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Princess Mononoke, Volume 5 (v. 5)

Hayao Miyazaki

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The Finale! 5 out of 5 stars.
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A touching finale to a great film and film comic book. I love this movie and the books are a great way to relive it. Kids love these books and they are an exciting read.

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Set in the Japanese countryside of the lawless and chaotic Muromachi Period, PRINCESS MONONOKE is the story of a young man¿s quest to reconcile the powerful forces of human civilization and industry with the need to live harmoniously in the natural world. It is a time when Samurai warriors raid each others¿ territories whenever they sense weakness or advantage. Men and women driven from areas of conflict have begun to eke out their livings in even the most remote forests where the gods of old still rule the land.

Princess Mononoke, Volume 4 (v. 4)

Hayao Miyazaki

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Wonderful Way to Read a Film! 5 out of 5 stars.
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This book is called a film comic by Amazon.com and that is a great description. The story and pictures as well as the dialog originate from the movie Princess Mononoke directed by Hayao Miyazaki. The film is great and this is a fun way to reexperience the film again. I buy these books for my students at school and they love them. It's difficult to keep them from sneaking them off the shelf and reading them under the table. The books are quite addictive and easy to read. I like enjoy reading them too!

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Set in the Japanese countryside of the lawless and chaotic Muromachi Period, PRINCESS MONONOKE is the story of a young man¿s quest to reconcile the powerful forces of human civilization and industry with the need to live harmoniously in the natural world. It is a time when Samurai warriors raid each others¿ territories whenever they sense weakness or advantage. Men and women driven from areas of conflict have begun to eke out their livings in even the most remote forests where the gods of old still rule the land.

Laputa, the Castle in the Sky: The Castle in the Sky (Magical Adventure Series)

Hayao Miyazaki

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A children's storybook version of the film 3 out of 5 stars.
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This is a children's picture-book version of the film _Laputa: the Castle in the Sky_, with illustrations taken from the film.

The illustrations are beautiful (five stars there), but the language is pedestrian (this might be a translation problem) and does not do justice to Miyazaki's script. It's best viewed as a memento of the film (soon to be released by Disney as _Castle in the Sky_), not as a stand-alone work.

Children might not mind the simple language, and many will bathe in the pictures as they relive the film in their mind. The film is wonderful, but this book doesn't do it justice.

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (Sagebrush))

Hayao Miyazaki

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The best of the best. 5 out of 5 stars.
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This is it guys, the best book in the 7 part series, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind.

The story begins with Nausicaa, with Kushana, and Kurotowa, heading south across the Sea of Corruption to ringdove with Kushana's 4th army. Nausicaa has tagged along even though the rest of the Periphery tribes were allowed to stay home because Kushana wants Nausicaa to lead her to the control stone for the God Worrier. On the way to the front Nausicaa adopts two orphan Doroke babies, feeding them by chewing up old nuts and putting them into their mouths, discovers the Sea is being used as a weapon by the Dorokes, finds an entire building full of people who have been killed by smoke, and gets eaten by an insect. Don't worry, she lives. And that's just on the way to the front, she hasn't even gone into battle yet. Needles to say this is a very eventful little book. In the meantime Yupa, Asbel, and Ketcha (the Doroke girl from book 2) are fleeing from the Holy Empire, who is pissed about then killing his baby Ohme larva.

At the end of the book we finally get to see what the gentle, peace loving princess Nausicaa can do in a battle, not just a small fight, but an ENORMIS BATTLE. The Dorokes have surrounded the Tormekian 4th army in the city of Sapata, and now Kushana has a plan to break the siege and get her 4,000 men out of the fighting. The battle of Sapata is amazing, the way Miyazaki draws the fighting and how he has Nausicaa fighting along side Kushana is priceless.

If you have been reading this series but haven't really gotten into it, hang on, this book will make you want to finish the entire series. No other book in the series comes close to this one, kudos Miyazaki for writing this book.