History Anime / TheWindRises

* RescueRomance: Averted. Jiro rescues Nahoko's maid, but ends up with her anyway.

Years later, Jiro is a student of engineering in Tokyo. Returning to the city by train after a holiday he encounters Naoko, the daughter of a wealthy family, who helps him catch his hat when it is taken by the wind. Soon after they return to their compartments [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923_Great_Kant%C5%8D_earthquake the great Kanto earthquake]] hits Tokyo, wrecking the train and breaking Naoko's maid's leg. Jiro rescues Naoko and her maid despite being warned that the train might explode, and delivers them back to Naoko;s home before returning to the (blazing) university, where he once again hears the voice of Caproni cheering him up.

Jiro Horikoshi (voiced by HideakiAnno) has been dreaming of flying since he was a young boy living in rural Japan. While his acute myopia prevents him from becoming a pilot, he continues to chase his dreams by aspiring to become an aeronautics engineer. He borrows an English aviation magazine and reads it thoroughly using an English dictionary, then dreams of meeting [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Battista_Caproni Caproni]], a famed Italian aeronautic engineer who proceed to inspire him to realise his dreams by creating beautiful aircraft despite the possibility that they'll be used as tools of war and destruction.

** according to Kurokawa's wife, he always looks like that, no matter what mood he's actually in

->''"Le vent se lève!... Il faut tenter de vivre!" ([[TitleDrop The wind rises]]!... We must endeavour to live!)''
-->-- '''Paul Valéry, ''"Le Cimetière marin"'''''

''The Wind Rises'' (''Kaze Tachinu'') is a 2013 animated film from HayaoMiyazaki of StudioGhibli. Said to be his last film, it is a [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory highly fictionalised biography]] of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiro_Horikoshi Jiro Horikoshi]], a gifted aeronautics engineer who is most famous for being the chief designer of many war planes used by [[KatanasOfTheRisingSun the Japanese military]], most notably the (in)famous [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_A6M_Zero Mitsubishi A6M "Zero"]].

* WarIsHell: The few times where the battlefield is shown often show a blazing world filled with smoke as war planes rain down death and destruction to the cities (and towards each other in one case). The protagonist even said it is "a land of the dead" as he walked past a plain filled with war plane wreckage in the dream at the tail end of the movie.

** Although never really appeared in the movie, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Battista_Caproni Caproni]] is a frequent guest in [[DreamSequence Jiro's dreams]], serving as a mentor and inspiration for Jiro.

''The Wind Rises'' (''Kaze Tachinu'') is a 2013 animated film from HayaoMiyazaki of StudioGhibli. Said to be his last film, it is a [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory highly fictionalised biography]] of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiro_Horikoshi Jiro Horikoshi]], a gifted aeronautics engineer who is most famous for being the chief designer of many war planes used by [[KatanasOfTheRisingSun the Japanese military]], including the (in)famous [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_A6M_Zero Mitsubishi A6M "Zero"]].

Jiro Horikoshi (voiced by HideakiAnno) has been dreaming of flying in the sky with air plane since he was a young boy living in rural Japan. While his acute myopia prevented him from becoming a pilot, he continued to chase his dreams by aspiring to become an aeronautics engineer. After borrowing an English aviation magazine, he read it thoroughly using an English dictionary, after which he dreamt of meeting [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Battista_Caproni Caproni]], a famed Italian aeronautic engineer who proceed to inspire him to follow his dreams of realising his dream through beautiful aircraft despite the possible consequence of them being used as a tool of war and destruction.

Years later, Jiro grew up to be a student of engineering at university in Tokyo. One day, as he returned to the city on train from his holiday, he encountered Naoko, the daughter of a wealthy family, who helped catching his hat as it flew into the wind. Soon after they parted and returned to their respective compartment, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923_Great_Kant%C5%8D_earthquake a great earthquake]] hit Tokyo and the train, causing it to stop and Naoko's maid to break her leg. Despite being warned about the train about to explode, he stopped and helped Naoko and her maid, delivering them back to her home before returning to the (blazing) university, where he once again heard the voice of Caproni cheering him up.

After his graduation, he, along with his friend and fellow engineer Honjo, went to Nagoya under the employment of the aeronautic branch of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Heavy_Industries Mitsubishi Heavy Industry]]. What follows are fragments of stories that detailed his journey to realise his dream of building the most beautiful aircraft he envisioned despite the looming instability and inevitable war with the rest of the world, as well as his reunion and eventual marriage with Naoko during his low point in life.

