This Japanese animated historical drama movie, written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, is a fictionalized biography of Jiro Horikoshi, designer of the Mitsubishi A5M and its successor, the Mitsubishi A6M Zero; both aircrafts which were used by the Empire of Japan during World War II.
Human voices are largely used as sound effects, such as engine roars and earthquake sound.
The protagonist Jirô Horikoshi is a fictional character made from a mix of the actual lives of Tatsuo Hori, the author of the short story of the same name, and Jirô Horikoshi, the designer of the Zero fighter aircraft. The title comes from Hori's translation of a quote from Paul Valéry's poem "Le cimetière marin".
This is the first time Hideaki Anno has acted in a full length feature animated film.
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