"Porco Rosso is one of the best seaplane pilots in the Adriatic, he's adored by the ladies, and he is also a pig. Porco was once a man named Marco--a top-notch WWI Italian air force pilot. But a dark incident occured during the war, and he has been a pig ever since.
Porco makes his money defending ships from air pirates, but--being the pig that he is--he spends his days lounging on the beach and his nights lounging at the Hotel Adriano. Gina, a gorgeous chanteuse and owner of the hotel, is one of Porco's only friends. When a hotshot American pilot flies into town, guns Porco down, and proposes to Gina; Porco is forced to get his plane rebuilt and his attitude adjusted by a young girl named Fio, and learn how to become human again." -- Austin Film Festival synopsis
Released: 1992
Language: English dub / Japanese
Alternate Title: Kurenai no Buta (Japan)
Style: 2D animation
[ Japanese ] Featuring the voices of:
[ English dub ] Featuring the voices of:
Of Interest: Although slated for a North American video/DVD release in the fall of 2004, that release date has been pushed off to a time unknown--sometime in 2005 is the best guess going around. The new Disney dub has been spotted at film festivals though including the Austin Film Festival in October 2003 and the Ottawa International Animation Festival in September 2004.
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Porco Rosso