<P> Taking place in a future post-apocalyptic world, the film tells the story of Nausicaä (Shimamoto), the young princess of the Valley of the Wind . She becomes embroiled in a struggle with Tolmekia, a kingdom that tries to use an ancient weapon to eradicate a jungle of mutant giant insects . </P> <P> Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind was released in Japan on 11 March 1984 . Though it was made before Studio Ghibli was founded, it is often considered a Ghibli work, and was released as part of the Studio Ghibli Collection DVD and Blu - ray range . Widely acclaimed for its story, themes, characters and animation, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is frequently ranked as one of the greatest animated films of all time . </P> <P> One thousand years have passed since the Seven Days of Fire, an apocalyptic war that destroyed civilization and created the vast Toxic Jungle, a poisonous forest swarming with giant mutant insects . In the kingdom of the Valley of the Wind, a prophecy predicts a saviour "clothed in blue robes, descending onto a golden field, to join bonds with the great Earth and guide the people to the pure lands at last". Nausicaä, the princess of the Valley of the Wind, explores the jungle and communicates with its creatures, including the gigantic, trilobite - like armored Ohm . She hopes to understand the jungle and find a way for it and humans to co-exist . </P> <P> One night, a cargo aircraft from the kingdom of Tolmekia crashes in the Valley . Its sole passenger, Princess Lastelle of Pejite, pleads with Nausicaä to destroy the cargo and dies . The cargo is an embryo of a Giant Warrior, one of the lethal humanoid bioweapons that caused the Seven Days of Fire . Tolmekia, a military state, seized the embryo and Lastelle from Pejite, but their plane was attacked by mutant insects and crashed . One of the insects emerges wounded from the wreckage and seems poised to attack the villagers, but Nausicaä uses a small bullroarer to calm it and guides it away from the village . </P>

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