Porco Rosso
Porco Rosso, 红猪
Porco Rosso (紅の豚 Kurenai no Buta, lit. "The Crimson Pig") is the sixth anime film by Hayao Miyazaki, released in 1992, about an Italian World War I fighter ace, now living as a freelance bounty hunter chasing "air pirates" in the Adriatic Sea. The man has been cursed, and has the head of a pig. Once called Marco Pagot, he is now known to the world as "Porco Rosso", Italian for "Red Pig."
The film tells of the story of Porco and his would-be romance with Gina, who runs a sea pilots' club and hotel in the Adriatic Sea. The plot revolves around Porco's friendship with a young girl named Fio, who is a talented aircraft engineer; and his rivalry with a hotshot American pilot named Curtis. Porco has been cursed with the face of a pig, though the origin and nature of Porco's curse is never fully explained.
(Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, s.v. "Porco Rosso")
