Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

One of Miyazaki's older productions from 1984, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind holds with it a strong imagination and an uplifting story. From what I've seen from this & previous Miyazaki films, his creative choice in the simplistic settings along side with the complex and well thought out monsters makes this film almost awe inspiring.

The film begins in a peaceful and humble valley village surround by desert. The time is when man struggles to survive in a world slowly being over taken by the "Sea of decay" a poisonous force created by nature to cure the earth of the filth left behind by the wars of humanity. After an unexpected plane crash, the valley of the wind is invaded by a larger and stronger country. In the midst of the fighting over the fate of the world, Nausicaä discovers the one thing that can calm the fighting is passive resistance.

This movie has superb, even though it's in older animation it can still be appreciated. Using this movie as a model, you can look at his more recent films and notice how his style hasn't changed only the animation is assisted more with computers than before. From the other movies I've seen produced from him, this one is very creative in it's characters, settings, and landscape. You could tell he put serious effort in making this story unique from any other. What I mean by this is there are few items we can look at and identify and even those are obscured, such as the planes, guns, fungus, and airplanes. A classic, without question.