Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä presented a story based around a strong female lead, long before strong female leads were “cool”. The film has some of the best elements anime fans look for: guns and swordplay. The animation style screams “Studio Ghibli” through and through, although the anime itself is not officially in the studio’s library. The main character’s name is taken directly from The Odyssey, in which Odysseus is taken in by Princess Nausicaä after he is shipwrecked on an island. Interestingly, the name means “burner of ships”. Fitting, huh?
