Well I never knew about this Manga until that discution in die welt so I wanted some thoughts on : why do people say it’s a big PD influence?
I’m thinking of buying it to…
…how many volumes are there agehn?!
Btw I heard it’s autor is the same guy responsible for “Spirited Away”.
Is this true?
Never heard of it… You got any pics/links?
ditto. Is nausicaa an acronym for something?
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You never heard of it?? Did you hibernate during the Nausicaa discussions or summit? 
I lived in the Town of Zoah
No, i just didn’t look at it
Anyone?!Please! 
Nausicaa is indeed written by the same person who made Sprited away.
It was orginally 7 volumes but it can now be found as 4 volumes and these volumes are easy to find. For Americans just go to a Borders bookstore or a Suncoast and you will find the box set in the manga section.
There is many things that the two can be related to. Like powerful empires that threatened the rest, a wasteland like world, monsters that seem more insect than anything else. There are more but I cannot think of anymore.
Read the series and you will know what I mean. You can watch the anime as well but you wont get the full experience of it.
Though the PD series can be likened to Nausica, I do not regard them as one in the same.
But then, I’ve barely explored it.
Hi everyone !
I used to be Kanon on the old forum, but now I use my “true” user name, Zzoull.
So, “Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind”, is a manga written by Hayao Miyazaki in 1983/84. This guy also did Totoro, Laputa, Mononok? and Chihiro.
Here in France, the manga has been published in 7 volumes, with around 160 pages each one. The story is very interesting.
Of course, there are no dragons in it, but a lot of things are similars with PD : empire( translated in french by “tolm?que”), creatures (mutated insects), ancient machine (called “Warrior-god”) and flying machines.
There was also a 2h00 movie, very good.
Good to see ya here Kanon…
…I mean Zzoull
Thanks for the info 2 
I’m tempted to pick up this series, especially since it inspired the Panzer Dragoon series. I’ve been spending money a little bit too much recently though 
shrugs ditto 
It’s manga & games…
Spending too much
Thanx for the info Solo …
moebius is an incredibly influential artist. the world of panzer dragoon was inspired and influenced by him, and he designed the look.
http://moonapples.com/lagi/pd1/images/pd1_moebius1.jpg
he also heavily inspired and influenced nausicaa, in turn naming his daughter after the main character. nausicaa draws from moebius as much as panzer dragoon, which is the reason for their similiarities.
Team Andromeda was indeed inspired by moebius however every single design seen in the games is done by themselves and NOT moebius. The only thing he had to do with PD development was that Team Adromeda asked him to do the box art for PD1, still after their own ideas and guidance though.
Just making it clear, let’s not take any credit off TA now… Being inspired by someone is far from copying or using his work…
Ok ladies heres a Nausicaa music video, should help with what’s been debated in the thread:
streamload.com/giga_d/XBOX_L … _GigaD.ZIP
i’ll be taking it off my server in about 2 days so dl it now. If anyones interested I can also put up the Laputa one.
Since when does two days become 1 day?
Looks pretty good…as with many other people, money being spent too much otherwise I would have picked this up soo quickly.
Yet another reason to hate being in England…they give us nothing!
Nausicaa is currently being reprinted for its third/maybe forth run in the states. This edition comes with color maps and updated and better translations. The books are also now bigger than their old graphic novel counterparts.
It is much easier to find now, go to any comic store and look in their graphic novel section or any bookstore should have it.
There is also places like Amazon and E bay for those that live out of the states.
