Scholarship on this film has focused on issues of “war and peace,” especially in terms of the “non-war” ( hisen) message (e.g. The name of the hero of our story is Crimson Pig.” It tells a story of a valiant pig, who fought against flying pirates, for his pride, for his lover, and for his fortune. A synopsis of the comic story is literally “typed” at the beginning of Porco Rosso, as follows: “This motion picture is set over the Mediterranean Sea in an age when seaplanes ruled the waves. This paper examines Porco Rosso ( Kurenai no Buta), which is based on 15 pages of Hikotei Jidai ( The Golden Age of the Flying Boat), a comic created by Hayao Miyazaki and released in the animation journal, Model Graphics, No.14-16 in 1990 (Kiridoshi 2008, p. In this context, the film forwards Miyazaki’s anti-war message. Indeed, in an interview just before the release of Porco Rosso, Miyazaki stated that the film is relevant to the Gulf War, and referred to the Yugoslav Wars as ethnic and nationalistic conflicts (Miyazaki 1996, p. 72), this film conveys the important memory of war, especially the interwar era and the post-Cold War world.
Although Miyazaki has been attracted by seaplanes designed and manufactured during the period between the First World War and the Second World War (Kiridoshi 2008, p. As such, the film Porco Rosso (1992) can be categorized as “anti-war propaganda” (Okuda 2003, p. Some animated films, however, contribute to conveying an anti-war pacifist point of view (Takai 2011). Historically, animated cartoons and movies have been used as ‘propaganda’ in war (Roffat 2011).
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