History YMMV / NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind

* 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''.
* HilariousInHindsight: The ''Warriors of the Wind'' cut being originally marketed as a ''Franchise/StarWars'' {{Mockbuster}} is this after ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', where Rey's introductory scene is an extended Nausicaä homage.

** The movie itself, and how it compares to its SpiritualSuccessor, ''Anime/PrincessMononoke''.

** Despite being uncut and more accurate, Disney's dub of ''Nausicaä'' still has its share of harsh detractors, with some declaring that it still fails to do justice to the original Japanese. You'll have to decide for yourself if you like it or not.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: There was an outcry when Creator/NewWorldPictures released the film as ''Warriors of the Wind'' back in the 1980s, thanks in no small part to numerous visual and story changes. Even Creator/HayaoMiyazaki was dissatisfied with it to the point to where later licensors weren't allowed to make major changes like this one, and even very minor dialogue changes have to be approved by Studio Ghibli.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: There was an outcry when New World Pictures released the film as ''Warriors of the Wind'' back in the 1980s, thanks in no small part to numerous visual and story changes. Even Creator/HayaoMiyazaki was dissatisfied with it to the point to where later licensors weren't allowed to make major changes like this one, and even very minor dialogue changes have to be approved by Studio Ghibli.

* 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, with fans theorising that ''Shin Godzilla'' is a StealthPrequel to ''Nausicaä''.

* HilariousInHindsight: The ''Warriors of the Wind'' cut being originally marketed as a ''Franchise/StarWars'' {{Mockbuster}} is this after ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', where Rey's introductory scene is an extended Nausicaä homage.

* FriendlyFandoms: There's a minor case with ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' due to Creator/HideakiAnno's work in ''Nausica&auml'' 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}} Nausicaa prequel short film, with fans theorising that ''Shin Godzilla'' is a StealthPrequel to ''Nausica&auml''.

* HilariousInHindsight: The ''Warriors of the Wind'' cut being originally marketed as a ''Franchise/StarWars'' {{Mockbuster}} is this after ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', where Rey's introductory scene is an extended Nausica&auml homage.

* FriendlyFandoms: There's a minor case with ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' due to Creator/HideakiAnno's work in ''Nausicaa'' 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}} Nausicaa prequel short film, with fans theorising that ''Shin Godzilla'' is a StealthPrequel to Nausicaa.

* FriendlyFandoms: There's a minor case with ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' due to Creator/HideakiAnno's work in ''Nausicaa'' and its later influence.

** In the movie, Nausicaä's (pink) dress gets soaked with Ohmu blood in the film and turns blue. Some earlier shots show the blood running down her and starting to change its colour slightly. However, [[SpecialEffectFailure it suddenly turns entirely blue after a quick cutaway]] - and the blood had apparently been so soaked it got her ''entire'' dress, yet none of it got on her skin or her hair. The fact that, despite the Ohmu blood soaking her clothes ''that'' fully, the logo on the front of her dress is still there. (It could easily be that the logo was of a different material that blood wouldn't stain. Many pigments will only dye certain fibers; it's possible, for instance, to dye a garment and only color the cloth and not the thread. In any case, red bit seems to be some sort of costume jewel. In the manga, Nausicaä clearly has bloodstains all over herself.)

* AngstWhatAngst: Asbel took the news of his twin sister's death a little ''too'' well.

* HilariousInHindsight: A female character named Nausicaä? [[Franchise/HarryPotter Sounds familiar...]]

* 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 MPAA introducing the PG-13 rating in North America, not long after the original release in Japan.

* 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 MPAA introducing the PG-13 rating in North America, not long after the original release in Japan

* 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).

* HilariousInHindsight: A female character named Nausica&auml:? [[Franchise/HarryPotter Sounds familiar...]]

