There is a masterful elder warrior named Lord Yupa ( voiced by Patrick Stewart in the US dub) who is searching for a prophesied leader who will appear and save the world from its second destruction. The different civilizations each have their own distinct cultures and visual looks, clearly establishing their societies and separating them from one another.
It’s a strange world with a lengthy history, all sorts of odd giant creatures, warring civilizations, and plenty of reflections of humanity’s folly.
The world that Nausicaä depicts is basically everything a fantasy fan could want. Well, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind certainly scratches that contemplative itch, as the film is basically Miyazaki’s equivalent to those kinds of high fantasy stories. Considering his talent for developing, designing, and bringing these environments to life, it’s tempting to consider what a Miyazaki-directed adaptation of The Lord of the Rings or Dune would look like. A vast majority of Miyazaki’s films are set in high fantasy worlds, and they tell epic stories of magic and war within these worlds. Watching through Miyazaki’s filmography, it’s clear that the director has an affinity and talent for telling very fantastical stories. He used various synthesizer soundscapes (that sound very 1980s in the best way) throughout many of the film’s action sequences, but when it comes to the central themes of Nausicaä and the natural world, Hisaishi chose to utilize soft piano and string ballads instead. Hisaishi’s work on Nausicaä incorporated a mix of electronic and classical instrumentation.
Hisaishi has since conducted the musical score for every film Miyazaki has directed, in addition to other Ghibli productions such as The Tale of Princess Kaguya. Nausicaä also marks the first collaboration between Miyazaki and composer Joe Hisaishi. Many of those concepts have become defining aspects of Miyazaki and Ghibli’s overall style and approach to filmmaking, Nausicaä is the blueprint that established those ideas for the company. Many of the films produced by Miyazaki and Ghibli over the years have followed directly in Nausicaä’s footsteps, with intense themes of environmentalism and industrialization, a specific focus on flight, a female lead protagonist, fantastical worlds and magical people that inhabit them. Even though the film was originally distributed by the Toei Company, Ghibli has long since gained the rights to the film and distributed it under the company’s name and banner. Although 1986’s Laputa: Castle in the Sky, was technically the first film created by the team at Studio Ghibli, Nausicaä has been sort of retroactively given the title of the first Ghibli film.
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