and observe the detail that is packed into every frame of this incredible book. Miyazaki manages to fill his world with people, creatures, and botany that never ceases to demonstrate his attention to detail nor his unrelenting ability to amaze. Nausicaa creates an entirely separate world that one could spend a lifetime exploring and trying to understand.
What makes the second volume of this book so amazing is that while the first book made it's focus the biology of the world in this post-apocalyptic planet, the second book manages to focus more of the impact of war and the philosophy of humanity itself. What is life and death and what is makind's relationship to both. Does humanity hurt or help the world. And what exactly are human beings willing and able to do to survive. These questions are put forth in such a way that, as the reader follows Nausicaa and her friends, they are able to muse on these questions while also following a beautiful story.
This book left me in tears, and not just for the characters that I had fallen in love with. Even the embodiment of death manages to evoke emotion and there in itself is proof of Miyazaki's ability. This book stretches out becoming a kind of epic and by the reader should be instilled with a sense of wonder over what they have just read and experienced.
May 2, 2016
Looks like the big introduction finished. I'm really looking forward to the events that will follow.
June 1, 2021
Un segundo volumen que parece cerrar la introducci¨®n de la historia. Personajes, escenario y premisa parecen ya estar marcados. Tambi¨¦n es aqu¨ª donde manga y pel¨ªcula comienzan caminos separados. En el manga, con el mismo nivel de dibujo y detallismo, se atisba un mundo m¨¢s asombroso, elaborado y repleto de criaturas por descubrir.
Esta segunda entrega est¨¢ m¨¢s enfocada en el impacto de la guerra misma y en lo que estamos dispuestos hacer por sobrevivir. El dise?o y dibujo sigue con la misma calidad, asombrando por doquier con los miles de detalles que hacen reducir la velocidad de lectura y disfrutar todo lo que plasma Miyazaki al 100%.
Es verdad a que a veces resulta algo confuso, sobre todo en alg¨²n momento de batalla entre Durku y Tormekia, pero tengo muchas ganas de ver donde me lleva el tercer volumen.
Esta segunda entrega est¨¢ m¨¢s enfocada en el impacto de la guerra misma y en lo que estamos dispuestos hacer por sobrevivir. El dise?o y dibujo sigue con la misma calidad, asombrando por doquier con los miles de detalles que hacen reducir la velocidad de lectura y disfrutar todo lo que plasma Miyazaki al 100%.
Es verdad a que a veces resulta algo confuso, sobre todo en alg¨²n momento de batalla entre Durku y Tormekia, pero tengo muchas ganas de ver donde me lleva el tercer volumen.
September 3, 2019
Looks like we're done with introducing the premise, and are getting to the real meat of the story from here on. So far so good.
July 23, 2020
Hayao, gi¨¢ negli anni 80, cercava di sensibilizzare le persone, sui temi ambientali, attraverso le sue opere.
Sei il mio preferito.
Interessantissimo questo secondo volume dove iniziano ad esserci degli elementi in pi¨´ rispetto al film. Non vedo l'ora di andare avanti coi volumi per vedere, cosa fino ad ora, il film mi aveva celato?
Sei il mio preferito.
Interessantissimo questo secondo volume dove iniziano ad esserci degli elementi in pi¨´ rispetto al film. Non vedo l'ora di andare avanti coi volumi per vedere, cosa fino ad ora, il film mi aveva celato?
August 12, 2017
This is where you see a clear distinction between the movie and the manga and you realize that the movie, as good as it is, is only a tiny fraction of the amazing world Miyazaki has created. This series is absolutely brilliant.
December 25, 2023
This is quite different from the movie. The politics of the world are represented more, so it is a more complex world that is depicted here. The art is amazing as well.
February 20, 2025
Lourd destin que tu portes Nausicaa...
June 8, 2021
I didn't quite understand this one, but the artwork and action made it fun to read nonetheless.
August 29, 2023
Riktigt imponerande och detaljrikt verk!
October 20, 2015
I won't be continuing this any time soon. I got so confused and will need to start from the beginning..
July 1, 2017
Something quick to be absorbed in little over an hour, I am fascinated by how this young girl is going to be a hero for many people.
