The Wind Rises
風立ちぬ
Although Jirou Horikoshi's nearsightedness prevents him from ever becoming a pilot, he leaves his hometown to study aeronautical engineering at Tokyo Imperial University for one simple purpose: to design and build planes just like his hero, Italian aircraft pioneer Giovanni Battista Caproni. His arrival in the capital coincides with the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, during which he saves a maid serving the family of a young girl named Naoko Satomi; this disastrous event marks the beginning of over two decades of social unrest and malaise leading up to Japan's eventual surrender in World War II.
The Wind Rises is a movie with 1 episode, from Summer 2013, produced by Studio Ghibli, rated 8.0/10 on AniList.
Synopsis
Although Jirou Horikoshi's nearsightedness prevents him from ever becoming a pilot, he leaves his hometown to study aeronautical engineering at Tokyo Imperial University for one simple purpose: to design and build planes just like his hero, Italian aircraft pioneer Giovanni Battista Caproni. His arrival in the capital coincides with the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, during which he saves a maid serving the family of a young girl named Naoko Satomi; this disastrous event marks the beginning of over two decades of social unrest and malaise leading up to Japan's eventual surrender in World War II.
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Tags
- Aviation — Regarding the flying or operation of aircraft.
- Historical — Partly or completely set during a real period of world history.
- Work — Centers around the activities of a certain occupation.
- Biographical — Based on true stories of real persons living or dead, written by another.
- Male Protagonist — Main character is male.
- Tragedy — Centers around tragic events and unhappy endings.
- Time Skip — Features a gap in time used to advance the story.
- War — Partly or completely set during wartime.
- Primarily Adult Cast — Main cast is mostly composed of characters above a high school age.
- Heterosexual — Prominently features a romance between a man and a woman, not inherently sexual.
- Marriage — Centers around marriage between two or more characters.
- Natural Disaster — It focuses on catastrophic events of natural origin, such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, and severe storms. These works often present situations of extreme danger in which the characters struggle to survive and overcome the adversity.