History Anime / TheWindRises

* CallForward: The designer of the "Nell" bomber says that it doesn't have enough shielding and after "two or three hits" it will "burn like a torch". This discussion is accompanied by a brief FlashForward scene in which exactly that is happening when American fighters swoop down on a formation of Nell bombers.[[note]]The film does not really touch on it but this is what happened to the Zero bomber as well. Once the Americans built fighters that were just as fast and nimble as the Zero but better armored, the Zero had no chance.[[/note]]

* InconsistentSpelling: The female protagonist is called Naoko but it is written in kana as "Nahoko" since the work takes place before the Japanese spelling reform.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The female protagonist is called Naoko but it is written in kana as "Nahoko" since the work takes place before the Japanese spelling reform.

** Although he never really appears 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.

* FaceRevealingTurn: Played for laughs when the "young lady" waiting in Jiro's room is not the MysteriousWoman who left the present for him at the university, but his grumpy little sister.

* {{Gainaxing}}: Done with hair. Especially noticeable on Kurokawa, who seems to be attempting takeoff whenever walking.

* CallForward: The designer of the "Nell" bomber says that it doesn't have enough shielding and after "two or three hits" it will "burn like a torch". This discussion is accompanied by a brief FlashForward scene in which exactly that is happening when American fighters swoop down on a formation of Nell bombers.

* 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 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]].]]

* FourthDateMarriage: Kurokawa refuses to allow an unmarriaged couple to cohabit under his roof, so the response of Jiro and Naoko is to get married there and then. Kurokawa reluctantly agrees, but quietly urges Jiro to send her back to the sanitorium. He refuses as he knows their time together will be limited and wants to spend as much time as he can with her.

* RescueRomance: Averted. Jiro rescues Naoko's maid, but ends up with Naoko herself.

* ClassifiedInformation: Naoko and Jiro are frustrated by the refusal of the German government to share any useful technological information. The secret police even try to stop them looking inside the Junkers G.38 ''which their government has been allowed to produce under license'' until [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Carl Junkers himself gives his approval]].

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Throughout the film Jiro has dreams where he discusses airplanes with his hero, Italian aircraft designer Giovanni Battista Caproni, who believes that ''he'' is dreaming, making it ambiguous whether they are actually sharing dreams since we never see them meet in the flesh.

* MoodWhiplash: After some fun and games with hats blowing around on the train, the Tokyo earthquake.

* 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 Naoko) 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 was "a revelation" despite his face looking angry as usual, and advises Jiro to avoid situations where he would be in competition with Honjo, as friendship is always more important.

* BadassBookworm: Even as a kid, Jiro was quite a bookworm, eager to read a foreign language aviation magazine. Furthermore, when he confronted some bullies, he neatly throws one over with a judo throw and the scene immediately cuts to him with only a smug on his face, suggesting he handled the rest of the fight with little difficulty.

** The Germans in the film speak German despite being ([[TranslationConvention apparently]]) fluent in Japanese. Castorp himself is voiced by German film director Creator/WernerHerzog in the English language dub, with his BBC flavored accent. He also sang Castorp's part in the German-language drinking song. American Steve Alpert took this part in the Japanese language original, not sure if he sang the German song though.
** The guests at the hotel Jiro stays in sing part of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLKxktLucrI Das gibt's nur einmal]]" together.

* HollywoodToneDeaf: Averted. When Jiro, Saotome, and the German gentleman are singing the German song "Das Gibt's Nur Einmal" together, they are all realistically off-key.

* HollywoodToneDeaf: Averted. When Jiro, Saotome, and the German gentleman are singing a German folk song together, they are all realistically off-key.

* BadassMustache: Caproni, and Naoko's father.

* UglyGuyHotWife: While Mr Kurokawa is a short, cartoonish man, 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.

* UglyGuyHotWife: While Mr Kurokawa is short, caricaturist, 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.

* 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 who contracted TB]], and Miyazaki's father, the owner of a factory that manufactured parts for the Zero fighter. Miyazaki's mother also suffered from TB.

* BadassMustache: Caproni and Naoko's father.