January 3, 2020
The first two books essentially cover the the plot of the Studio Ghibli film, looking forward to what happens in the next five!
January 11, 2015
Sigo enamorada de la obra de Miyazaki y solo me han entrado m¨¢s ganas de leer el pr¨®ximo volumen. El dise?o, claramente, sigue con la misma calidad. El ¨²nico pero que tiene este c¨®mic es que, al menos para mi, a veces es un poco confuso. No s¨¦ cuando son los Durku y cuando son los de Tormekia o qu¨¦ avi¨®n est¨¢ atacando o qu¨¦ personaje es el nuestro. Un poco confuso pero se puede leer perfectamente, y se debe leer!
Tengo muchas ganas de terminar esta historia y de ver la adaptaci¨®n de Ghibli.
Tengo muchas ganas de terminar esta historia y de ver la adaptaci¨®n de Ghibli.
March 10, 2016
I just don't think this series is for me. It's mostly warfare action. The majority of sentences have an exclamation point at the end, which I find a bit distracting...
November 13, 2022
8/10
This is growing on me. Phantasy settings are not my favourite, but this manga is really promising.
In this volume, Miyazaki weaves a credible world-building...and war-building! Different factions - all depicted with a certain variety of social norms, habits and faiths - develop their petty political and military intrigues, while a catastrophe worst than war seems to appear on the horizon.
Nausica? is this telepathic saint super warrior and a child of prophecy. The latter is a literary trope that should be punishable with a week of jail. Anyhow, the protagonist remains quite lovable, so I can stand her. She truly is the main driving force of the narration.
I do not need to comment on how impressive Miyazaki's artistic and storytelling abilities are. A lot of great dogfight scenes. (By the way, why are plane fights called dogfights in English? How do dogs fit into the equation?)
We should also be out of scenes used in the 1984 movie, so from now on my feeling of dej¨¤-vu should go away.
(I have updated to the box set, rather than searching the out of print single volumes, hence spare a ton of money. But I must say, the seppia inking of the single volumes actually added more fascination to the book.)
This is growing on me. Phantasy settings are not my favourite, but this manga is really promising.
In this volume, Miyazaki weaves a credible world-building...and war-building! Different factions - all depicted with a certain variety of social norms, habits and faiths - develop their petty political and military intrigues, while a catastrophe worst than war seems to appear on the horizon.
Nausica? is this telepathic saint super warrior and a child of prophecy. The latter is a literary trope that should be punishable with a week of jail. Anyhow, the protagonist remains quite lovable, so I can stand her. She truly is the main driving force of the narration.
I do not need to comment on how impressive Miyazaki's artistic and storytelling abilities are. A lot of great dogfight scenes. (By the way, why are plane fights called dogfights in English? How do dogs fit into the equation?)
We should also be out of scenes used in the 1984 movie, so from now on my feeling of dej¨¤-vu should go away.
(I have updated to the box set, rather than searching the out of print single volumes, hence spare a ton of money. But I must say, the seppia inking of the single volumes actually added more fascination to the book.)
July 13, 2021
I watched all of Studio Ghibli and Miyazaki's movies and Nausica? always had an interesting look.
The visuals were great and the story interesting - people surviving in an era of pollution and giant insects, all sprinkled with that Ghibli magic, with fantasy creatures and warm human faces.
My next stop was Miyazaki's manga he did for the movie. I always liked a deluxe, hardcover edition so my boyfriend surprised me with a gift :). From then on I couldn't put it down.
I was surprised on how the story is differently told in manga and how little of it the movie covered. Bloody scenes of war and death are gruesome at times and theme is serious. Something I definitely wouldn't expect from Miyazaki so I was intrigued :)
Scenes can swell with emotion, written not only in words but on character faces so it is impossible not to think of each of those unique characters after setting down the book. A recommendation to all Ghibli and book lovers, in search of a satisfying journey through a book.
The visuals were great and the story interesting - people surviving in an era of pollution and giant insects, all sprinkled with that Ghibli magic, with fantasy creatures and warm human faces.
My next stop was Miyazaki's manga he did for the movie. I always liked a deluxe, hardcover edition so my boyfriend surprised me with a gift :). From then on I couldn't put it down.
