Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind: Volume 1, Book 1, (Paperback)

from aleader

Princess Nausicaa can communicate with the creatures of her home world. Her home world has been destroyed by pollution from the past. Creatures called the Ohmu are seen as monsters by many people, but Nausicaa can communicate them and helps people see them as animals who need understanding. The b...

from Count_Zero

Well, straight-up, the manga has some notable differences between from the anime, from very early on. It's still absolutely gorgeous, but I would say that a few of the changes are for the worse (not by much, but just a little bit for the worse).

from questbird

I have been reading a bit of science fantasy recently. This is an intriguing post-apocalyptic setting set in a valley at the edge of a poisoned forest habitable only by fungi and mutated insects. The survivor states scrabble for old technology in the ruins, and make war on one another. I enjoyed ...

from othersam

You know the films of Hayao Miyazaki, of course. My Neighbour Totoro, Spirited Away, Porco Rosso, Laputa: Castle in the Sky and others are renowned the world over as some of the most beautiful and thrilling animation (cinema, even) ever made. But do you know his manga? In a near future humanity s...

from Shimmin

An interesting and vibrant story, full of fantastical things (and also melancholy). Miyazaki's drawing style is quite soft, without the hard lines of other artists I've read, but I liked it. It reminded me of the illustrations in some children's books when books I read still tended to have illust...