It was Miyazaki's final film before his retirement in 2013. Its production was chronicled in the 2013 documentary The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness, released by Toho and the NHK feature 1,000 Days Record / Declaration of Retirement. The film's theatrical poster contains the dedication, "In honor of Jirô Horikoshi and Tatsuo Hori.". The story describes the tragic fate of the young couple in the maelstrom of prewar Japan, and depicts Taishô and Shôwa Japan from the economic hardships in the 1920s through the rise of militarism in the 1930s. The film and the manga also chronicles the life of Jiro's wife, Naoko, a fictional character from Hori's original novel. It traces the life of Jirô Horikoshi, an aircraft engineer who invented the famous "Zero" fighter, which was used by the Japanese navy during World War II. It is based on the serialized manga of the same name, written and illustrated by Miyazaki on Model Graphix magazine and Tatsuo Hori's acclaimed 1937 novel The Wind Has Risen. It was released on July 20, 2013, in Japan and February 21, 2014, in America. The Wind Rises ( 風立ちぬ, Kaze Tachinu) is the 19th animated film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli for the Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Walt Disney Japan, Mitsubishi, Toho and KDDI and distributed by Toho. For the 1937 novel by Tatsuo Hori, see The Wind Has Risen.
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