In the 1920s over the Adriatic Sea, only one pilot rules the skies: Porco Rosso, a talented pilot, who due to a magic spell, has been transformed into a pig. Porco lives a happy life as a pilot for hire protecting airships from marauding pilots, resting on his private island and visiting his friend, the beautiful hotel owner Gina. But when a hotheaded American pilot arrives looking to make a name for himself by shooting down The Crimson Pig, Porco enlists the help of a feisty teenaged airplane engineer to get his beaten up plane into shape for the big fight.