 If you liked
Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä
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 ...then you might like
Akira
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I know, it may not seem similar but again looks may be deceiving. On a surface level, Akira and Nausicaa were the two momumental animes and mangas of the 1980's with their historical importence almost eclipsed only by the rise of Gegika, Osamu Tezuka, and Neon Genesis Evangelion.
On the story, both are layed with socialogical and political themes imbedded into the story. The themes are different, but that really doesn't matter sense since mangas with social commentary are few and far between. The scale of both of them are epic with headscratching ending that are surprisingly dense and the culmination of all of the
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Recommended by Pierre_Bezukhov
AKIRA and Nausicaä are both epics in every sense of the word, both were written in the '80s, and both are extremely influential manga. Whilst themes and setting may be very different, they both give off a similar feel, and had popular movie adaptations that only covered the manga up to a certain point. The two are masterpieces of graphic storytelling.