Shout! Factory is doing some new distribution of a GKIDS Films property with Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind now lined up for a new release. Scheduled for an August 25th, 2020 debut, this edition is a steelbook one following in the line of a pair of other titles that will be priced at $26.99. The discs themselves are identical to what we’ve had before in that they’re not reauthoring things but just providing for a new round of packaging. And the steelbook will definitely appeal. Check out the design below.
The two-disc set features the bilingual presentation for the film with the second disc being a DVD of extras with:
- Storyboards
- Audio Commentary with Anno Hideaki (Key Animation) and Kazuyoshi Katayama (Assistant Director)
- Interview with Toshio Suzuki and Anno Hideaki “Nausicaä and Evangelion! The Whereabouts of the Giant Warrior?”
- The Birth Of Studio Ghibli
- Behind the Microphone
- Original Japanese Theatrical Trailers
Plot Concept: A thousand years after a great war, a seaside kingdom known as the Valley of the Wind is one of the only areas that remains populated. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the people of the Valley are engaged in a constant struggle with powerful insects called ohmu, who guard a poisonous jungle that is spreading across the Earth. Nausicaä and her brave companions, together with the people of the Valley, strive to restore the bond between humanity and the earth.
[Source: WTK]
