Porco Rosso
Anime Poster
Main Cast
Character
Actor
Porco Rosso / Marco Pagot
Shuichiro MoriyamaMichael Keaton (English)
Donald Curtis
Akio Ōtsuka Cary Elwes (English)
Madame Gina
Tokiko Kato
Fio Piccolo
Akemi OkamuraKimberly Williams-Paisley (English)
Porco Rosso 紅の豚 , Hepburn: Kurenai no Buta , lit. Crimson Pig) is the sixth film from Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki . At the end of the 1920s, during the reign of the Italian fascists, the Pig-headed pilot Porco Rosso, a veteran of the First World War, fought for peace in the sky around the Mediterranean as a bounty hunter. On his travels, he teamed up with the talented mechanic Fio Piccolo. When Porco is challenged to a duel by a boastful pilot, a fight begins that will forever change the lives of the two flying aces.
The following weapons were used in the anime film Porco Rosso :
Pistols Beretta M1923 Two Italian O rganizzazione per la V igilanza e la R epressione dell'A ntifascismo (Italian for "Organization for Vigilance and Repression of Anti-Fascism") secret police officers can be seen with low-detailed Beretta M1923 pistols during the take off in the channel.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Beretta M1923 - 9x19mm Glisenti Error creating thumbnail: File missing The left officers start firing their Berettas at Porco's plane. Glisenti Model 1910 The third secret police officer seems to be armed with a Glisenti Model 1910 pistol.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Glisenti Model 1910 - 9mm Glisenti Error creating thumbnail: File missing The right officer behind the wall fires his pistol. Note the shape of it. Mauser C96 One of the Air Pirates that confronts Porco and Fio carries a Mauser C96 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser C96 - 7.62x25mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing The pirate on the far left holds his Mauser pistol. Revolvers Colt Single Action Army Several pirates carry Single Action Army revolvers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Single Action Army with 5.5" barrel aka "Artillery" model with wooden grips - .45 Long Colt Error creating thumbnail: File missing A pirate leaning out from the planes' cockpit fires his SAA in the air. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The SAA is seen on the belt of the left pirate. Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of the pirates keeps a Single Action Army tucked in his waistband next to a Webley revolver. Webley Mk VI The Webley Mk VI revolvers are also used by pirates including the leader of the Mamma Aiuto Gang Capo.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Webley Mk VI - .455 Webley Error creating thumbnail: File missing An off-screen pirate to the right threatens Porco with his Webley. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The pirate behind Fio wields a Webley revolver. Smith & Wesson Schofield The American pilot Donald Curtis owns a Smith & Wesson Schofield revolver that he uses during the flying duel. A close-up of Curtis on a poster at the end shows the revolver has ornate engravings.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Schofield - .45 caliber Error creating thumbnail: File missing A laughing Curtis holds his empty S&W while flying his plane. Error creating thumbnail: File missing After making his statement clear, he is about to break it. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The opened revolver in his hand; the ejected spent casings flying out. Error creating thumbnail: File missing With no hands left on the control stick, he fills the cylinder with loose rounds. Submachine Guns Haenel-Schmeisser MP28/II Haenel-Schmeisser MP28/II submachine guns are seen in the hands of various pirates. The appearance of the MP28 seems to be correct since the movie's plot takes place in the late 1920s (1929 to be precise if you look at Porco's "Mare Blu Cinema" magazine at the beginning).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Haenel-Schmeisser MP28/II Submachine Gun - 9mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing The pirate on the left cheers with his submachine gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A look at the barrel with the sling attached to it. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another MP28 seen carried by one pirate on the right. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The shouldered MP28 allows a view of the magazine's bottom. Rifles Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* A pair of Air Pirates carry Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* rifles that look almost exactly like those ones from Miyazaki's 1986 movie Castle in the Sky Lee-Enfield No. 4 muzzles and (sometimes) with Lange Visier rear sights from Gewehr 1898 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III* - .303 British Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.1 - .303 British Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser Gewehr 98 - 7.92x57mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing An overview of a hybrid SMLE on the left with equipped Lange Visier rear sight. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The SMLE held by one pirate looking at the incoming Fio. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another SMLE on the left lacks the magazine. Mauser Rifle Some Mauser rifles are also used by the pirates that have characteristics from many Mauser variants. Having the full-length barrel, turned-down bolt handles and under-barrel sling swivels like a Karabiner 98b , some are seen with hooded front sights from a Karabiner 98k. Due to the setting of the movie, the Kar98b would be more accurate or a Mauser Standard Modell .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: Karabiner 98b - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: Karabiner 98k with S84/98 bayonet - 7.92x57mm Mauser. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Porco being surrounded by a crowd of pirates. The muzzles with unhooded sights of two Mauser rifles are seen on the right. Oddly enough, in the previous scene, these rifles were SMLEs. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The hooded front sight and under-barrel mounted sling swivel can be seen in the foreground. Error creating thumbnail: File missing In the background, a Mauser rifle is raised to the air. