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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