Porco Rosso

Porco Rosso is an action, adventure, drama, comedy anime film. It was written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, musically composed by Joe Hisaishi, filmed by Atsushi Okui, edited by Takeshi Seyama, distributed by Toho, produced by Toshio Suzuki and Studio Ghibli, and starred Suichiro Moriyama, Tokiko Kato, Akemi Okamura, and Akio Otsuka. It's based on a manga called Hikotei Jidai, also written by Hayao Miyazaki.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Very appealing, unique character designs.
 * 2) A bittersweet story in tone which takes place between World War 1 and World War 2.
 * 3) A loving tribute to early aviation.
 * 4) The movie is more realistic, personal, an down to earth than most of Hayao Miyazaki's films, such as Spirited Away.
 * 5) Beautiful soundtrack.
 * 6) There's a breathtaking fantasy sequence involving planes flying above the clouds which alone makes the movie worth watching at least once.
 * 7) Spot on, clever sense of humor.
 * 8) Great voice acting in both the sub and Disney dub (as well as the French dub).

Bad Qualites

 * 1) Its never explained how the main character got cursed into a pig.
 * 2) As with Castle in the Sky 's previous non-Disney dub, the original English dub of this movie is a complete train wreck, with hideously bad acting, districting lip sync, and poor dialogue.

Trivia

 * 1) In 2011, Miyazaki said that he wanted to make a follow-up anime to the 1992 original film if his next few films following Ponyo were successful. The film's working name is currently Porco Rosso: The Last Sortie and will be set during the Spanish Civil War with Porco also returning, albeit this time as an old pilot, reflecting Miyazaki's own aging.[11]  Miyazaki is writing the film, but Hiromasa Yonebayashi will direct.[12]  Due to both Miyazaki and Yonebayashi's departure from Ghibli and the current hiatus of the studio itself, the current status on the proposed sequel remains uncertain.
 * 2) Hayao Miyazaki prefers the French dub of the film to the original Japanese version.

Reception
Porco Rosso has a 94% critic rating and a 87% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes, a 7.8/10 on the International Movie Database, a 3.9/5 on Letterboxd, a 8.03/10 on MyAnimeList, a 4/5 on AnimePlanet, and a 80.2% on Kitsu.

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