Animation Studies Journal

An academic essay on Studio Ghibli's 1992 animated film Porco Rosso (Kurenai no Buta) is drawing attention. The piece, published in the journal Animation Studies under the title 'A Pig, the State, and War', examines Hayao Miyazaki's film as a story about fascism, interwar Europe, and individual refusal of the state. Readers on a discussion forum are sharing and debating the interpretation, reviving interest in the cult favorite about a cursed pilot flying the Adriatic.