Popularity: 6 (history)
| Director: | Hayao Miyazaki | 
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| Writer: | Hayao Miyazaki, Jiro Horikoshi, Tatsuo Hori | 
| Staring: | 
| A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career includes the creation of the A-6M World War II fighter plane. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 20, 2013 | 
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| Director: | Hayao Miyazaki | 
| Writer: | Hayao Miyazaki, Jiro Horikoshi, Tatsuo Hori | 
| Genres: | Animation, Drama, Romance, History, War | 
| Keywords | japan, flying, world war ii, earthquake, airplane, biography, great depression, pacific war, love, adult animation, anime, taisho period | 
| Production Companies | TOHO, dentsu, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Studio Ghibli, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, d-rights, The Walt Disney Company (Japan) | 
| Box Office | 
              
                Revenue: $117,932,401
                Budget: $30,000,000  | 
      
| Updates | 
          Updated: Sep 28, 2025 Entered: Sep 28, 2025  | 
      
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| Hideaki Anno | Jiro Horikoshi (voice) | 
| Hidetoshi Nishijima | Honjô (voice) | 
| Miori Takimoto | Naoko Satomi (voice) | 
| Masahiko Nishimura | Kurokawa (voice) | 
| Stephen Alpert | Castorp (voice) | 
| Mansai Nomura | Giovanni Battista (voice) | 
| Jun Kunimura | Hattori (voice) | 
| Mirai Shida | Kayo Horikoshi (voice) | 
| Shinobu Otake | Mrs. Kurokawa (voice) | 
| Morio Kazama | Satomi (voice) | 
| Keiko Takeshita | Jirô's mother (voice) | 
| Sascha | German Security Guard / Flight Engineer (voice) | 
| Kaichi Kaburagi | Young Jiro Horikoshi (voice) | 
| Maki Shinta | Young Kayo Horikoshi (voice) | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Atsuko Tanaka | Key Animation | 
| Yoshimi Itazu | Key Animation | 
| Kazuki Hoshino | Key Animation | 
| Takeshi Inamura | Key Animation | 
| Hiroko Minowa | Key Animation | 
| Atsushi Tamura | Key Animation | 
| Kitaro Kosaka | Animation Director, Character Designer | 
| Hayao Miyazaki | Screenplay, Comic Book, Director | 
| Fumie Imai | Key Animation | 
| Jiro Horikoshi | Book | 
| Kiyotaka Oshiyama | Key Animation | 
| Megumi Kagawa | Key Animation | 
| Akiyo Okuda | Key Animation | 
| Masafumi Yokota | Key Animation | 
| Atsuko Otani | Key Animation | 
| Aya Suzuki | Key Animation, 2D Artist | 
| Michiyo Yasuda | Color Designer | 
| Shuuji Suzuki | Other | 
| Taichi Furumata | Key Animation | 
| Katsuya Kondo | Key Animation | 
| Hiroomi Yamakawa | Key Animation | 
| Shinji Otsuka | Key Animation | 
| Hiroyuki Aoyama | Key Animation | 
| Shunsuke Hirota | Key Animation | 
| Kazuhide Tomonaga | Key Animation | 
| Tomoko Miura | Key Animation | 
| Hiromasa Yonebayashi | Key Animation | 
| Joe Hisaishi | Original Music Composer | 
| Hideki Hamasu | Key Animation | 
| Takeshi Seyama | Editor | 
| Eiji Yamamori | Key Animation | 
| Tatsuo Hori | Novel | 
| Akihiko Yamashita | Key Animation | 
| Sachiko Sugino | Key Animation | 
| Masaaki Endou | Key Animation | 
| Michiyo Suzuki | Key Animation | 
| Tsutomu Awata | Key Animation | 
| Hideaki Yoshio | Key Animation | 
| Shinya Ohira | Key Animation | 
| Eiko Matsushima | Painter | 
| Yoji Takeshige | Art Direction | 
| Takeshi Honda | Key Animation | 
| Kenichi Yamada | Key Animation | 
| Makiko Futaki | Key Animation | 
| Kazuyoshi Onoda | Key Animation | 
| Shougo Furuya | Key Animation | 
| Atsushi Okui | Director of Photography | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| Ryoichi Fukuyama | Producer | 
| Toshio Suzuki | Producer | 
| Naoya Fujimaki | Producer | 
| Seiji Okuda | Producer | 
| Koji Hoshino | Executive Producer | 
| Organization | Category | Person | 
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 41 | 50 | 33 | 
| 2024 | 5 | 43 | 57 | 32 | 
| 2024 | 6 | 41 | 64 | 28 | 
| 2024 | 7 | 61 | 92 | 40 | 
| 2024 | 8 | 37 | 61 | 24 | 
| 2024 | 9 | 39 | 60 | 26 | 
| 2024 | 10 | 36 | 54 | 24 | 
| 2024 | 11 | 34 | 62 | 26 | 
| 2024 | 12 | 31 | 46 | 21 | 
| 2025 | 1 | 31 | 43 | 23 | 
| 2025 | 2 | 22 | 36 | 5 | 
| 2025 | 3 | 11 | 38 | 2 | 
| 2025 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 
| 2025 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 
| 2025 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 
| 2025 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 
| 2025 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 
| 2025 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 
| 2025 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 
| 2025 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | 865 | 865 | 
| Year | Month | High | Avg | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 477 | 856 | 
| Year | Month | High | Avg | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 580 | 812 |