

The Hayao Miyazaki’s anime movie Porco Rosso served as the inspiration for the latest Flite Test scratch build project. Started by Josh and finished by Jeremy, this plane is called the Savoia S. This fictional aircraft was based on the real-life Macchi M. He became a pig because he was disillusioned with humanity, but Fio’s innocence made him feel that “there is still some hope for humans”, as Porco said. This time, he won, and he did not “make another girl unhappy”. It seems that he finally overcame his self-hatred. He quit the IFA since he saw fascism on the rise, and he wanted to fly following his own will. He became a bounty hunter, assuming the name “Porco Rosso”. Miyazaki said that Porco once intended to marry Gina, but then World War I broke out, and Gina was living on an island which was Austrian territory.

Why do you think Porco Rosso is cursed to look like a pig? According to, he cursed himself due to disillusion of humanity. If you are asking for why the character is designed as a pig, but not a tanuki or whatever, it is simply because Miyazaki has some strange affection towards pigs.

Porco had shown his kindness toward Pieck, because of that fact many considered them as a cute couple. Porco Rosso emphasizes personal change: We don’t need to see a physical change so much as recognize that there’s been an internal one. Did Gina and Porco Rosso end up together? It’s not so much a fable about inherent goodness (like Cinderella) or learning a moral (like The Tortoise and the Hare).
