Nausicaä (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind)Fictional character created by Hayao Miyazaki Fictional character NausicaäNausicaä of the Valley of the Wind characterNausicaä, as depicted on the cover of volume 2 of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind manga.
MangaJapanese comics or graphic novelsManga (Japanese: 漫画; IPA:) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term manga is used in Japan to refer to both comics and cartooning. Outside of Japan, the word is typically used to refer to comics originally published in Japan.
Hayao MiyazakiHayao Miyazaki (宮崎 駿 or 宮﨑 駿, Miyazaki Hayao; [mijaꜜzaki hajao]; born January 5, 1941) is a Japanese animator, filmmaker, and manga artist. He co-founded Studio Ghibli and serves as its honorary chairman. Throughout his career, Miyazaki has attained international acclaim as a masterful storyteller and creator of Japanese animated feature films, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most accomplished filmmakers in the history of animation.
Nippon AnimationNippon Animation Co., Ltd. is a Japanese animation studio founded on June 3, 1975. The company is headquartered in Tokyo, with its headquarters in their Tama City studio and an administrative head office in the Ginza district of Chūō.Toei AnimationJapanese animation studioToei Animation Company, Ltd. (Japanese: 東映アニメーション株式会社, Hepburn: Tōei Animēshon Kabushiki-gaisha; ) is a Japanese animation studio primarily controlled by its namesake Toei Company. It was originally founded on January 23, 1948, as Nihon Dōga by Kenzō Masaoka and Sanae Yamamoto.
Japanese languageJaponic languageJapanese (日本語, Nihongo; ) is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people. It has around 123 million speakers, primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language, and within the Japanese diaspora worldwide. The Japonic family also includes the Ryukyuan languages and the variously classified Hachijō language.
Hepburn romanizationHepburn (Japanese: ヘボン式ローマ字, romanized: Hebon-shiki rōmaji, lit.'Hepburn-style Roman letters') is the main system of romanizationfor the Japanese language. The system was originally published in 1867 by American Christian missionary and physician James Curtis Hepburn as the standard in the first edition of his Japanese–English dictionary.
Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fictionGenre of fictionAlbert Goodwin's painting Apocalypse (1903)Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction are subgenres of speculative fiction in which the Earth's (or another place's) civilization is collapsing or has collapsed.TMS EntertainmentTMS Entertainment Co., Ltd. (Japanese: 株式会社トムス・エンタテインメント, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Tomusu Entateinmento), formerly known as the Kyokuichi Corporation, is a Japanese animation studio owned by Sega Corporation based in Nakano, Tokyo with its offices in Nakano and its studios in Chūō.
EarthThird planet from the SunSurface equivalent doserate0.274 μSv/hAbsolute magnitude (H)−3.99AtmosphereSurface pressure101.325 kPa (at sea level)Composition by volume78.084% nitrogen (dry air)20.946% oxygen (dry air)≤1% water vapor (variable)0.9340% argon0.0430% carbon dioxide0.00182% neon0.00052% helium0.00017% methane0.00011% krypton0.00006% hydrogen Source:Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life.
EcosystemCommunity of living organisms together with the nonliving components of their environmentLeft: Coral reef ecosystems are highly productive marine systems. Right: Temperate rainforest, a terrestrial ecosystem.An ecosystem (or ecological system) is a system formed by organisms in interaction with their environment, where the biotic and abiotic components are linked together through nutrient cycles and energy flows. Ecosystems are controlled by external and internal factors.
Environmental disasterAn environmental disaster or ecological disaster is defined as a catastrophic event regarding the natural environment that is due to human activity. This point distinguishes environmental disasters from other disturbances such as natural disasters and intentional acts of war such as nuclear bombings. Environmental disasters show how the impact of humans' alteration of the land has led to widespread and/or long-lasting consequences.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.