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The Wind Rises
Kaze Tachinu
- AniList score
- 8.0
- Year
- 2013
- Format
- Movie
- Episodes
- 1 episode
- Drama
- Romance
Synopsis
Although Jirou Horikoshi's nearsightedness prevents him from ever becoming a pilot, he leaves his hometown to study aeronautical engineering at Tokyo Imperial University for one simple purpose: to design and build planes just like his hero, Italian aircraft pioneer Giovanni Battista Caproni. His arrival in the capital coincides with the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, during which he saves a maid…
Tags
- Aviation
- Historical
- Work
- Biographical
- Male Protagonist
- War
- Primarily Adult Cast
- Heterosexual
- Marriage
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