History Anime / TheWindRises

* BadassMustache: Caproni and Nahoko's father.

* CaughtInTheRain: Nahoko and Jiro near the hotel, immediately leading to an UmbrellaOfTogetherness.

* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Jiro's prominent glasses exemplify this. Also consider Kurokawa, whose first introduction is as a comical troll, but whose glasses correctly predict later revelations. Later on we see him as a canny manager, and clever friend. Jiro's glasses are also used to bookend the movie. At the beginning they are seen resting at the head of his bed, and he puts them on. After his "10 years" as a designer, Nahoko returns them there. The rest of the movie is essentially epilogue: [[spoiler: the test flight remains, but Jiro's part is done and he won't see Nahoko again]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: At the beginning of the movie, Jiro gets hurt fighting bullies and his sister asks if she needs to apply iodine to his wounds. [[spoiler:Strange when you consider she's likely not even 10, but guess what her future occupation is? Further supported when Jiro tells her when they're adults that she'd be "good at it."]]

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Kurokawa, Jiro's senior/superior in the aircraft company. While he is harsh and seemingly negative most of the time he also tries his best to protect Jiro from the SecretPolice, offers him (and later, his wife) a place to live, and serves as witness at their impromptu wedding. He also gives Jiro credit where it is due, as shown by him saying Jiro's self-held engineering seminar "impressive" despite looking quite angry in the whole process.
* MagicRealism: Throughout the film Jiro has dreams where he discusses airplanes with his hero, Italian aircraft designer Giovanni Battista Caproni.

* UglyGuyHotWife: While Mr Kurokawa is short and ill-tempered at first glance, Mrs Kurokawa is a good-looking and gentle woman who you would be forgiven for assuming was out of his league.

* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Jiro's prominent glasses exemplify this. Also consider Kurokawa, who's first introduction is as a comical troll, but whose glasses correctly predict later revelations. Later on we see him as a canny manager, and clever friend. Jiro's glasses are also used to bookend the movie. At the beginning they are seen resting at the head of his bed, and he puts them on. After his "10 years" as a designer, Nahoko returns them there. The rest of the movie is essentially epilogue: [[spoiler: the test flight remains, but Jiro's part is done and he won't see Nahoko again]].

* IllGirl: [[spoiler: In the second part of the movie it's seen that Naoko has [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuberculosis Tuberculosis]], most likely contracted from her also ill girl mother who died from it. For worse, this is a time [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_tuberculosis where there *is* already a TB vaccine, but proper medicines are still in development]]. [[IncurableCoughOfDeath She dies by the end of the movie]].]]

* IllGirl: [[spoiler: In trhe second part of the movie it's seen that Naoko has [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuberculosis Tuberculosis]], most likely contracted from her also ill girl mother who died from it. For worse, this is a time [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_tuberculosis where there *is* already a TB vaccine, but proper medicines are still in development]]. [[IncurableCoughOfDeath She dies by the end of the movie]].]]

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: While Jiro Horikoshi actually existed in RealLife, and he did design the aircraft shown in the movie, his LoveInterest is fictional. He had an older brother instead of a younger sister, and was a non-smoker in real life despite his frequent smoking in the movie. Much 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, to whom the movie is dedicated as well. Two of Tatsuo Hori's novels, ''Kaze Tachinu'' and ''Naoko'' are major inspirations for the film according to WordOfGod. There are also elements of Miyazaki's father, Katsuji, in Jiro. Miyazaki Sr. was an aeronautical engineer in the era and [[spoiler:his wife had TB]].

* RealSongThemeTune: The movie's ending theme ''Hikoukigumo'' is an old pop-song from 1973 by Music/YumiMatsutoya, who also performed the theme songs to ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService''. When Miyazaki first heard the song, he immediately decided that it simply ''had'' to be the movie's theme-song.

* CaptainErsatz: At Jiro's new job at an aeronautic factory, his grumpy superior looks nothing less than a Japanese version of Gilbert Huph in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''.

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: While Jiro Horikoshi actually existed in RealLife, and he did design the aircraft shown in the movie, his LoveInterest is fictional. He had an older brother instead of a younger sister, and was a non-smoker in real life despite his frequent smoking in the movie. Much 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, to whom the movie is dedicated as well. Two of Tatsuo Hori's novels, ''Kaze Tachinu'' and ''Naoko'' are major inspirations for the film according to WordOfGod.

''The Wind Rises'' was the final Ghibli film released by Disney in North America prior to GKIDS buying out the film license, and [[EndOfAnEra brought the partnership between Disney and Ghibli to a close]] after nineteen years.

''The Wind Rises'' was the final Ghibli film released by Disney in North America prior to GKIDS buying out the film license, and [[EndOfAnEra brought the Disney/Ghibli era to a close]] after nineteen years.

''The Wind Rises'' was the final Ghibli film released by Disney in North America prior to GKIDS buying out the film license, and brought the Disney/Ghibli era to a close after nineteen years.

* SmokingIsCool: Almost verging on ProductPlacement. Though certainly accurate for the time period.[[note]]Jiro's cigarette brand, shown when he offers one to Castrop, was an actual brand called ''Sakura'' (''Cherry-Blossom''), which really were labeled as "Cherry" in English. Almost verges on CreatorCameo also, as that was Miyazaki's former brand.[[/note]]

* SmokingIsCool: Almost verging on ProductPlacement. Though certainly accurate for the time period.

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: While Jiro Horikoshi actually existed in RealLife, and he did design the aircraft shown in the movie, his LoveInterest is fictional. He had an older brother instead of a younger sister, and was a non-smoker in real life despite his frequent smoking in the movie. Much 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, to whom the movie is dedicated as well. Two of Tatsuo Hori's novels, ''Kaze tachinu'' and ''Naoko'' are major inspirations for the film according to WordOfGod.

* NicePerson: Naoko and Jiro are very sweet people.

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

->''“Would you like to live in a world with or without pyramids?”''

* EndOfAnAge: ''The Wind Rises'' is the final Ghibli film to be distributed by Creator/{{Disney}} in North America, ending 19 years as Ghibli's North American licensor. It's also the last film with Toshio Suzuki as an active producer.

* EndOfAnAge: ''The Wind Rises'' is the final Ghibli film to be distributed by Creator/{{Disney}} in North America, ending 19 years as Ghibli's North American licensor.

* GrandFinale: ''The Wind Rises'' is the last Ghibli film to be distributed by Creator/{{Disney}} in North America as part of a deal they negotiated with Ghibli's former parent company Tokuma Shoten back in 1996.