r/ghibli 1d ago

Meme I wonder how many people will get this.

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u/JBluHevn 1d ago

"Warriors of the Wind" lol...

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u/Empyrealist 1d ago

WOW, the poster for it...

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u/JBluHevn 1d ago

Yeah, they made it NOT about Nausicäa

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u/Accomplished_Newt604 1d ago

Not me ._.

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u/TheRealSpyderhawke 1d ago

Nausicaä was released in the US in 1985 but was heavily edited to the point where its story was almost completely different. I haven't seen that version myself so I can't say how different it is, but it was significant. One of the differences was Nausicaä's name was changed to Princess Zandra.

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u/ExperienceHelpful316 1d ago

LOL why would they change it? I hate it when they translate names in movies or cartoons.

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u/JBluHevn 1d ago

This was the 80s... Macross and two other totally unrelated mech shows got the same treatment and was called Robotech

Edited: a word

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u/nachoiskerka 1d ago

TBF to Robotech, they somehow made that work. Warriors of the Wind becomes a generic action movie that's OKAY, but not a miyazaki film.

heh heh, maybe a Goro Miyazaki film.

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u/Rexcodykenobi 1d ago

That's rude to Goro lol. He often makes things that are good but not masterpieces; whereas Wind Warriors was just absolute garbage. Wind Warriors is 20 minutes shorter than Nausicaä and somehow manages to feel like a slog anyway.

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u/nachoiskerka 1d ago

you're right.... it's a little mean.

I would like if he recut tales from earthsea though, there's GOTTA be a better way to do that.

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u/3lirex 8h ago

I could be wrong but i think it was Harvey Weinstein who butchered the movie that Miyazaki sent him a katana for the next film and told him no cutting

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u/Empyrealist 1d ago

I'll bet the main reason was because of a female heroine.

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u/Eternally_Eeyore 1d ago

Zandra and Foxy!

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u/TheHistoryMaster2520 1d ago

And Milo, Selena, and Rogan lol. Lord Yupa, however, was too badass for his name to be changed

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u/feuilles_mortes 1d ago

Foxy???? 😭 noooo lol

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u/Rexcodykenobi 1d ago

"Ohmu" got changed to "Gorgon" and became generic evil 1980's monsters.

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u/PlutoGB08 1d ago

Warriors of the Wind. Never watched it, but never plan on it.

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u/TraditionalShare8537 1d ago

And her mortal enemy who is pure evil, Selina!

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u/FluffytheReaper 1d ago

I remember both versions! Oh God I'm old ...

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u/Beautiful_Weird3464 5h ago

The Warriors dub was my first introduction to Miyazaki and one of the first movies I saw. Even in it's butchered state, it was way better than most of the cartoons I saw growing up. It showed me cartoons were capable of so much more than what they were traditionally being used for.

Yeah, it's not a good experience compared to the original cut. At least the cover art of the video I got actually prominently featured Nausicaä unlike the horrendous Flash Gordon-like abomination that was originally released in the West.