Possible Porco Rosso sequel

[Cloud500]

So apparently Miyazaki is considering a sequel to Porco Rosso. Porco Rosso is my favorite Miyazaki film, so this is very exciting to me at least. Of course his films have had a lot more plot incoherence over the years so we'll just have to see how this turns out.

http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/08/23/miyazaki-roundup-porco-rosso-sequel-potential-and-free-naussica-stream/

[Atria35]

... Odd choice for a sequel- I mean, the movie is pretty old as it is, and more of a cult hit than one that made it big in the box office. It would be interesting to see, I suppose, but at the same time I have my doubts....

[Cloud500]

Yeah, but regardless of how the quality of the movie is, a lot of people will go to see it just because it's a Miyazaki/Ghibli film. This will more than likely perform very well at the Japanese box office.

[Etoh*the*Greato]

This one was pretty dear to him if I recall. I'd really like to see it, as it was my second favorite next to Nausicaa.

[bigsleepj]

Porco Rosso was perfect (more or less, give or take) for me and does not need a sequel. And given the current level of inspiration in Miyazaki's works, a humanoid pig fighting inky globs of shapeless hostility or surreal mythological absurdities is not a good way to continue the story.

[steenajack]

I would like to see this. Miyazaki has never dissapointed me so far, I'd like to see what he does.

[ChristianKitsune]

I'm mixed about this. I LOVED Porco Rosso, but I always thought the end was very well done and left open for the viewer to decide what happened. I always liked to think he broke the curse.

So what would a sequel do? And when Porco is old? That would be kinda ad to me... lol.

On the other hand, it could be done well, I suppose.

[Atria35]

So what would a sequel do? And when Porco is old? That would be kinda ad to me... lol.

Porko was made in 92. In anime terms, that's a little aged.

But while I love Miyazaki, I feel that Porco is fine as it is, and that a sequel would detract from the story. Disney has made sequels to it's movies, and usually they just don't live up, and I'm afraid that's what would happen here.

[Blitzkrieg1701]

I'd actually like a sequel to Porco Rosso, since open ended stuff tends to rub me the wrong way.

That, and the world of anime needs more aerial dogfights.

[crusader88]

That, and the world of anime needs more aerial dogfights.

Amen! This is the first I've heard of this. I've also enjoyed Miyazaki's more recent endeavors, so I expect it'll turn out fine so long as he doesn't invent some harebrained explanation for how Porco became a pig.

[AngelicTotoro]

A sequel sounds like a pretty good idea, I mean I would like to see Fio again. =3

(And I always thought that the reason Porco was a pig was because he saw himself that way, a selfish pig.)