Porco Rosso – A Forrest Writes

Studio Ghibli released Porco Rosso in 1992, an adventure-fantasy Japanese animation written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. #14 in my Ghibli Marathon, let’s review!

Porco Rosso stars an ex WWI fighter pilot named Marco, titled The Crimson Pig, or Porco Rosso (red pig in Italian). Due to his own self-perceived cowardice, he was cursed, and turned into an anthropomorphic pig. He’s now a bounty hunter and fights pirates in his seaplane on the Adriatic sea for pride and fortune. He’s a calm ...