The only one thing I don't like about the book is there are too much screenshots from the movie. Included in the book are 3 pages from that manga and they look really fantastic.
![porco rosso plane minimalist art porco rosso plane minimalist art](https://alternativemovieposters.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/saramaese_porco700.jpg)
(Picture source: ) Porco Rosso, the movie, is actually based on a 15-page water-coloured manga by Hayao Miyazaki. This is a beautiful book and I challenge alone to read one of these titles and not be curious about wanting to watch time film.more But as always he book is exquisitely bound, the pages are a heavy gauge and the art work is amazing and really for me confirm the reputation for amazing detail and quality that really made Studio Ghibli the bench mark for anime and Japanese animation. Now I will have to be careful as not only am I in danger of giving away the book but also the story of the film (two spoilers for the price of one eh). Which is not a surprise when you read that the this is more a labour of love (mixed in with a fair amount of story telling embellishment) which woven together create the story of Porco Rosso. The book follows the exploits of one Porco Rosso although I have to admit reading the preface and the various comments about the scenes are art you can tell the real characters of the story are the aircraft.
![porco rosso plane minimalist art porco rosso plane minimalist art](https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/3/1-porco-rosso-ross-branchette.jpg)
Which is not a surprise when you read that the this is more a labour of love (mixed in with a fair amo So on to the penultimate studio Ghibli library book (still have to get Kiki's delivery service) and I will admit this is one film I know by reputation and reference more than anything else. So on to the penultimate studio Ghibli library book (still have to get Kiki's delivery service) and I will admit this is one film I know by reputation and reference more than anything else.