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Summary: Good, but unbelievably overrated here.
Review: This seems to be a minority viewpoint, but I think it has to be said. I bought this box set solely on the basis of the consistently perfect reviews here and my love of Princess Mononoke, which was my first experience with Hayao Miyazaki's work. Well, having finished the first book, I have to say that I regret the purchase and wish that I hadn't gone with the whole set on faith, instead of trying one volume out first.The problem I have with it is that it rapidly shows Miyazaki's all-too-small repertoire of themes and situations...every third page is a flashback to the Mononoke world. You've got the "Calm yourself, mighty animal god-thing! How have we angered you?" You've got people fighting with exaggerated martial skills to begin with, then one person who can miraculously best both sets of expertise at once by stepping in and single-handedly holding both assailants off. You've got the preachy nature and subtle anti-tech-society themes throughout. You've got the requisite superhuman female (as if a "normally" powerful woman wouldn't have done justice to the character). And so on. The art is fine, and the story's ok, but that's IT. It's nowhere near as magical as most reviews would have you believe. And to be brutally frank, as decent a read as it might be, to compare it to the brilliance and scope of "Lord of the Rings" is to not fully grasp Tolkien's work. An overrated story, whose greatest legacy to you as a reader may be disappointment at how limited Miyazaki's repertoire and brilliance actually is. Unless you're an intimate fan of all his prior work (not just one title), I recommend you avoid my mistake, and try one volume first.
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Summary: The best comic I ever read
Review: Well, probably my english will do this reviw hard to read, and not very espectacular. I've read a lot of comics, and this is the best. Every chapter I wanted more, but, also, I thought that the story was so well made that could end at eny time and there will be no problem. I don't tell the story, becouse it will ruin te experience, but I only will say this: Read it, it worth the inversion, becouse it is one of this books that you can read over and over and never be tired of. In fact, I read it before I buy it, but I really needed to have it.
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Summary: Brilliant
Review: Brilliant manga from Japan's (without a doubt) most talented director. Buy the entire series today or you'll be missing out on Miyazaki's work that ranks right up there with Mononoke San and Lupin.
Rating:
Summary: Incredible
Review: At first, this books seems to be just a fanatical "save the environment" apocalypse story, but as the story develops, the reader is quickly brought into a deeply engaging and beautiful story set in such an apocalypse. While the undercurrents do tend to preach harmony with nature, the true focus of the story is always the title character, though other characters, particularly the villians -who, as in most Miyazaki works, are not absolutely evil and have understandable motivations and emotions- may borrow the spotlight for a few scenes. As literature, it is the finest this medium has ever produced. It is not easy for a comic book to gain recognition, but if any one ever deserved it, it would be Nausicaa.
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Summary: Excellence
Review: What can I say this Graphic Novel Set is truly an almost perfect set... the story is fantastic and amazing... however the only downside and by only i mean ONLY is that some of the pictures are clustered but one can obviously look over that it's a fantastic buy and should be bought it is one of Miyazaki best works
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Summary: A wonderful and captivating story!!
Review: Hey manga readers!! I've noticed that you are taking time to actually read my review!! Cool beans!! Well, I'm not gonna make this very long... just wanted to let you know that you cannot over look this series. It's only four books long, but you will most likely want to read it over and over. The character development is very well done as well as the story line. The art is beautiful (and why wouldn't it be?), so be sure to give it a try, it's totally worth it!! Warning: once you pick up manga... you can never put it down!! :)
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Summary: 7 volumes in all, but hoping for a sequel
Review: Mr. Miyazaki reportedly spent more than a decade in completing all seven vlolumes of this series, and it clearly shows. The manga itself is a great piece of commentary that involves deep intelligence and philosophy. Not only does it send a clear insight of the author in regard to ecology and the pitfalls of human intervention, but it covers diverse issues of social implication and discrimination as well. I always admired Mr.Miyazaki's artwork, elegant yet simple. The extent of his imagination does not seem stagnated as the manga itself seems an evolving organism that show different sides of the main and supporting characters. The simple yet faint hope of the humankind beset by the impending Sea of Corruption gradually unfold into an uplifting trial of what seems to constitute Buddhism inspired philosophical journey. This progress rather irked me and the ending has been trailed off as being somewhat hollow and depressing. Not to spoil this grand scheme of things present in the manga for anyone, but to think that the remnants of the humankind whose burden that Nausicaa and her friends have witnessed to would just be a frivolous folly of their ancestors' transient stage of a plan, just makes me hope for a definitive end to this epic. Mr. Mizayaki admitted that he was not absolutely sure what he professed in this work of his. But this work is what essentially defined the name Mizayaki to this audience and the coherence of his ideals and visions have to be experienced to be believed.
