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Was originally planned as a 30-45 minute in-flight movies for Japan Airlines. Director Hayao Miyazaki eventually expanded it into a feature-length production.
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The song that Marco (Porco) is listening to on the radio in the beginning is "Sakuranbo no Minoru Koro", which is the song Gina will sing in a later scene.
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Marco Pagot (Porco Rosso's real name) is named after an Italian animator who had worked with Hayao Miyazaki earlier in his career.
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Porco Rosso is based on manga Hikoutei Jidai (The Age of the Flying Boat) by Hayao Miyazaki, part of Zassou Note series.
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Hayao Miyazaki mentioned in a chat room that the ghost plane scene was inspired by a passage in a Roald Dahl story.
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Hayao Miyazaki has stated that he prefers the French language cast (in particular Jean Reno as Porco Rosso) over the Japanese cast.
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In the pirates joint attack sequence you can read on the front part of one of the pirate planes: "Morte ai porcelli!!" ("Death to the pigs!!") (Even though the first R is spelled like a N, but it may just be the handwriting...)
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The name of the production studio (Ghibli) is embossed on the engine Piccolo installs in Porco's new plane.
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