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two more Mauser rifles are seen which show the front sights and the turned bolt handle. Aircraft Machine Guns Custom Maxim lMG 08 Porco purchases an Aircraft Pattern MG08 Maxim with a custom barrel jacket for his red Savoia S.21 plane in the Milan gunshop. He is offered some special armor-piercing rounds for it, what he gratefully refused.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The custom modified Maxim gun is ready to be picked up on the workbench. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Porco picks up the gun what gives a view of the barrel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He examines the Maxim's action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Fio opens up the weapons' hatch of Porco's plane. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Chosen rounds set and lined up on the table. Vickers Aircraft Several Vickers Aircraft Machine Guns are seen mounted on fighter planes throughout the film.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vickers Aircraft Machine Gun - .303 British Error creating thumbnail: File missing The twin-mounted Vickers on a plane. Note the muzzle is longer. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closer view of the Vickers ejecting port. Lewis Aircraft Gun The Pirates' fictional aircraft "DaboHaze" is outfitted with an Aircraft Mounted Lewis Gun with a larger trigger guard.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Aircraft mounted Lewis Gun - .303 British Error creating thumbnail: File missing The rear-gunner disturbed by the child hostages mans the Lewis Gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The gunner opens fire above the children's heads. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He reloads the gun while ridiculing by the kids. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Right view of the gun. Fiat-Revelli M1914 Macchi M.5 single-seat fighter flying boats are armed with air-cooled Fiat-Revelli M1914 machine guns. This type of plane was also armed with British Vickers Aircraft Machine Gun .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Fiat-Revelli M14 aircraft machine gun - 6.5x52mm Mannlicher-Carcano Error creating thumbnail: File missing An untransformed Marco Pagot watches the sky for enemy forces, while the small Fiat muzzle can be seen mounted in Berlini's Macchi in the background. Maxim lMG 08/15 During Porco's memories of a dogfight in the Summer of 1918, some Austro-Hungarian Hansa Brandeburg CC aircrafts can also be seen with fixed lMG 08/15 machine guns (with smaller barrels) what is correct since this aircraft was equipped with either Maxim or Schwarzlose Machine Guns .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim lMG 08/15 Air-Cooled - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hansa Brandeburg CC with their Maxims. Note the stepped rear part what distinguishes from an lMG08. Unknown Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Curtis' plane is equipped with crankable machine guns. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Machine Guns Maxim MG08 One of the pirates is briefly seen carrying a heavy Maxim MG08 machine gun.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim MG08 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing The happy pirate on the right brings his Maxim MG into the scramble. Madsen A light Madsen machine gun can be seen held by one pirate.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Portuguese Madsen machine gun - 7.92x57mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing The pirate makes space for Fio. Lewis Gun Infantry Lewis Guns are also used by a few pirates.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lewis gun - .303 British Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Lewis gun on a pirates' back which allows a look at the grip and buttstock. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another pirate holds his Lewis outside the cockpit. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The bipod of the same pirate's gun can be seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A perfect view of the top part including the magazine. Other Weapons Stielhandgranate Many Stielhandgranaten are used by the pirates, that have various characteristics from different stick grenades. The movie grenades are equipped with a top head on the warhead (similar to the Model 43 Stielhandgranate ), a pull cord coming out of the stick like the Model 15 , or the Italian Type "L" AT grenade.
For example: Model 24 Stielhandgranate Error creating thumbnail: File missing On the left, a top view of one stick grenade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A child fans a found grenade on the pirates' plane. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A pirate shows the crowd to calm down with his grenades. Aircraft cannon A large cannon that appears to be a very chunkily-rendered Solothurn S-18 20mm Anti-Tank Rifle given the stock, sight and side-loading, appears mounted on one of the pirates' planes. It loads using some kind of stripper clip arrangement rather than its usual box magazine, and the barrel and rounds are scaled up to the point it resembles a small tank gun.
Solothurn S-18/1000 20mm Anti-Tank Rifle - 20x138mmB (Solothurn Long) Error creating thumbnail: File missing The cannon being fired by one of the pirates. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Capo inserts a new stripper clip. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Decided to do a Rambo like maneuver, he stands with the dismounted cannon to engage Porco. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Front view of the gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Note it has the Solothurn S-18's canted front sight. Milan Gun Shop Error creating thumbnail: File missing Several aerial bombs, an anti-tank gun, a heap of Tellerminen 35 , a naval mine, several grenades (BPD and Thevenot-Lafitte), a water-cooled heavy machine gun, a full-lengh Carcano rifle, a MAS-36 , various revolvers, a Mosin Nagant M91 , more antique pistols Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Mauser Standard Modell , antique pistols, another Carcano rifle, a possible Serbian Mauser M1908 or M49 Persian Carbine , an SMLE , a Steyr Mannlicher M1895 ,a ZB-26 , Maxim MG08/15 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Several mortars including a 25cm schwerer Minenwerfer. See also 
