What more can be said about the art of Hayao Miyazaki? I like the larger format of this series, it helps the intricate detail of the illustration to be seen. Its been a long time since I watched the movie so I am interested how closely they will follow one another.

Read it in Japanese, so it took me a while to get through the war/strategy dialog. But the art is fan-freaking-tastic, reminiscent of Moebius. Our heroine is feminine without being sexualized; just a strong character, that perhaps suffers a little bit from being overly wise and overly strong for her age? Not exactly sure how old she is, now that I think about it.

But it has great pacing and wonderful framing to show complex action scenes that are easy to follow. It literally comes across as a storyboard for a movie in many ways. Miyazaki's future director-ship is clear here.

I would give the first volume 3 stars but it is Hayao Miyazaki, so 4 stars...
The main problem was the construction of texts and panels. There were so tiny pictures and letters that it was hard for me to read it. I'm reading scanlations on my phone so it is extra hard and eye-tiring.
The next problem was too much detailed drawings for small panels. Mostly I have seen that on small panels the images are not too detailed, so it was hard to follow what was going on.
Apart from that the story and setting are interesting and despite Nausicaa being too perfect, I liked female characters. Miyazaki-sensei's female characters are always good.
In the first volume we got information about what happened to earth in the future, how the forests are toxic and how nations try to survive and also battle with each other for more land. Nausicaa is a princess of the Valley of the wind, where the air is fresh due to winds. She is brave, clever, capable of anything, compassionate and as I said, too perfect.
I hope I can find the next volume too, but as it is hard to read this format, I am not sure I'll read it as quickly as other manga.

Fantastic story! I have wanted to read this for quite a long time, and I'm so happy I finally got to do so. Nausicaä is such a great character, and the supporting characters are great, as well. The art is pleasant, and the author sets up a wonderful story that makes me want to read more. Can't wait to continue this series.

Maravilhoso <3

Absolutely Gorgeous art!

Absolutely fantastic. I’ve long been a fan of the Nausicaa film - it’s my favorite ghibli movie - and I’ve been meaning to read the manga it’s based off of forever.

I can see a lot of the movie elements here, though it doesn’t cover everything, yet also see how it’s going to shift into much deeper, more complex plot. In fact, it already is. I love the movie and regard it as pretty darn perfect, but I’m very excited to see the original take on this idea.

A great start, and I can’t wait to read the rest.