Porco's name is a nod to Italian animator Marco Pagot, who had collaborated with Miyazaki on Sherlock Hound.

In the original The Age of the Flying Boat, Porco was born in Genova, and he has the city emblem of Genova on the vertical stabilizer of his aircraft.

There is only one remaining photo of Porco as a human, posted on the wall in Hotel Adriano, as if indicating someone's wish that the curse will be eventually lifted, and he'll become human again. He put a curse on himself and became a 'pig' after the war ended. Marco was the lone survivor, and would carry that guilt for many years to come. This vision Porco has of hundreds of fallen pilots and their planes soaring to the sky is said to have been inspired by Road Dahl's short story, They Shall Not Grow Old. Porco Rosso himself appears sitting on a table at the school fair. Immediately after the ceremony, Marco, Bellini, and the rest of their unit were called into battle against the Austrian Air Force. Porco Rosso's poster appears also Kichijoji Station in Ocean Waves when Taku meets Rikako. As the war dragged on, Marco attended the wedding of friend Bellini to Gina. Marco sees the fleet of planes and their ghostly occupants.Дuring World War I, Marco became an ace fighter during his stint as captain for the Italian Air Force.

After flying up to a high enough altitude, the wind blew Gina's dress up, embarrassing the two. After drifting through the water the plane took off, and the pair were mesmerized. She fondly recalls flying on Marco's plane with the word 'Adriano' on the side. In 1912, his friend Gina established a 'Flying Club' with Marco and their friends. In the Depression Era of the late '20s, Porco lives freely 'for his pride, for his fortune, and for his lover.' History Porco Rosso Poster, Porco Rosso Art, Porco Rosso Print, Miyazaki Poster. They call him 'Porco Rosso' out of respect. Thermal Winds Ghibli Poster Print Studio Ghibli Porco Rosso Airplane. The air pirates fear this valiant fighter and his bright crimson seaplane, a Savoia S.21 prototype seaplane. Porco Rosso is a bounty hunter of air pirates (flying pirates) who attack ships in the Adriatic Sea. He is 36 years old during the events of the film.

It's the freewheeling lifestyle of a middle-aged dandy. When he doesn't have any work, he spends his days in his limestone cave on a desert island, smoking French Gitane cigarettes and sipping wine as he reads magazines or the papers. Wearing black sunglasses, a handlebar mustache, and a white scarf around his neck, Porco is a dashing man of action in spit of his paunch.

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