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In early 1930's era Italy, bounty hunters and high flyers of all sorts rule the skies. The most cunning and skilled of these pilots is Porco Rosso, a man cursed with the head of a pig after watching the spirits of the pilots killed in the last air battle he fought in rise to the heavens. He now makes a living taking jobs, such as rescuing those kidnapped by air pirates. Donald Curtis, Porco's rival in the air and in catching the affections of women, provides a constant challenge to the hero, culminating in a hilarious, action-packed finale.
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Hayao Miyazaki is the prominent director of many popular animated feature films. He is also the co-founder of Studio Ghibli, the award-winning Japanese animation studio and production company behind worldwide hits such as PRINCESS MONONOKE, HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE and SPIRITED AWAY.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The Art of Porco Rosso, is part of the Japanese Animage 'Art of' Studio Ghibli series, translated for English speaking audiences by Viz Media. At present, there are five books in the series available in the west, and this one is certainly a solid addition. Porco Rosso is in fact one of my least loved Ghibli movies, but this book does it justice and then some...
After rapidly creating a string of successful productions in the late 80s, Ghibli entered the new decade with a firm financial base and the ability to comfortably take on riskier projects. Takahata's effort was his 1991 film Only Yesterday, which targeted a demographic of young women usually overlooked by Anime. Miyazaki was effectively tasked with creating a safer project, an exciting action movie, though he had a comfortable 3 year period to do this in (earlier projects had taken little more than a year). Nonetheless, Miyazaki poured his soul into Porco Rosso with its focus on flight, a topic of obsession for the director. The design work presented in The Art of Porco Rosso is an interesting look at Miyazaki's passion, and he has written a particularly good foreword on the topic.
Porco Rosso's had a unique development period. Starting life as a small Manga for a modelling magazine, it grew into an Animation project to be shown on Japanese international flights into a full movie project. This makes the anecdotes in this particular book that bit more interesting to read, which is fortunate because the book has the least to say about the technical side of animation, as Porco Rosso simply built upon the progress that Kiki's Delivery Service had made, and avoided dabbling in the CGI effects that would be so striking in the films of the next decade.
The book is beautifully presented with a hardback cover (superior to the Japanese originals which are paperbacked), high quality print and glossy paper (with the exception of the final section containing the Screenplay, and - disappointingly - a translated manga and team photo which would have been brilliant in full colour). The art contained within is a mixture of rough concept sketches, storyboards, production backgrounds and the cel art used in the film. There seems to be more full page spreads than in the earlier titles, and it is a very pleasant book to browse through. There are also brilliant colour reproductions of pages of Miyazaki's "The Age of the Flying Boat" Manga, on which Porco Rosso is based.
After rapidly creating a string of successful productions in the late 80s, Ghibli entered the new decade with a firm financial base and the ability to comfortably take on riskier projects. Takahata's effort was his 1991 film Only Yesterday, which targeted a demographic of young women usually overlooked by Anime. Miyazaki was effectively tasked with creating a safer project, an exciting action movie, though he had a comfortable 3 year period to do this in (earlier projects had taken little more than a year). Nonetheless, Miyazaki poured his soul into Porco Rosso with its focus on flight, a topic of obsession for the director. The design work presented in The Art of Porco Rosso is an interesting look at Miyazaki's passion, and he has written a particularly good foreword on the topic.
Porco Rosso's had a unique development period. Starting life as a small Manga for a modelling magazine, it grew into an Animation project to be shown on Japanese international flights into a full movie project. This makes the anecdotes in this particular book that bit more interesting to read, which is fortunate because the book has the least to say about the technical side of animation, as Porco Rosso simply built upon the progress that Kiki's Delivery Service had made, and avoided dabbling in the CGI effects that would be so striking in the films of the next decade.
The book is beautifully presented with a hardback cover (superior to the Japanese originals which are paperbacked), high quality print and glossy paper (with the exception of the final section containing the Screenplay, and - disappointingly - a translated manga and team photo which would have been brilliant in full colour). The art contained within is a mixture of rough concept sketches, storyboards, production backgrounds and the cel art used in the film. There seems to be more full page spreads than in the earlier titles, and it is a very pleasant book to browse through. There are also brilliant colour reproductions of pages of Miyazaki's "The Age of the Flying Boat" Manga, on which Porco Rosso is based.
