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''Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind'' (''Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä'') is a post-apocalypic [[Science Fantasy]] manga and anime movie by [[Hayao Miyazaki]]. [[In a World]] dominated by a caustic jungle full of huge (horse-sized to town-hall-sized!) and dangerous insects, one of the few places left habitable is the Valley of the Wind -- aWind—a place where toxic spores produced by the jungle are kept from settling by the incessant breeze. The crash of a gigantic airplane into the valley leads to an invasion by [[The Empire|Torumekia]] and the revelation of a secret that could destroy what's left of humanity, if not the world...
 
Visually inventive and quite gripping, the heroine -- theheroine—the eponymous Nausicaä -- eventuallyNausicaä—eventually learns a [[Green Aesop]] about how Gaia knows best.
 
The success of the movie -- Miyazakimovie—Miyazaki's first independent work -- ledwork—led directly to the founding of [[Studio Ghibli]] and inspired [[Final Fantasy|Chocobos]]; it's also where [[Hideaki Anno]] got the prototype for the [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|EVAs]] (since he actually was the lead animator for the inspiring scene).
 
''Nausicaä'' suffered from a [[Macekre]] in its first English dub: characters were renamed, the [[Aesop]] was turned into a fragfest, and over half an hour of the film that lacked [[Stuff Blowing Up|any sort of action]] [[Executive Meddling|was thoroughly excised]]. The resulting mess was titled ''Warriors of the Wind'', and this particular [[Macekre]] led to Studio Ghibli's current policy to not allow their films to be cut for international distribution. (The current English version is provided by Ghibli's North American distributor -- [[Disney]] -- and—and it is uncut and unaltered.)
 
Two video game adaptations of Nausicaä were released; both were generic top-down shooters, which greatly offended Miyazaki, since the games openly subverted the message of his film. He has never allowed video games to be made from his films since.
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* [[A Boy and His X]]: Nausicaä and her pet Teto.
* [[Bug Buzz]]: The familiar insect noises are subverted in that the flying ones sound much closer to prop-driven planes. [[Fridge Brilliance|Which is pretty clever when you think about it]]. Using machine noises for them [[Organic Technology|subtly hints at their true nature]].
** Which [[Fridge Brilliance|also]] makes you wonder about [[Spiritual Successor|Spiritual Successors]]s like [[Don Pachi]] and [[Mushihime-sama]] and [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|why those two]] are ''always about bees''.
* [[Bug War]]: In the film, anyways. Torumekia is trying to destroy the bugs because the spores they spread are swallowing up their territory. In the manga they're at least smart enough to realize the futility of fighting against a force of nature and start a war with the Doroks to try and take their territory instead. Either way, the typical portrayal of the bugs as mindless monsters is subverted six ways from Sunday. The giant bugs are probably some of the nicest folks in the entire story, and this shows [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|by the end of the movie]].
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Kurotowa early in the story. Whenever things seem to go his way or he gets a good line, something blows up. Usually right beside him.
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* [[Canon Discontinuity]]: ''Warriors of the Wind'' was [[Macekre|so horribly mangled]] that Miyazaki himself advises that fans forget that version ever even existed. This led to an amusing incident with a katana sent through the mail to Miramax exec Harvey Weinstein during the production of the English version of [[Princess Mononoke]], advising him "No cuts."
* [[Charm Person]]: Nausicaä, which is why the Ohmu listen to her and no other human.
* [[The Chessmaster]]: {{spoiler|The Heart of Shuwa}}, who dispenses ancient knowledge to its subjects (and [[Unwitting Pawn|Unwitting Pawns]]s) to keep its [[Plan|plansplan]]s moving according to schedule.
* [[The Chosen One]]: Nausicaä, as foretold by the prophecy of "The Blue-Clad One."
* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: If you see [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|red insect eyes]] of any kind, ''someone'' is going to get screwed. If they're blue, your quest just got a lot easier.
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* [[Horse of a Different Colour]]: Horseclaws, genetically reconstituted, domesticated prehistoric flightless birds serve as the primary mount of the Torumekians and most of former Eftal. The Doroks use creatures known as "Warbeasts" or "long haired cattle", which look like gigantic Irish Setters with horns and lizard feet.
* [[Humongous Mecha]]: The God Warriors qualify as much as the [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Evangelions]] do (and in fact, [[Hideaki Anno]] worked on both).
* [[Humans Are Bastardsthe Real Monsters]]
** Played with. It's more "Humans ''were'' Bastards" and "Most [[Humans Are the Real Monsters|Humans Are Bastards]]". Even the Doroks have people on their side who aren't bastards.
* [[Immortality]]: The {{spoiler|Holy Emperor}} is immortal inasmuch as his head can be cut off and he's still as jolly a fellow as ever.
* [[Implacable Man]]: Any [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|enraged Ohmu]]. Actually used as part of a plot to spread the Sea of Corruption on an enemy country.
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* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Ohmus when enraged.
* [[Redheaded Hero]]: Or auburn, technically.
* [[Ribcage Ridge]]: The overgrown, hollow exoskeletons of the fallen God Warriors are everywhere -- ineverywhere—in fact, a massive 'skull' rising from the Sea of Corruption is one of the first images of the manga.
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: ''Every single time'' an insect, particularly an Ohmu, is hurt, will bring on an onslaught from the bugs. See [[Implacable Man]] above for how it's deliberately used by the warring nations.
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]:
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