From one of the most celebrated filmmakers in the history of animation and the creator of the Academy Award-winning Spirited Away (Best Animated Featured Film, 2002) comes Hayao Miyazaki''s epic masterpiece Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. A thousand years after a global war, a seaside kingdom known as the Valley Of The Wind remains one of only a few areas still populated. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaa, the people of the Valley are engaged in a constant struggle with powerful insects called ohmu, who guard a poisonous jungle that is spreading across the Earth. Nausicaa and her brave companions, together with the people of the Valley, strive to restore the bond between humanity and the Earth. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, the first feature film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, features exotic settings, impactful music, the voice talents of Alison Lohman, Uma Thurman, Patrick Stewart, and Edward James Olmos, and a timeless story about courage and compass