Hayao Miyazaki
5 episodes touching this theme- Strongly exploredSpirited Away – Haku you leave me
Feb 2020
"Pigs for days: Chihiro's parents are turned into pigs for eating the spirits' food, which you read as gluttony, and KT calls it a nice pairing with Porco Rosso."
Cross-refPorco Rosso - Strongly exploredPorco Rosso – I just wanna Fio real love
Feb 2020
"KT finds it too obvious to need discussion: the hero is a pig, there is plenty of pig dialogue, including his line that he would rather be a pig than a fascist, and pigs turned up in Spirited Away too."
Cross-refSpirited AwayFamily Guy - Strongly exploredPrincess Mononoke – Love at forest sight
Feb 2020
"Oti counts the boars as wild pigs, central from the cursed boar onward but pig-headed; KT gives pigs a big tick, noting Okkoto sacrificed his own people and pigs rarely fare well in Miyazaki."
Cross-refPorco RossoSpirited Away - Not exploredNausicaä – On my Ohmu
Feb 2020
"KT is sad not to see a pig here, after one in every film you've covered so far, though she jokes the Ohmu could look like a pig if you squinted long and hard enough."
- Not exploredHowl’s Moving Castle – I want to Lettie you in
Feb 2020
"Oti says there are no pigs in this one; KT argues the bacon being fried should count, but Oti calls it clutching at straws, and KT wants to bring the theme back next year."