Imaginary Flying Machines

Imaginary Flying Machines

Imaginary Flying Machines

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Imaginary Flying Machines

2002

0h 6m

6.2(6 votes)

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Overview

Kuso no Sora Tobu Kikaitachi (Imaginary Flying Machines) is a 2002 Japanese animated short film produced by Studio Ghibli for their near exclusive use in the Ghibli Museum. It features director Hayao Miyazaki as the narrator, in the form of a humanoid pig, reminiscent of Porco from Porco Rosso, telling the story of flight and the many machines imagined to achieve it.

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Studio Ghibli

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1 member

Directing

宮崎駿

Le cochon

宮崎駿

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