Potentially the best movie of all time, "Nausicaä" has been historically so butchered, underrated, and badly translated that its director, the Japanese household name Miyazaki, withheld distribution rights to his movies outside Japan for over a decade. In Japan, "Nausicaä" has enjoyed continued popularity for fifteen years now--a longevity equalled in America only by the "Star Wars" trilogy.
Imminently to be released by Disney's unskilled, apathetic translators, I fear this movie will never get the worldwide appreciation it deserves. To edit Miyazaki's work is arrogant stupidity; to dub over Shimamoto's angelic voice of Nausicaä is a travesty, and to prejudge the movie undermines the most detail-oriented animation studio in the world.
No, the movie's not perfect, and unbutchered copies are very hard to come by. But for me, blessed with a proper introduction to the "Nausicaä", this movie exceeds both "Citizen Kane" and "Star Wars". Just make sure you watch the real thing.
Imminently to be released by Disney's unskilled, apathetic translators, I fear this movie will never get the worldwide appreciation it deserves. To edit Miyazaki's work is arrogant stupidity; to dub over Shimamoto's angelic voice of Nausicaä is a travesty, and to prejudge the movie undermines the most detail-oriented animation studio in the world.
No, the movie's not perfect, and unbutchered copies are very hard to come by. But for me, blessed with a proper introduction to the "Nausicaä", this movie exceeds both "Citizen Kane" and "Star Wars". Just make sure you watch the real thing.