Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is a manga by acclaimed Japanese anime director Hayao Miyazaki, which served as the basis for his 1984 film of the same name. [wikipedia]
Miyazaki's manga version of Nausicaä was written over a period of 12 years, with breaks taken to work on Studio Ghibli movies. Serialised in Tokuma Shoten's Animage magazine, the first chapter was published in February 1982, and the last chapter in March 1994. The manga has sold more than 10 million copies in Japan alone.