* CompositeCharacter: If you consider RealLife to be the source material of this, then Jiro Horikoshi is one, with elements from Jiro Horikoshi the aircraft designer, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatsuo_Hori Tatsuo Hori]] the chain-smoking novelist [[spoiler:with a wife contracted TB]], even Miyazaki's father the owner of a factory that manufactured parts for the Zero fighter.

** Despite widely being considered the MagnumOpus of Jiro Horikoshi's design, Zero does not appear in the movie until the very end. The plane showed on the poster, as well as being the centre of the last part of the movie is actually a prototype of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_A5M A5M "Claude"]]. Called ''Protoype Plane No. 9'', it is apparently [[MagnumOpusDissonance Horikoshi's favourite among all his designs]].
* CueTheRain: It pours after the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_1MF 1MF2]] crashed in front of the inspecting military officials, ending all hopes for Mitsubishi, under which Jiro and his senior, Kurokawa belongs, to secure a deal with the military, who opted for [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_A1N one of its rivals]] instead. During the scene, both Jiro and Kurokawa are soaked in the rain as the latter examined the wreckage.
* DreamSequence: Abound, as it is used as a framing device, both to connect the fragments of Jiro's life together and to reveal the future.

** The protagonist, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiro_Horikoshi Jiro Horikoshi]], is a RealLife aircraft designer under the employment of Mitsubishi, and is responsible for the design of various warplanes used by the Japanese military, most famous of which being the A6M Zero.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Kurokawa, Jiro's senior/superior in the aircraft company. While he is harsh and seemingly deprave of any positive emotion most of the time, he also tries his best to protect Jiro from SecretPolice, offering him (and later, his wife) a place to live, even serving as witness to his impromptu marriage. He also gives Jiro credits where it is due, as shown by him saying Jiro's self-held engineering seminar "impressive" despite looking quite angry in the whole process.

** All planes shown in the movie exists in real life, and is quite accurate in their depiction. Yes, even the gigantic airplanes in Jiro's dreams [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caproni_Ca.4 are]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caproni_Ca.60 real]].

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The female protagonist is called either Naoko or Nahoko. It is pronounced as latter, but since the work takes place before the Japanese spelling reform, it is written in kana as the latter.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: While Jiro Horikoshi actually existed in RealLife, and he did designed the aircraft shown in the movie, his LoveInterest is fictional. Also, he is a non-smoker in real life despite his frequent smoking in the movie.
** Many of the portrayal of Jiro Horikoshi, especially in regard to his personal life, is based on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatsuo_Hori Tatsuo Hori]] instead, whom the movie is dedicated to as well. Two of Tatsuo Hori's novels, ''Kaze tachinu'' and ''Naoko'' are some of the major inspirations for the film according to WordOfGod.

''The Wind Rises'' (''Kaze Tachinu'') is a 2013 animated film from HayaoMiyazaki of StudioGhibli. Said to be his last film, it is a [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory highly fictionalised biography]] of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiro_Horikoshi Jiro Horikoshi]], a gifted aeronautics engineer who is most famous for being the chief designer of many war planes used by [[KatanasOfTheRisingSun the Japanese military]], including the (im)famous [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_A6M_Zero Mitsubishi A6M "Zero"]].

* DoneTheirHomework: The engineering is pretty accurate.

* ShownTheirWork: All planes shown in the movie exists in real life, and is quite accurate in their depiction. Yes, even the gigantic airplanes in Jiro's dreams [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caproni_Ca.4 are]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caproni_Ca.60 real]].

* [[TheAllegedCar The Alleged Plane]]: Many, as Japan is decades behind the major powers in terms of industry and aeronautic engineering. Examples include [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_A1N A1N]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_B1M B1M]], as both struggle to take off and land on an aircraft carrier, spewing engine oil everywhere, including on Jiro and Kurokawa. Kurokawa even commented "that's what Japanese airplane/engine is".

