旅行者奇诺（Kino）骑着她那会说话的摩托车汉密斯（Hermes）到各个国家旅行，在每个国家奇诺都只停留三天，在她体会了该国家人民的文化、风俗之后，她便离开并前往另一个国家……

　　--世界は美しくなんかない　そして それ故に 美しい--

　　--The World Is Not Beautiful,Therefore It Is--

　　--这个世界并不美丽，然而，又因此而美丽--

In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins involving them in politics, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop the Puppetmaster.

Encouraged by her managers, rising pop star Mima takes on a recurring role on a popular TV show, when suddenly her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered.

After a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley of the Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a poisonous jungle and the powerful insects that guard it. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the people of the Valley engage in an epic struggle to restore the bond between humanity and Earth.

A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.