I watched my first Miyazaki movie a few weeks ago. Normally I prefer western animation to anime in style but Miyazaki makes a strong statement in the movie "Porco Rosso".
It's about a pig that flies old biplanes for a living. He is a bounty hunter in Italy hunting airplane pirates. The best part of the movie are the airplanes and visual effects animation.
A friend told me Miyazaki has a hobby of flying and loves old-World War I airplanes. You can obviously note the attention to detail he put into them.
He focuses on drawing stylistic planes with bright colors, which he indulges them into reacting to forces like wind, water, and collisions.
The planes would also exhibit a tense strain by repeatedly drawing frames over the same plane. This popping effect gave an organic trait to the metal hulls of the planes.
Overall, the strongest animation was in the effects and airplane models, enhanced by wide and sweeping camera shots. Usually western animation focuses more on character animation in place of effects. Imagine if both were executed together flawlessly.
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