** Despite widely being considered the MagnumOpus of Jiro Horikoshi's design, A6M Zero does not appear in the movie until the very end. The plane showed on the poster, as well as being the centre of the last part of the movie is actually a prototype of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_A5M A5M "Claude"]]. Called ''Protoype Plane No. 9'', it is apparently Horikoshi's favourite among all his designs.
* CueTheRain: It pours after the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_1MF 1MF2]] crashed in front of the inspecting military officials, ending all hopes for Mitsubishi, under which Jiro and his senior, Kurokawa belongs, to secure a deal with the military, who opted for [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_A1N one of its rivals]] instead. During the scene, both Jiro and Kurokawa are soaked in the rain as the latter searched the wreckage.

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: While Jiro Horikoshi actually existed in RealLife, and he did designed the aircraft shown in the movie, his LoveInterest is fictional: he was HappilyMarried during the period in the movie. Also, he is a non-smoker in real life despite his frequent smoking in the movie.

** Jiro's friend and colleague, Honjo, is heavily implied to be based on Kiro Honjo, another Mitsubishi engineer that designed [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_G1M G1M]] reconnaissance aircraft and its bomber variant, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_G3M G3M "Neil"]].

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: While Jiro Horikoshi actually existed in RealLife, and he did designed the aircraft shown in the movie, his LoveInterest and marriage is fictional. Also, he is a non-smoker in real life despite his frequent smoking in the movie.

* [[TheAllegedCar The Alleged Plane]]: Many, as Japan is decades behind the major powers in terms of industry and aeronautic engineering. Examples include [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_A1N A1N]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_B1M B1M]], as both struggle to take off and land on an aircraft carrier, spewing engine oil everywhere, including on the protagonist. His senior even commented "that's what Japanese airplane/engine is".

* [[spoiler:BittersweetEnding: Jiro finally fulfilled his dream of designing the perfect aircraft in his mind, and he is married to the woman he loves, Naoko. However, his designs are also used as war machines that brought death and destruction, first to the enemy and then to Japan itself. Naoko also suffered from Tuberculosis and is implied to have died by the end of the movie.]]

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: While Jiro Horikoshi actually existed in RealLife, and he did designed the aircraft shown in the movie, his LoveInterest and marriage is fictional. Also, he is a non-smoker in real life despite his frequent smoking in the movie.

* CueTheRain: It pours after the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_1MF 1MF2]] crashed in front of the inspecting military officials, ending all hopes for Mitsubishi, under which Jiro and his senior belongs, to secure a deal with the military, who opted for [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_A1N one of its rivals]] instead.

** Despite widely being considered the MagnumOpus of Jiro Horikoshi's design, A6M Zero does not appear in the movie until the very end. The plane showed on the poster, as well as being the centre of the last part of the movie is actually a prototype of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_A5M A5M "Claude"]]. Called ''Experimental Plane No. 9'', it is apparently Horikoshi's favourite among all his designs.

* IllGirl: [[spoiler:Naoko in the second half of the movie. She contracted [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuberculosis Tuberculosis]], most likely from her mother who died from it. It is implied that [[IncurableCoughOfDeath she died by the end of the movie]].]]

After his graduation, he, along with his friend and fellow engineer Honjo, went to Nagoya under the employment of the aeronautic branch of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Heavy_Industries Mitsubishi Heavy Industry]]. What follows are fragments of stories that detailed his journey to realise his dream of building the most beautiful aircraft he envisioned despite the looming instability and inevitable war with the rest of the world, as well as his reunion and eventual marriage with Naoko during his low point in live, who happened to become an IllGirl after a contraction of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuberculosis Tuberculosis]].

** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Junkers Hugo Junkers]] also made a brief appearance as Jiro and his colleagues toured in his aircraft workshop for technological exchange.

** Despite widely being considered the MagnumOpus of Jiro Horikoshi's design, A6M Zero does not appear in the movie until the very end. The plane showed on the poster, as well as being the centre of the last part of the movie is actually a prototype of

Jiro Horikoshi (voiced by HideakiAnno) has been dreaming of flying in the sky with air plane since he was a young boy living in rural Japan. While his acute myopia prevented him from becoming a pilot, he continued to chase his dreams by aspiring to become an aeronautics engineer. After borrowing an English aviation magazine, he read it thoroughly using an English dictionary, after which he dreamt of meeting [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Battista_Caproni Caproni]], a famed Italian aeronautic engineer who proceed to inspire him to follow his dreams of realising his dream through beautiful aircraft despite the possible consequence of them being used as a tool of war and destruction.