I was surprised on how the story is differently told in manga and how little of it the movie covered. Bloody scenes of war and death are gruesome at times and theme is serious. Something I definitely wouldn't expect from Miyazaki so I was intrigued :)
Scenes can swell with emotion, written not only in words but on character faces so it is impossible not to think of each of those unique characters after setting down the book. A recommendation to all Ghibli and book lovers, in search of a satisfying journey through a book.
October 28, 2018
Tuulen laakson Nausica?n toinen osa on t?ynn? sotaa, petturuutta, syit? ja seurauksia. Valtavia oomurivist?j?, mielikuvituksellisia lentokoneita ja julmuutta. Ihmisen kamppailua luontoa vastaan, luonnon kanssa ja luontoa hyv?ksi k?ytt?en.
Miyazakin kyn?n j?lki on upeaa. Kerronta on paikoitellen hieman ep?selv?? ja joitain sivuja piti lukea useampaan kertaa ja hieman selata alkuunkin p?in, jotta pysyi kartalla.
Mustavalkoisessa albumissa on my?s ensimm?isen osan tapaan hieno kolmitaitoksinen v?riliite, joka ei t?ll? kertaa ollut informatiivinen edellisen kartan tapaan, mutta hieno lis? silti.
T?ss? Miyazakin luomassa maailmassa on jotain perin kiehtovaa ja erilaista. Ja se on kuvitettu niin upealla tavalla, ett? varasin samantien kirjastosta loputkin osat.
Miyazakin kyn?n j?lki on upeaa. Kerronta on paikoitellen hieman ep?selv?? ja joitain sivuja piti lukea useampaan kertaa ja hieman selata alkuunkin p?in, jotta pysyi kartalla.
Mustavalkoisessa albumissa on my?s ensimm?isen osan tapaan hieno kolmitaitoksinen v?riliite, joka ei t?ll? kertaa ollut informatiivinen edellisen kartan tapaan, mutta hieno lis? silti.
T?ss? Miyazakin luomassa maailmassa on jotain perin kiehtovaa ja erilaista. Ja se on kuvitettu niin upealla tavalla, ett? varasin samantien kirjastosta loputkin osat.
February 23, 2023
The atrocities of war are so well done, while not being so horrible to be unable to read. It is heartbreaking and disgusting what is done in the name of conquest or "peace". The world was once destroyed by nuclear means, and is now on its way to its second destruction. Only Nausica? can stop it it seems.
The environment too is heavily focused on. Abusing it for the use of war is common place, and despite the evidence of destruction that this has caused in the past, the environment is continually being used to fight one another.
There's the idea of sacrificing oneself for what is right too... but I wonder how that idea will evolve through the next 5 books.
The environment too is heavily focused on. Abusing it for the use of war is common place, and despite the evidence of destruction that this has caused in the past, the environment is continually being used to fight one another.
There's the idea of sacrificing oneself for what is right too... but I wonder how that idea will evolve through the next 5 books.
July 20, 2022
While I don't normally read manga because it's easier to skim through, you can't do that with Nausicaa. There is so much - to the plot, to the art, to the characters - and you have to thoroughly read this in order to fully understand everything that is going on.
The film is based off of the first two, so I am excited to see what comes next.
The film is based off of the first two, so I am excited to see what comes next.
July 29, 2019
Art is still amazing. Story is still confusing. There seems to be a story here somewhere. It's not clear to me if it the story has been lost in translation. Or maybe it's supposed to be that confusing. Maybe it gets clearer later.
September 13, 2020
Zoals ik al zei: geen bespreking bij elk volume, maar hier wil ik gewoon wel even melden dat dit het deel is waarin de film stopt... en de manga dus nog een hele weg gaat afleggen. We komen in onbekend terrein - ik ben benieuwd!
October 18, 2023
Even though there were moments where I had trouble following the story, and the art style still isn't my favorite, I enjoyed this a lot more than Volume 1! The worldbuilding is so unique, and the storyline is starting to reel me in.
February 23, 2025
Tarina jatkuu. Ei ollut ihan minun juttuni t?m? mutta ei t?m?n ihan huonokaan ollut. Mustavalkoiset sarjakuvat ovat minulle aina v?h?n haasteellisia, sill? ne tekev?t kuvista kovin sekavia eli t?ss?kin se ongelma oli. Sota-asiat itsess??n ei oikein uppoa. Plussaa kuitenkin naisp??osasta.
