I am half italian and some members of my family in Italy worked for airplane companies there. When I was a kid, I used to play with a little silver plane my italian grandpa brought back from work and exposed in the entrance of his apartment. I was so moved when I saw this movie, I was feeling shivers running down my spine. When I see the black and white images at the end of the film, it makes me think of the old pictures of my grandpa where he is with the other workers of his company.

this song makes me want to live

My italian grandpa has been the youngest aviator for Alitalia which is an old airplanes company here in Italy, when I saw the movie I immediately recommended it to him and, to my surprise, he watched it with my grandma and even cried like a baby! That’s because it reminded him all his old memories when he was young and practiced with the same plane as Porco on the Lake of Como, he even showed me one rusty piece of plane he kept in his basement and said that “Marco has a great seaplane but mine was better!” We laughed so much, I love him

ありがとうポルコ。あばよ、戦友。

I thought this song was beautiful without understanding a word. Now that I've read the lyrics, this song is transcendent! This song is even more beautiful!

I am Italian, my grandfather worked for Fiat during the First World War, he flew many seaplanes, including a Fiat airplane model called "Ghibli"

I think Porco Rosso is an underrated Miyasaki movie.... however it's one of my favorite😊😢

I am japanese engineer who learned mechanical things. this movie is my favorite off course because characters are so nice. And Fio is our ideal girl who is talented with engineering and beauty.

R.I.P., Shuichiro Moriyama.

外国の方もこの曲を好きでいてくれて嬉しい

In February 2021, Shuichiro Moriyama, who played Porco Rosso, the main character of Porco Rosso, died of pneumonia. I was 86 years old. Not only did I become a Ghibli fan when I saw this work, but there were many people who fell in love with a man named Porco Rosso. We pray for the souls of Shuichiro Moriyama, who played the best adult.

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I just saw this movie in a theater as part of Giblifest 2023. At the conclusion of the film the audience APPLAUDED. That is the first time I have seen this happen in movie theater in years. Miyazaki is a a genius. This film is another masterpiece.

Toki ni wa mukashi no hanashi o shiyou ka

すごく心を打つので外国の皆さん「hisaisi」と思っている方がいらっしゃるようですが、映画用に編曲されているようですが「作詞」「作曲」は歌を歌っている「加藤登紀子」さんです。

Favorite movie from Ghibli Studio. This movie is definitely a lot different from other movies in the studio because Gina and Proco Rosso are very deep in its characters. They have an unexplainable charm that really makes me rewatch this movie over and over again. It's like a bottle of liquor, which has stronger flavor the longer it shelves.

物語が終わってこの歌が流れるともう涙が止まらない

良いよな。この歌！

this makes me so nostalgic for something that never even happened

In all of the Ghibli Movies when the credits roll in i always feel sad for some reason...