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 serving the family of a young girl named Naoko Satomi; this disastrous event marks the beginning of over two decades of social unrest and malaise leading up to Japan's eventual surrender in World War II.
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Jirou Horikoshi
main
Hideaki Anno
Nahoko Satomi
main
Miori Takimoto
Kayo Horikoshi
supporting
Mirai Shida
Hans Castorp
supporting
Steve Alpert
Caproni
supporting
Mansai Nomura II
Hattori
supporting
Jun Kunimura
Kirou Honjou
supporting
Hidetoshi Nishijima
Kurokawa
supporting
Masahiko Nishimura
Satomi
supporting
Morio Kazama
Jirou no Haha
supporting
Keiko Takeshita
Kinu
supporting
Haruka Shibuya
Katayama
supporting
