> I personally really disliked the wind rises - it seems apologetic to the role of an engineer in creating a machine used to kill people, I think that might ha

> I personally really disliked the wind rises - it seems apologetic to the role of an engineer in creating a machine used to kill people, I think that might have a lot to do with his father. "His father, Katsuji Miyazaki (born 1915),[2] was the director of Miyazaki Airplane, his brother's company,[4] which manufactured rudders for fighter planes during World War II.[5]" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Miyazaki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Miyazaki) He hates war, but his own father played a role in it. I imagine that a person would have to come to terms with that somehow. He also really does think military airplanes are beautiful so there's that too.