The first official footage from Hayao Miyazaki‘s latest animated feature, The Wind Rises has arrived and while there aren’t any subtitles you can still marvel at the animation as the sun rises over a green field and the film’s central character takes to the sky.
Based on Miyazaki’s own manga and the 1937 short novel of the same name by Tatsuo Hori, The Wind Rises is the story of JirÅ Horikoshi, the aircraft engineer most remembered for his design work on the Mitsubishi A6M Reisen “Zero”, Japan’s famous World War II fighter aircraft. During the WWII years, the Miyazaki family business manufactured aircraft parts, including the windshields and rudders used on the Zero.
Watch the teaser trailer below. The film arrives in Japan on July 20, but there are currently no details on a US release.
