Kūsō no Sora Tobu Kikaitachi (2002)

Original title

空想の空飛ぶ機械達

Directed by

Hayao Miyazaki

Genre

fantasy anime and manga

Country

Japan

Runtime

6 min

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A short film from Studio Ghibli. A humanoid pig narrator tells the history of human flight and the imaginary flying machines people dreamed up over time.

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What happens

Kūsō no Sora Tobu Kikaitachi (空想の空飛ぶ機械達; lit. '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. The film could also be seen on the in-flight entertainment system used by Japan Airlines. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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