Although Jirou Horikoshi's nearsightedness prevents him from ever becoming a pilot, he leaves his hometown to study aeronautical engineering at Tokyo Imperial University for one simple purpose: to design and build planes just like his hero, Italian aircraft pioneer Giovanni Battista Caproni. His arrival in the capital coincides with the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, during which he saves a maid serving the family of a young girl named Naoko Satomi; this disastrous event marks the beginning of over two decades of social unrest and malaise leading up to Japan's eventual surrender in World War II.

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Studios

• Studio Ghibli
• Walt Disney Studios

Staff

• Yoshimi Itazu — Key Animation
• Kiyotaka Oshiyama — Key Animation
• Takeshi Seyama — Editing
• Shinya Oohira — Key Animation
• Hideki Hamasu — Key Animation
• Hayao Miyazaki — Director, Original Creator, Script
• Joe Hisaishi — Music
• Toshio Suzuki — Producer
• Katsuya Kondou — Character Design
• Shinji Ootsuka — Key Animation
• Makiko Futaki — Key Animation
• Takashi Oomori — Background Art
• Yumi Matsutouya — Theme Song Performance
• Michiyo Yasuda — Color Design
• Kouji Kasamatsu — Sound Director
• Atsuko Tanaka — Key Animation
• Youji Takeshige — Art Director
• Tatsuo Hori — Original Creator
• Rie Matsubara — Editing Assistant
• Youjirou Arai — In-Between Animation
• Akiyo Okuda — Key Animation