** In the movie, Nausicaä's (pink) dress gets soaked with Ohmu blood in the film and turns blue. Some earlier shots show the blood running down her and starting to change its colour slightly. However, [[SpecialEffectFailure it suddenly turns entirely blue after a quick cutaway]] - and the blood had apparently been so soaked it got her ''entire'' dress, yet none of it got on her skin or her hair. The fact that, despite the Ohmu blood soaking her clothes ''that'' fully, the logo on the front of her dress is still there.
** It could easily be that the logo was of a different material that blood wouldn't stain. Many pigments will only dye certain fibers; it's possible, for instance, to dye a garment and only color the cloth and not the thread. In any case, red bit seems to be some sort of costume jewel. In the manga, Nausicaä clearly has bloodstains all over herself.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: The movie and manga versions of Kushana and Kurotowa are drastically different. Kurotowa in particular gets the short end of the stick in the movie, but at least Kushana [[FreudianExcuse remains a bit sympathetic]] (if more than a little [[KnightTemplar extreme]]).
** Nausicaä herself is much colder and more dire in the manga than in the movie, fitting for its more nihilistic tone, although she still ends up largely on the side of idealism. [[spoiler:The fact that her real opponents in the manga are full-blown {{Omnicidal Maniac}}s, {{Master Computer}}s, and whatnot means she also ''needs'' to have a little more steel in her will than her film counterpart ever has to muster.]]

** [[WordOfGod Word of Miyazaki]] states that Nausicaä's resurrection near the end of the movie was not meant to be analogous to Jesus and that he would have changed it if somebody had pointed out the similarities before the film came out – Miyazaki is many things; religious is ''not'' one of them. This may well explain some of the open discussion about the permanence of death ([[spoiler:and how ways of avoiding it are explicitly unnatural]]) in later stages of the manga.
* JerkassWoobie: Possibly a number of characters, but perhaps most notably Kushana. Introduced in the film version as a seemingly stereotypical evil queen ("Nice valley. Think I'll keep it."), her status as an apparent CardCarryingVillain is quickly subverted. This apparently was deliberate on Miyazaki's part -- he describes Nausicaä and Kushana as "two sides of the same coin", largely differing in that Kushana has "deep, physical wounds".

* MoralEventHorizon: In the movie, the Torumekians (and on a personal level Kushana and Kurotowa) crossed it early on when they enslaved Pejite and assassinated King Jhil. However, the moment that seals them as barbaric and irredeemable warmongers is the invasion of the Peijite aircraft which was filled with children and the words that followed it:

* {{Narm}}: In the movie, Nausicaä's (pink) dress gets soaked with Ohmu blood in the film and turns blue. Some earlier shots show the blood running down her and starting to change its colour slightly. However, [[SpecialEffectFailure it suddenly turns entirely blue after a quick cutaway]] - and the blood had apparently been so soaked it got her ''entire'' dress, yet none of it got on her skin or her hair. The fact that, despite the Ohmu blood soaking her clothes ''that'' fully, the logo on the front of her dress is still there.

* {{Squick}}: Film-only example. When Kushana takes off her glove to show that she no longer has an arm and then says "Whatever lucky man becomes my husband shall see far worse than that." Ew.
** She retains the armor on both her legs after taking off her armor, too.
** Note that in the original manga, Kushana is 100% whole, as seen when she asks Nausicaä to help her put on her armor.

* 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).

* 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 for 12 years in the US, which likely adds to this).

* 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 for 12 years in the US, witch likely adds to this).

* {{Harsher in Hindsight}}: In the franchise, the characters have to wear a face mask to protect themselves from a fatal illness and are not allowed to leave their land. Just like in real life with the on going COVID-19 pandemic.

* 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.

* {{Harsher in Hindsight}}: In the franchise, the characters have to wear a face covering to protect themselves from a fatal illness and are not allowed to leave their land. Just like in real life with the on going COVID-19 Pandemic.

* HarsherInHindsight: All people in the world of ''Nausicaa'' need to wear filtering masks or else the gases ("miasma") created by the Sea of Corruption plants would kill them. In 2020 comparisons were made to how everyone must wear masks to protect from the spread of the [[UsefulNotes/Covid19Pandemic Covid-19 virus]].

* HilariousInHindsight: Reality TV show ''Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy'' would become notorious for a different kind of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuAvRCSWu8I "God Warrior"]].

* {{Macekre}}: ''Warriors of the Wind''. The disastrous results is why all Creator/StudioGhibli licenses contractually require that not a ''frame'' of animation be altered or cut (with the obvious exception of translating the credits).