January 17, 2023
4.5 stars
this was amazing
i didn't realize the movie was only the 1 and 1/2 books
i always thought when watching the movie that i wanted more , and here it is
i would recommend to anyone who loved the movie and want more
this was amazing
i didn't realize the movie was only the 1 and 1/2 books
i always thought when watching the movie that i wanted more , and here it is
i would recommend to anyone who loved the movie and want more
April 26, 2023
Review to come
August 18, 2023
Incroyable ¨¤ quel point le synopsis du manga est d¨¦velopp¨¦ diff¨¦remment de celui du film, le message est le m¨ºme mais le d¨¦veloppement n'a aucun rapport ! Beaucoup de combats d'arm¨¦es et de politique finalement. J'ai h?te de d¨¦couvrir le suite, maintenant que je n'ai plus le film pour me rep¨¦rer.
January 2, 2017
My experience of reading Nausicaa this time round is a bit of a jolt. I collected the old Viz issues assiduously when they came out, and read and reread them, but there were big gaps in my collection and big gaps of time between new issues. When I got these collections over a few years for my son I never got around to sitting down and reading the whole lot until now, and it is really hard to stop once started.
Nausicaa and Asbel escape from the forest only to be captured by a lurking Dorok ship which is part of a trap being sprung on Kushana's southern maneuver. The flotilla is crossing the forest, stopping at a clearing of acid lakes, where it encounters a Dorok force who are torturing a baby Ohmu to draw a mass of the adult insects down on the encampment. Nausicaa is appalled at the reckless cruelty of the trap and escapes, as much to stop the torture as to save the flotilla.
The orchestration of events surrounding the descent of the swarm of Ohmu on Kushana's troops is one of the wonders of all sequential narrative. Complex, tricky, with multiple moving parts, it unfolds with clarity and suspense and a sense of rushing, impending doom and destruction. It's a mesmerising, riveting sequence, all the more so as it shows aspects of Nausicaa's, Kushana's and Kurosowa's characters that make them all desperately compelling. Master Yupa has his own adventures, discovering an even darker side to the trap with even darker implications.
Nausicaa and Asbel escape from the forest only to be captured by a lurking Dorok ship which is part of a trap being sprung on Kushana's southern maneuver. The flotilla is crossing the forest, stopping at a clearing of acid lakes, where it encounters a Dorok force who are torturing a baby Ohmu to draw a mass of the adult insects down on the encampment. Nausicaa is appalled at the reckless cruelty of the trap and escapes, as much to stop the torture as to save the flotilla.
The orchestration of events surrounding the descent of the swarm of Ohmu on Kushana's troops is one of the wonders of all sequential narrative. Complex, tricky, with multiple moving parts, it unfolds with clarity and suspense and a sense of rushing, impending doom and destruction. It's a mesmerising, riveting sequence, all the more so as it shows aspects of Nausicaa's, Kushana's and Kurosowa's characters that make them all desperately compelling. Master Yupa has his own adventures, discovering an even darker side to the trap with even darker implications.
July 7, 2017
Les guerres font rage et les complots pour le pouvoir font oublier aux hommes leur lien avec la nature au point de l'utiliser comme arme. Nausica? poursuit sa qu¨ºte sur le vaisseau tolm¨¨que pour d¨¦couvrir ce que l'empire dork manigance. Yupa et Asbel se retrouvent embarquer dans un conflit clanique en lien avec le fr¨¨re jumeau de l'empereur, dot¨¦ de capacit¨¦s surnaturelles.
Un tome riche en ¨¦v¨¦nements et en information sur ce monde complexe et sombre. Emouvant et une fois encore parfaitement men¨¦e, une vraie plong¨¦e dans cet univers futuriste o¨´ se m¨ºlent beaucoup de r¨¦f¨¦rences et de genres.
Un tome riche en ¨¦v¨¦nements et en information sur ce monde complexe et sombre. Emouvant et une fois encore parfaitement men¨¦e, une vraie plong¨¦e dans cet univers futuriste o¨´ se m¨ºlent beaucoup de r¨¦f¨¦rences et de genres.
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