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Porco Rosso, the movie, is actually based on a 15-page water-coloured manga by Hayao Miyazaki. Included in the book are 3 pages from that manga and they look really fantastic.
The only one thing I don't like about the book is there are too much screenshots from the movie. The concept art consists of character designs, airplane designs, publicity posters and storyboards. I love that they included the film ending credit illustrations. Overall, the amount of concept art is still overwhelmed by the film stills.
Right at the end, there are over 60 pages of the screenplay, broken down to story beats with captions. There are also 5 full black and white pages from the original manga.
There's also not much writeup except to explain a little history on the story.
This book is still good just that it's not as great compared to the art-of books released for later movies.
There are more pictures of the book on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.
The only one thing I don't like about the book is there are too much screenshots from the movie. The concept art consists of character designs, airplane designs, publicity posters and storyboards. I love that they included the film ending credit illustrations. Overall, the amount of concept art is still overwhelmed by the film stills.
Right at the end, there are over 60 pages of the screenplay, broken down to story beats with captions. There are also 5 full black and white pages from the original manga.
There's also not much writeup except to explain a little history on the story.
This book is still good just that it's not as great compared to the art-of books released for later movies.
There are more pictures of the book on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
A Treasure of Romantic Images from a Bygone Time
13 April 2005
Format:Hardcover
This is a must for any fan of the Crimson Pig. I originally got my copy for inspiration for building models of the various aircraft featured in the story. I was hoping for more images of the gunsmith's shop and the hanger where they rebuilt Porco's plane, but was completely satisfied with the content. Just a relaxing collection of artwork from a time when people knew how to behave like ladies and gentlemen... and pirates.
Jason Spangle (Mamma Aiuto)
Jason Spangle (Mamma Aiuto)
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Film stills overwhelm the art
30 Jan 2009
Format:Hardcover
Porco Rosso, the movie, is actually based on a 15-page water-coloured manga by Hayao Miyazaki. Included in the book are 3 pages from that manga and they look really fantastic.
The only one thing I don't like about the book is there are too much screenshots from the movie. The concept art consists of character designs, airplane designs, publicity posters and storyboards. I love that they included the film ending credit illustrations. Overall, the amount of concept art is still overwhelmed by the film stills.
Right at the end, there are over 60 pages of the screenplay, broken down to story beats with captions. There are also 5 full black and white pages from the original manga.
There's also not much writeup except to explain a little history on the story.
This book is still good just that it's not as great compared to the art-of books released for later movies.
(More pictures are available on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)
The only one thing I don't like about the book is there are too much screenshots from the movie. The concept art consists of character designs, airplane designs, publicity posters and storyboards. I love that they included the film ending credit illustrations. Overall, the amount of concept art is still overwhelmed by the film stills.
Right at the end, there are over 60 pages of the screenplay, broken down to story beats with captions. There are also 5 full black and white pages from the original manga.
There's also not much writeup except to explain a little history on the story.
This book is still good just that it's not as great compared to the art-of books released for later movies.
(More pictures are available on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)
A must for the Studio Ghibli Library
29 Jun 2011
Format:Hardcover
I love these Studio Ghibli Library (Viz) Art of... books. This one is hardback with no dust cover and 208 pages. Like all the other titles in this series, the printing and paper quality are quite nice.
The book is divided into the following chapters:
Original Story "The Age of the Flying Boat"
Full of Pride and Freedom
Ships in the Sky
Art of Art
Film Ending Illustrations
Media/Publicity
Film Screenplay
The first part of the book is exclusively Miyazaki's work. Most of the book consists of final renderings from the animation, but even pages with final renderings many times will include a sketch or two of Miyazaki's. I was also happy to see Kazuo Oga's (background artist) work.
About a 1/3 of the book consists of the film screenplay.
This is a must for Miyazaki fans. Highly recommended.
The book is divided into the following chapters:
Original Story "The Age of the Flying Boat"
Full of Pride and Freedom
Ships in the Sky
Art of Art
Film Ending Illustrations
Media/Publicity
Film Screenplay
The first part of the book is exclusively Miyazaki's work. Most of the book consists of final renderings from the animation, but even pages with final renderings many times will include a sketch or two of Miyazaki's. I was also happy to see Kazuo Oga's (background artist) work.
About a 1/3 of the book consists of the film screenplay.
This is a must for Miyazaki fans. Highly recommended.
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