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Porco Rosso : 4 of 5
5.17.2005 8:35 PM \| Link	I'm so glad Disney keeps releasing Miyazaki films on DVD! I had heard about Porco Rosso from my pal Barron (who has Japanese DVDs of most of these movies), so I'd been looking forward to watching it for a while. This is another amazingly creative Miyazaki movie with a great story! Marco is a deserter from the Italian Air Force who has become a bounty hunter - he also happens to have been cursed into looking like a pig (who now is called Porco Rosso, the Crimson Pig)! There are tons of air pirates who fly sea planes and attack ships, so Porco makes money as a vigilante. The animation of the planes is incredible, and there are lots of great dogfights. When Porco is gunned down, he goes to Milan to have his plane rebuilt, and the engineer is a spunky young girl named Fio - she's a great character. There's another charming scene where tons of little girls are taken hostage, but they all are having fun and driving the pirates crazy (and they all look just like Mei from My Neighbor Totoro). The DVD includes a nice interview with the producer from Japanese TV, which is a little short, but at least it's subbed so I could enjoy listening to it. The whole movie is presented as storyboards, too (just like the other Disney releases). There's so much more to love about this movie than I can mention in this short review, but Porco Rosso is definitely a wonderful film! Labels: anime, dvds, miyazaki


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