History YMMV / NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind

** The Pejiteans themselves cross this line when they reveal that they intend to ''bait the insects into the Valley'' to wipe out the Torumekians there and wrestle back control of the Giant Warrior, an act that would also kill all of Nausicaä's people. Played with however, as it's the Pejite leadership that wishes to see this plan through while the civilians, with Asbel's help, elect to free Nausicaä rather then to be responsible for genocide.

* FandomEnragingMisconception: Calling the movie a part of the Studio Ghibli lineup. Although it was indeed directed by Hayao Miyazaki, ''Nausicaa of the Valley of The Wind'' was actually released in 1984, before the company itself was founded in 1985. That said, fans have since given up after Ghibli had retroactively incorporated the film into their film lineup, with the current packaging and opening cards listing it as such.

* FandomEnragingMisconception: Calling the movie a part of the Studio Ghibli lineup. Although it was indeed directed by Hayao Miyazaki, ''Nausicaa of the Valley of The Wind'' was actually released in 1984, before the company itself was founded in 1985. It doesn’t help that Ghibli have pretty much retroactively incorporated into their film lineup, with the current packaging and opening cards listing it as such.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Both the movie and the manga qualify as this. In addition to the melting God Warrior, Ohmu stampede, and a goodly dose of violence, the manga shows people blown or chopped to bits left and right. Oh, and some freaky psychic stuff. This is likely due to the fact that this stars a princess with a animal companion as one would expect from {{Creator/Disney}} (they distributed the movie under their main brand for 12 years in the US, which likely adds to this). Also, the uncut version is rated PG despite the UsefulNotes/MotionPictureAssociation introducing the PG-13 rating in North America, not long after the original release of the film in Japan.

* FandomEnragingMisconception: Calling the movie a part of the Studio Ghibli lineup. Although it was indeed directed by Hayao Miyazaki, ''Nausicaa of the Valley of The Wind'' was actually released in 1984, before the company itself was founded in 1985.

* FriendlyFandoms: There's a minor case with ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' due to Creator/HideakiAnno's work in ''Nausicaä'' and its later influence. It is also this with ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' with Hideaki Anno also creating ''Film/ShinGodzilla'' and that film being inspired by a live action {{Toku}} {{Kaiju}} Nausicaä prequel short film also by Anno, with fans theorising that ''Shin Godzilla'' is a StealthPrequel to ''Nausicaä''. ''Nausicaä'' is also considered a {{Kaiju}} film with the giant insects.

* SpiritualLicensee: With the film's DesertPunk / FeudalFuture aesthetic, the involvement of giant insects/worms, and a MessianicArchetype; the film was often seen as the best film adaptation of ''Literature/{{Dune}}''. Miyazaki did cite ''Dune'' as one of this biggest inspirations for both the manga and the film, and it ironically [[DuelingWorks had to compete against]] Creator/DavidLynch's ''Film/{{Dune|1984}}'' adaptation.

* FandomEnragingMisconception: Calling the movie a part of the Studio Ghibli lineup. Although it was indeed directed by Hayao Miyazaki, Nausicaa of the Valley of The Wind was actually released in 1984, before the company itself was founded in 1985.

* AdaptationDisplacement: To many a casual Creator/StudioGhibli fan, it's fairly unknown that there even ''is'' a manga of ''Nausicaä'', much less that it was made by Miyazaki himself. Although the movie is really just a 2-hour compression of the first quarter of the manga. It doesn't help that the manga only goes into print once every few years, if that.

** In the first two Cantonese dubs, Nausicaä's name was changed to [[Literature/TheBalladOfMulan Mulan]]. And then Creator/{{Disney}} would acquire the distribution rights to the film in Chinese-speaking territories (among other territories), around the time they would release their own retelling of the story of WesternAnimation/{{Mulan|1998}}, which does have its own ShoutOut to ''Nausicaä''.

* SignatureScene: The shot where the title character gives a thumbs up while on her glider.

* HilariousInHindsight: The ''Warriors of the Wind'' cut being originally marketed as a ''Franchise/StarWars'' {{Mockbuster}} is this after the fact that two different dubs of the original ''Star Wars'' trilogy cast voice actors from this film ([[Creator/GoroNaya Lord Yupa's]] voice actor was the home video dub actor for Obi-Wan Kenobi, while [[Creator/SumiShimamoto Nausica&auml's]] voice actress played Princess Leia in the Nippon TV dubs). It became even more hilarious after the release of ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', where Rey's introductory scene is an extended Nausicaä homage.