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{{Infobox film
| name = Imaginary Flying Machines
| image = Imaginary_flying_machines.jpg
| director = [[Hayao Miyazaki]]
| producer = [[Toshio Suzuki (producer)|Toshio Suzuki]]
| writer = Hayao Miyazaki
| starring = Hayao Miyazaki
| music = [[Joe Hisaishi]]
| studio = [[Studio Ghibli]]
| distributor = [[Ghibli Museum]]
| released = {{film date|2002|||Ghibli Museum}}
| runtime = 6 minutes
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
}}
{{Nihongo|'''''Kūsō no Sora Tobu Kikaitachi'''''|空想の空飛ぶ機械達||{{lit|Imaginary Flying Machines}}}} is a 2002 Japanese animated short film produced by [[Studio Ghibli]] for their near-exclusive use in the [[Ghibli Museum]]. It features director [[Hayao Miyazaki]] as the narrator, in the form of a humanoid pig, reminiscent of Porco from ''[[Porco Rosso]]'', telling the story of flight and the many machines imagined to achieve it.<ref>[http://www.ghibliworld.com/newsarchive3.html GhibliWorld.com Studio Ghibli Short Animation Feature Special] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100508002550/http://www.ghibliworld.com/newsarchive3.html |date=2010-05-08 }}, December 31, 2005</ref>

The film could also be seen <!-- as a prologue to ''Porco Rosso'' --> on the [[in-flight entertainment]] system used by [[Japan Airlines]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.jal.co.jp/soraotobu/top.html |title=「空を飛ぶ。」プロジェクト |publisher=Japan Airlines |access-date=2009-07-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220060108/http://www.jal.co.jp/soraotobu/top.html |archive-date=2012-02-20 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|3100322|Imaginary Flying Machines}}
* {{bcdb2 |cartoon/142621-Kûsô-No-Sora-Tobu-Kikaitachi|Kûsô No Sora Tobu Kikaitachi}}

{{Hayao Miyazaki}}
{{Studio Ghibli Films}}

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[[Category:2002 animated short films]]
[[Category:2002 anime films]]
[[Category:2002 films]]
[[Category:Anime short films]]
[[Category:Aviation comics]]
[[Category:Japanese aviation films]]
[[Category:Fantasy anime and manga]]
[[Category:Films directed by Hayao Miyazaki]]
[[Category:2000s Japanese-language films]]
[[Category:Studio Ghibli animated films]]


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