Porco Rosso in da house!

It's been longer than I remember, since the last time I watched Hayao Miyazaki's 紅の豚, a.k.a. Porco Rosso or Crimson Pig depending on which side of the Adriatic you live on. This month, 日テレ (Nihon TV) is presenting the ジブリ祭り (Ghibli Matsuri), a Ghibli movie each Friday night this month (except the 30th).

Since the family was watching something else downstairs, I got to put my Nintendo DS TV to work... don't you just love 1seg? Here's one of the beginning scenes where Porco is battling the pirates.

Next we have the maiden flight of the supped up Savoia S.21F.

Porco loves his new "boat".

It was nice to take a break from JLPT study, thanks 日テレ! Here's the great line up this month:

• July 9 - Mimi wo Sumaseba (1995)
• July 16 - Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
• July 23 - My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

Aside from Totoro, I haven't seen the other two flicks... so it'll be nice to check them out on the cheap! The great thing is that when I first started watching Miyazaki's films, I had just begun to study Japanese. It's nice to finally understand what's going on, without English subtitles.

If you're interested in Porco Rosso, beNippon carries tons of authentic merchandise from the movie, our scale model kits have been especially popular.