Hikoutei Jidai

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It's weird to see that no one has written a review for this considering that the film adaptation of Hikoutei Jidai has almost 200 thousand members on MAL. So I'll try my best to give this a proper review.

The story follows Porco Rosso on three different advewntures which are loosely connected to eachother. These three stories would become key plot points in the anime film adaptation and they would work as the basis of the film. As the story is just three chapters long, it isn't that good. While the actual story of Porco Rosso is phenomenal, as a stand alone story these three chapters ... just don't hold up.

All of the panels are fully coloured in with watercolour and have art that somewhat resembles the art that would be in the film, but it just isn't that good. Don't get me wrong, it isn't hideous or anything but nothing to get praised for. The art looks quite western and the panels are in a western format (left to right) which I find kind of odd.

The characters get close to no development, but they have great and distinguishable desings, especially Porco Rosso.

As for enjoyment, it doesn't come from Hikoutei Jidai being a good manga, but from it being a piece of history. You can see Miyazaki's pashion for planes in it, and also it shows the early workings of the film to be.

If you're a fan of Miyazaki or Porco Rosso, you should give this a try. It's neat but nothing mindblowing.