A review of America's first attempt to bring "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" to the US in 1985! This video is in celebration of the 40th year of Nausicaa's birth.
My late grandma rented Warriors of the Wind for us in the late 80s. When the Disney restoration came out, I immediately remembered it, but was confused at the differences. Needless to say Nausicaa is far superior, and I fell in love with it all over again.
There was a fan remastered version of this cut made by someone from two years ago. Watched it out of curiosity since the full length cut about six times already and I thought it wasn't that bad as people say. Unfortunately it was taken down not long after by Studio Ghibli themselves.
I noticed some 'New' scenes where in the new nausicca movie, i suddenly realized and say those scenes were cut!? Never the less, if i didn't watch the "warriors of the Wind", i wouldn't know the existence of the original movie. Back then was so good, now is better and can finally understand why these actions happened, thank you for this video man.
I'd love to know when this hit HBO, because that's when I saw it. Seems like it was on a bunch. I was probably 7 or 8. It made a huge impression, sucked me in, introduced a whole new world. I'd seen Voltron and Transformers by that point, but this was the most "anime" anime I'd seen up to that point. It was VERY different. And then...it was gone. I must have forgotten about it. Because in the 90s, in my early teens, I "rediscovered" it. My parents got me what looked like a cheap and kinda crappy XMAS gift - a VHS with a weird cartoon Star Wars knockoff cover. Thankfully, I tried watching it, and flipped out: "OMG - this is that movie I saw as a little kid! With the toxic jungle!!" So i fell in love with it again. So, this movie was there for me as a little kid, again in my teens, and I even dug it out in my 20s and had my friends watch it, after Mononoke and possibly Spirited Away came out, but before the Disney re-dubbed uncut Nausicaa was released. I know it has flaws, I'm shocked how much was cut out, I understand why folks dis it, but Warriors of the Wind means a LOT to me. Looking back, I can say it was my first anime movie. And because of it, even an American born in the late 70s like me got to experience that Miyazaki magic as a little kid, just as kids in Japan did, and later generations of US kids finally got to do in the late 90s, 2000s, and so on up til today. Earlier tonight I saw the subtitled Japanese version for the first time ever...in my local theater! Never, ever, imagined I'd see Nausicaa on the big screen. I'm glad I found this video and your other Nausicaa vid for my wind-down watching tonight. Big thanks!
I remember I saw Warriors of the Wind back in 1986 when I was 10. Still that movie was my favorite, found it 2003 by accident and have been watching Anime since then, and will never stop.
1:43 - Zhandra?! Why on Earth do you have to replace such a wonderful name like Nausicaa to a name like Zhandra? As in, what parent would name their child Zhandra? 'Tis is a name that would belong to a PLANT or even a STONE.
I agree with all of the points in this video. HOWEVER, I will not deny that like the narrator I saw WOTW as a young boy 1985 and I was mesmerized by the plot/characters/animation/music (Hisaishi). Yes, the dubbing was terrible. Yes, the editing destroyed the character development. Nevertheless, there's a special place in my heart for WOTW because this film introduced me to Japanese animation when anime was few and far between in the United States. The manga is amazing and the soundtrack is great and unmistakable.
My late grandma rented Warriors of the Wind for us in the late 80s. When the Disney restoration came out, I immediately remembered it, but was confused at the differences. Needless to say Nausicaa is far superior, and I fell in love with it all over again.
There was a fan remastered version of this cut made by someone from two years ago. Watched it out of curiosity since the full length cut about six times already and I thought it wasn't that bad as people say. Unfortunately it was taken down not long after by Studio Ghibli themselves.
New World Pictures was folded into 20th Century Fox (now 20th Century Studios) in 1997.
I noticed some 'New' scenes where in the new nausicca movie, i suddenly realized and say those scenes were cut!?
Never the less, if i didn't watch the "warriors of the Wind", i wouldn't know the existence of the original movie.
Back then was so good, now is better and can finally understand why these actions happened, thank you for this video man.
This is why Hayao Miyazaki sent a katana saying "No Cuts" to a guy called Harvey Weinstein
@@SonicSpyroHeeler true true lol
I'd love to know when this hit HBO, because that's when I saw it. Seems like it was on a bunch. I was probably 7 or 8. It made a huge impression, sucked me in, introduced a whole new world. I'd seen Voltron and Transformers by that point, but this was the most "anime" anime I'd seen up to that point. It was VERY different.
And then...it was gone.
I must have forgotten about it. Because in the 90s, in my early teens, I "rediscovered" it. My parents got me what looked like a cheap and kinda crappy XMAS gift - a VHS with a weird cartoon Star Wars knockoff cover. Thankfully, I tried watching it, and flipped out: "OMG - this is that movie I saw as a little kid! With the toxic jungle!!" So i fell in love with it again.
So, this movie was there for me as a little kid, again in my teens, and I even dug it out in my 20s and had my friends watch it, after Mononoke and possibly Spirited Away came out, but before the Disney re-dubbed uncut Nausicaa was released.
I know it has flaws, I'm shocked how much was cut out, I understand why folks dis it, but Warriors of the Wind means a LOT to me. Looking back, I can say it was my first anime movie. And because of it, even an American born in the late 70s like me got to experience that Miyazaki magic as a little kid, just as kids in Japan did, and later generations of US kids finally got to do in the late 90s, 2000s, and so on up til today.
Earlier tonight I saw the subtitled Japanese version for the first time ever...in my local theater! Never, ever, imagined I'd see Nausicaa on the big screen. I'm glad I found this video and your other Nausicaa vid for my wind-down watching tonight. Big thanks!
I remember I saw Warriors of the Wind back in 1986 when I was 10. Still that movie was my favorite, found it 2003 by accident and have been watching Anime since then, and will never stop.
Disclaimer: Animation's not a genre, it's like saying live-action's a genre.
Animation is a medium that makes movies
1:43 - Zhandra?! Why on Earth do you have to replace such a wonderful name like Nausicaa to a name like Zhandra? As in, what parent would name their child Zhandra? 'Tis is a name that would belong to a PLANT or even a STONE.
Why have Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind when you can have Zandra of Zeal -_-
I agree with all of the points in this video. HOWEVER, I will not deny that like the narrator I saw WOTW as a young boy 1985 and I was mesmerized by the plot/characters/animation/music (Hisaishi). Yes, the dubbing was terrible. Yes, the editing destroyed the character development. Nevertheless, there's a special place in my heart for WOTW because this film introduced me to Japanese animation when anime was few and far between in the United States. The manga is amazing and the soundtrack is great and unmistakable.
Love nausicaa of the valley of the wind by Miyazaki and heard their is a laserdisc of this version
2:42 No offence but animation isn't a genre it's a medium that makes movies