Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Tôru Furuya | ... | Izu (voice) | |
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Waka Kanda | ... | Marliin (voice) |
Kazuhiko Inoue | ... | Jiru (voice) | |
Naoko Matsui | ... | Ahnas (voice) | |
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Hidekatsu Shibata | ... | Ransuro (voice) |
Norio Wakamoto | ... | Cail (voice) (as Noriaki Wakamoto) | |
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Aki Saitou | ... | Ginevia (voice) |
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Rihoko Yoshida | ... | Kundri (voice) |
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Gara Takashima | ... | Druid (voice) |
Ichirô Nagai | ... | Piralu (voice) | |
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Yuzuru Fujimoto | ... | Coppo (voice) (as Yuzuru Morimoto) |
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Kan Tokumaru | ... | Haloli (voice) |
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Tomie Kataoka | ... | Isis (voice) |
Kazuki Yao | ... | Torel (voice) | |
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Masaharu Satô | ... | Keyl (voice) (as Shouji Samori) |
As two countries wage war, a great valley is doomed for destruction. In an effort to save his home, Alan agrees to be a message carrier. In the process he is tricked into destroying a whole kingdom and his own life. The movie ends with him vowing to lead in the rebuilding of the valley to help right the incredible wrongs he has committed. Written by Grant Wagner <rwagner1@utk.edu>
Like a lot of Eighties anime released in the US (Warriors of the Wind, Robotech, Space Warriors, Journey through Fairyland), this one was dubbed "down" to a child's level, with pandering voice acting and low intelligence expectations, in spite of the original's maturity. This isn't to say that Windaria is a particularly extraordinary feature even in the original version--it has pretty good animation, but it seems a little too derivative of Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind (and yet I can imagine Miyazaki laughing at the mystical parts of this movie). That said, the story in the English version, though missing sections important to the plot and character development, isn't so awful as to make it unwatchable. Hell, compared to Lin Minmei's voice on Robotech, this movie is rather pleasant!