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Porco is a really likeable character - a swashbucking ace pilot who thwarts the burgeoning fascist government and wins the day.īut don't let it's innocence fool you - there's another level to the story of Porco Rosso.

He's got a stereotypically gruff exterior, but is a really kind and gentle man, bending over backwards to save the orphanage kids and make a teenage girl happy. (That's my interpretation, and I'm not at all certain I'm right.) He tells the story of how he became the Red Pig - it essentially boils down to the moment when he gave up on being happy. No, really, his head is a literal pig-head. An animated feature film directed by Hayao Miyazaki, Porco Rosso is set in 1920s Italy, and revolves around the adventures of the Red Pig ( get it?), an retired Italian Air Force pilot who's become a bounty hunter.