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Summary: Unadultrated and flawed commentary
Review: This collection of manga is simply extensive in its scope and its descriptive artwork. I have to confess, I did not buy the first book of the perfect collection series, I downloaded from the net. I exonerate myself by ordering this collection for over 60 dollars, sort of. When I first saw the artwork that envelope from everything as simple proportion of a person to the haunting forests of death, I convinced myself to have just seen the other, but fascinating side of manga style. The artwork in this novels are superb, simply unmatched in its creativeness and consistency. I thought Mr. Miyazaki was more of an animator than an illustrator of manga. The only gripe I had with the novel is the rather scant progression of story that may or may not alienate the readers. I do not want to give anything away, but sometimes the pace of the story is not consistent. And strangely that characters, empirically a clean canvass of unlimited capacity for character development, left me a bit confused and frustrated. The main protagonist is simply too limited and static, at least in the first part, so I became rather callous and tired as to say 'so what?' But I attribute everything that seems a bit eschewed in the novel to its inconsistent pacing. And the underlying commentary is hampered by its nonsensical view of how the nature progresses. Look, the Earth is never going to grow TREES as to dissipate all the pollution. The insects would NEVER possess enough sentient to communicate with people. Mr. Miyazaki creates this foolhardy synopsis of the nature as a strange vehicle that drives the plot forward; he lends a distinct character to nature itself, placing higher above the squabbles among the petty people who cannot help but exploit it, yet forgetting they are NOT the pollutions that ravages it, but are part of it, fully warranting a place of its own. And how does one achieve that kind of understanding within the novel? By communicating with it in form of telepathy bubbles! Incredible. Why, then, do I give four stars? Because for once I resorted to attempt sharing Mr. Mizayaki's vision myself. And once I did that, everything became almost believable, fascinating, almost to the point of convening the imaginative power of the artworks but also excavate the prevalent theme and finally ordering the entire collection. I hope that this collection is nothing short of 'perfect' because I expect it to be, being already entranced by the plot and the characters.
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Summary: By far the best manga ever made!
Review: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, is the greatest manga ever to cross over from Japan to America. Nausicaa is an epic journey, that travels through so many themes that there are too many to list. The post apocoliptic world of Nausicaa is marvoulus. It is so vivid, so texturized that it envelops you in the various settings in the story. Nausicaa herself is a person that would stand as a great role model for any one. As a gentle, kind, nutering person, Nausicaa is beutiful inside as well as out side. I can not recommend this enough, i could rant on for ages on how good a manga this is but i won't. But I also thank Hayo Miyazaki for creating such a grand and marvoulus manga!Hayo Miyazaki is a master mind at all that he writes and draws! Also thank you to all the people who made it possible to come out here in America!! Defenitly read this one...It is well worth your money!!!!!! ~Kittywolf13
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Summary: Read this!
Review: Simply put, this is the best thing ever printed on paper, and believe me, I've read all sorts of stuff. The scale of the story is truly epic, and the world and characters incredibly alive, especially Nausicaa herself, whose determination and compassion turns enemies into friends or even followers. I am not a very religious person, but Nausicaa as a person is very much like the Jesus of Nazareth in the New Testament, only more vividly described.
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