![]() ![]() ![]() Still, the poisons of the jungle have taken their toll. They’ve so far avoided the wars that plague neighboring kingdoms, and wind from the sea keeps their air relatively pure. ![]() ![]() Unlike most others, the people in this valley know a rare peace. The few who remain standing face east, their arms outstretched toward an angel clad in blue who flies toward them, bringing hope.Ĭenturies have passed, but like other descendants of those who survived the apocalyptic fires and the jungle toxins that ensued, the people of the Valley of the Wind know these stories and the prophecy they contain: “ After a thousand years of darkness, he will come, clad in blue and surrounded by fields of gold to restore mankind’s connection with the Earth that was destroyed. And he will guide the people of this planet at last to a land of purity.” As the camera pans across the final mural, we see monstrous insects flying triumphantly above ruins, a toxic jungle spreading its deadly spores, and people falling into sickness and death. The flames consume everyone and everything they made. In the painted scenes, airships fly above a city, scientists create humanoid giants, and one of these completed “god warriors” breaths fire down upon towering buildings. Hayao Miyazaki’s 1984 animated film, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, begins with a series of mural images depicting the fall of industrial civilization, a cataclysm called the Seven Days of Fire. ![]()
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